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Cardiology prepared for the fourth dimension
DIASTOLE prepares heart surgery by computer simulations in 4D
What if heart specialists could simulate the fitting of a new heart valve in 4D before an operation? 4D CT scanners add the dimension of time to three-dimensional images and visualise the movement of the heart in detail.
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New Artificial Intelligence institute in Brussels
VUB, ULB and the Brussels Capital Region government announce the launch of a new Artificial Intelligence for the Common Good Institute during the Belgian AI Week of AI4Belgium.
FARI is a unique structure that aims at gathering over 300 researchers in AI and associated disciplines, around...
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VUB puts in €2.6 million extra for research
Injection of funds to counteract coronavirus effects
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is providing an extra injection of €2.6 million in research funding to partially offset the negative effects of the coronavirus measures. The past few months have been difficult for scientific research.
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New training programme for postdocs to boost their entrepreneurship skills
imπACT is a 5-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) COFUND programme, of around 3 million Euro, recently awarded to the VUB to develop a dedicated training programme for international post-doctoral researchers.
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Innovative app warns of pluvial flooding
VUB FloodCitiSense project brings breakthrough in systematic mapping of flood problems March winds and April showers herald summers of intense downpours, leading to localised pluvial flooding. Accurately estimating this type of flooding is difficult.
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VIB/VUB-team map immune cells in aggressive brain tumor
Important new clues for future cancer immunotherapies
Human glioblastoma tumors are aggressive hard-to-treat brain cancers that have a high unmet need for new treatment options. A team of researchers led by Prof. Kiavash Movahedi and Prof.
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Confo Therapeutics awarded €1M VLAIO grant
VUB spin-off Confo Therapeutics announced that it has been awarded a €1 million grant from VLAIO. The grant will support the pre-clinical development of CFTX-1554, Confo’s lead candidate for neuropathic pain, which was initially discovered under a previous VLAIO research grant.
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RENAISSANCE project shows energy transition can be done locally
Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in cooperation with research and consultancy firm Deep Blue conducted a survey on the acceptance of clean technologies and how citizens would feel being both consumer and producer (prosumer) of renewable energy in their own local community.
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VUB provides breakthrough in chronic pain management
Customised medicine offers solution An international team of experts has provided a breakthrough in the study of chronic pain in rheumatoid arthritis patients. “We discovered that hypersensitivity is often the cause for all kinds of chronic pain.
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Pioneering research on climate reconstruction
Geologist Niels de Winter, researcher at the VUB research group AMGC (Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry) and Utrecht University was nominated for the title New Scientist Science Talent 2021.
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