Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
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| Founder(s) | Flemish Government |
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| Established | 1995 |
| Mission | To conduct frontline biomolecular research in life sciences for the benefit of scientific progress & the benefit of society |
| Chair | Ajit Shetty (Chairman of the Board of Director) |
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| Members | ~1900 |
| Slogan | Science meets life |
| Location | |
| Website | vib |
VIB is a research institute located in Flanders, Belgium. It was founded by the Flemish government in 1995, and became a full-fledged institute on 1 January 1996. The main objective of VIB is to strengthen the excellence of Flemish life sciences research and to turn the results into new economic growth.[1] VIB spends almost 80% of its budget on research activities, while almost 12% is spent on technology transfer activities and stimulating the creation of new businesses, in addition VIB spends approximately 2% on socio-economic activities. VIB is member of EU-LIFE, an alliance of leading life sciences research centres in Europe.[2]
The institute is led by Christine Durinx and Jérôme Van Biervliet.[3][4] Ajit Shetty is chairman of the board of directors.[5]
Goals[edit]
VIB's mission is to conduct frontline biomolecular research in life sciences for the benefit of scientific progress and the benefit of society. The strategic goals of the VIB are:
- Strategic basic research
- Technology transfer policy to transfer the inventions to consumers and patients
- Scientific information for the general public
Research Centers[edit]
The VIB scientist works on the normal and abnormal or pathological processes occurring in a cell, an organ and an organism (humans, plants, micro organisms). Instead of relocating scientists to a new campus, the VIB researchers work in research departments on six Flemish campuses: Ghent University, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, IMEC and Hasselt University.
- Ghent University:
- VIB Inflammation Research Center, UGent (Bart Lambrecht)
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, UGent (Dirk Inzé)
- VIB Medical Biotechnology Center, UGent (Nico Callewaert)
- Institute of Plant Biotechnology Outreach (IPBO), UGent (Marc Van Montagu)
- KU Leuven:
- VIB Center for Cancer Biology, KU Leuven (Scientific directors: Diether Lambrechts and Chris Marine)
- VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, KU Leuven (Scientific directors: Patrik Verstreken and Joris de Wit)
- VIB Center for Microbiology, KU Leuven (Scientific director: Kevin Verstrepen)
- IMEC Campus
- NERF, a joint research initiative between IMEC, VIB and KU Leuven
- University of Antwerp:
- VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp (Rosa Rademakers)
- VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, University of Antwerp
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel:
- VIB Structural Biology Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Jan Steyaert)
- VIB Laboratory Myeloid Cell Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Jo Van Ginderachter)
- VIB Nanobody Service Facility, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Hasselt University Campus
Service facilities[edit]
VIB has established several core facilities focused on advanced technologies, which make high through-flow technologies available to academic and industrial researchers in Flanders.
- VIB BioInformatics Training and Service facility
- VIB Compound Screening service Facility, UGent
- VIB Genetic Service Facility, University of Antwerp
- VIB Nucleomics Core, KU Leuven
- VIB Nanobody Service Facility, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- VIB Protein Service Facility, UGent
- VIB Proteomics Expertise Center, UGent
- VIB Bio Imaging Core, UGent and KU Leuven
- VIB Metabolomics Core, UGent
Spin-offs[edit]
VIB was involved in the creation of spin-offs from academic research groups, such as for Ablynx, DevGen, CropDesign, ActoGeniX, Pronota (formerly Peakadilly), Agrosavfe, Multiplicom, Q-biologicals, SoluCel, Aphea.Bio and Aelin Therapeutics.[citation needed][6]
See also[edit]
- Belgian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- BIO.be
- BIOMED (University of Hasselt)
- EMBL
- Flanders Investment and Trade
- FlandersBio
- Flemish institute for technological research
- GIMV
- Herman Van Den Berghe
- Institute for the promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT)
- Jozef Schell
- Lisbon Strategy
- Marc Van Montagu
- Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen
- Raymond Hamers
- Science and technology in Flanders
- Walter Fiers
- Wellcome Trust
References[edit]
- ^ "Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie". www.vlaanderen.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ "Our members". EU-LIFE.
- ^ "Jérôme Van Biervliet new managing director of VIB". flanders.bio. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ Schoofs, Nico (20 April 2022). "Christine Durinx nieuwe codirecteur Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie". de tijd.
- ^ "Ex-Janssen topman Ajit Shetty wordt voorzitter raad van bestuur VIB | Engineeringnet". engineeringnet.be (in Flemish). Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ "VIB's Start ups". VIB.
Sources[edit]
- J. Comijn, P. Raeymaekers, A. Van Gysel, M. Veugelers, Today = Tomorrow : a tribute to life sciences research and innovation : 10 years of VIB, Snoeck, 2006, ISBN 978-90-5349-630-5
- Biotechnology industry in Belgium
External links[edit]
- Bioinformatics organizations
- Biological research institutes
- Biology societies
- Education in Belgium
- Educational organisations based in Belgium
- Flanders
- Genetics organizations
- Gene banks
- Information technology organizations based in Europe
- International research institutes
- International scientific organizations based in Europe
- Medical and health organisations based in Belgium
- Molecular biology institutes
- Molecular biology organizations
- Scientific organisations based in Belgium
- Research institutes
- Research institutes in Belgium
- Science and technology in Belgium
- Science and technology in Europe
- Systems science institutes
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel