Vandaag start #icabiodiversitychallenge 🦋 Vorig jaar telden we aan #kuleuven meer dan 1.500 dier- en plantensoorten op onze campussen 🌻 Doe nog tot 28 juni mee en help de biodiversiteit in kaart te brengen 🔍 Meer info over telmomenten en registratie bit.ly/49ZnBrz

Beautiful work spearheaded by Caroline Zandecki with help from Valerie Marien, Ayana Rajagopal, Jolien Van Houcke, with support of all the killies in SeuntjensLab, ArckensLab, MoonsLab and Lies De Groef Biology | KU Leuven biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🇧🇪 🐟 Learn about the value of #killifish in #ageing research with Lucas Mergan at EARA member Sam Van Campenhout! #BOARD24 youtu.be/btU2-QESVdQ

Are you looking for a postdoc in genomics, color patterns, speciation, or genetic diversity of African cichlids? 🐟 Get in touch if you would like to apply for an Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Horizon Europe🇪🇺 postdoctoral fellowship to join my lab KU Leuven Biology | KU Leuven

Our postdoc went home with the silver award 🥈 of the Flemish PhD Cup competition 2023. Did you just finish your PhD? Take your chance, register now !🏆 Blog writing, camera and interview training, stage performance and more! You will learn it all during the PhD Cup. SciMingo

Prof. Jos Snoeks The AfricaMuseum Biology | KU Leuven KU Leuven Laboratory of Biodiversity & Evolutionary Genomics from the @iucn IUCNssc Freshwater Fish SG defending the hosts on our WS "Red List Assessment & its potential for parasite conservation"! BiTElab CMK UHasselt IUCN Parasite Specialist Group Universiteit Hasselt FWO

The annual field course of Biology | KU Leuven to the South of France has come to an end, with interesting excursions, inspiring workshops and an independent research project. Thanks to Merops Field Studies for supporting us with their amazing materials and scientific knowlegde!

Mutational Robustness and the Role of Buffer Genes in Evolvability Kevin Verstrepen et al use the example of chaperone gene HSP90 to review our current understanding of mutational robustness & the role of buffer genes in evolution #Weekendreading embopress.org/doi/full/10.10…

At the New European Bauhaus Festival in Brussels, leaders like Alexander De Croo, Ursula Van der Leyen, Thomas Dermine & Elise Ferreira admired Prof. Jan Wurm’s 'Myx Shelters' booth! A 3m arch made from mycelium & local waste designed by MSc students arch_kuleuven KU Leuven

Huidige en voormalige postdocs aan onze afdeling, Lucas Mergan en Pieter Vancamp, gingen spreken met Professor Marc Van Ranst voor hun podcast Pioniers van de Wetenschap! 🎙️ KU Leuven #virus #vaccin

Many congratulations to Hans Gerstmans for being awarded a senior FWO postdoctoral fellowship!! 🥳👏 Looking forward to the collaboration with Lammertyn lab and Colinda Scheele! Biology | KU Leuven VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology CCB_VIB_KUL BIOSYSTEMS Department -KU Leuven

Many congratulations to Stefanie Wijnants and Shreosi Chatterjee for both obtaining a junior postdoc grant from FWO to help understanding and fighting human fungal pathogens. Biology | KU Leuven

🎉 Great news, #LeuvenBrainInstitute is organizing for the 2x time #Breinfestijn - a fundraiser for brain research 🧠 📚A selection of our top scientists will present their research & our house band, the Big Brain Band, consisting of musician-researchers, provides the music 🎶

So many curious, amazed and enthusiastic faces at our stand at the Nerdland festival last weekend! Completely worth the total exhaustion afterwards 🤩 #nerdlandfestival #scicomm #biology Biology | KU Leuven

Today we were very excited to discover our future labs and offices! And while we were there…to be in the very first lecture of #BioScienceCentre. 🥳 SET Group KU Leuven KU Leuven

Thinking and brainstorming about educating modern Biologists: yes we can! 💪🧑‍🎓🧬🍃 Fac Wetenschappen

Darwin noted “a fine beetle flew on board” while far at sea during the voyage of the Beagle. Their strong dispersal capabilities brought them as far as the Galápagos islands, where they repeatedly evolved ecotypes that “seldom or never take wing”. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Kan een oogtest voorspellen wie dement zal worden?👀 LBI lid professor Lies De Groef: “De prijs van een hersenscan loopt al snel op tot 1.000 of 2.000 euro, terwijl een netvliesfoto bij de oogarts al voor minder dan 50 euro kan.” ⁦Biology | KU Leuven⁩ hln.be/gezondheid/kan…

Door de klimaatverandering zal het risico op schistosomiase, een infectieziekte veroorzaakt door een parasitaire platworm, sterk stijgen in de komende eeuw. Vooral in Zuid-Europese landen is alertheid nodig. Biology | KU Leuven SET Group KU Leuven bit.ly/4fzWkjn

Spreker 5 #breinfestijn 🧠 Prof Isabel Beets is onderzoeksprofessor aan het departement biologie 🔬 🪱Lees alles over haar werk met de rondworm als model voor leergedrag bij de mens eoswetenschap.eu/natuur-milieu/… 🎫 Kom alles te weten over dit boeiende onderzoek & koop nu je tickets