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New virtual reality box for pioneering research into virtual sports
Innovations will make sports in virtual world possible
Research into sports in virtual reality (VR) will soon start at the VUB. It will be carried out via a new VR box: a high-tech room in which athletes are connected to digital technologies.
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How viruses can help to combat rare diseases
For many rare diseases, the genetic defects that cause them are known. There is even better news: the search for ways of repairing these defects is also progressing. Prof. Thierry VandenDriessche (VUB) explains how his research is contributing to this.
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Job offer: Incubator Manager
We are looking for an Incubator Manager to join our team. Read the job description below and contact sonja.haesen@vub.be (before April 15th) if you are interested. vacature_incubator_manager.pdf
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Innovative toolbox to measure metal pollution at Belgian coast
Camille Gaulier, joint-PhD from the AMGC Research Department at VUB and the University of Lille is the winner of the VLIZ North Sea Award 2020. VLIZ is the Flanders Marine Institute.
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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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