The last talk of the 2nd edition of emerging applications of microbes conference by Shafeer kalathil Using #microbes to produce solar fuels and chemicals from CO2 VIB @VIBConferences #microbes22 VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology

I am so happy to be a co-author of this study on the evolution of Eurasian Borrelia genospecies supporting an Asian origin in Molecular Ecology doi.org/10.1111/mec.16… 🎉 to Robert E. Rollins and all collaborators #evolution #ecology #lymeDisease #LMU_Muenchen

2nd edition of emerging applications of microbes: Amazing talks and great minds @VIBConferences #microbes22 #leuven #PhDing VIB

The sun 🌞 is here again #Belgium

👇👇👇EES@LMU alumni seminar 👇👇👇continues. Mohammed tawfeeq from KU Leuven will talk about: „Characterization of mutational robustness in yeast“. When? March 29th at 14:00 CET. If you want to join the seminar via zoom, pleas dm.

Exciting news! We're hiring a tenure-track Professor in Microbial Metabolomics and Enzyme Engineering for cutting-edge research at KU Leuven & VIB . Get a generous startup package, yearly research endowment & full salary. Apply here! kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…

Have you seen the bluebells.......? Hallerbos #Belgium

Yesterday was the incredible finale of our Microbes and Booze lecture series! 🦠🍻 We had the pleasure of having Prof. Bart De Strooper as our guest, captivating us all with his fascinating talk on Dementia. Already counting down the days until next year's talks! 📅

We are delighted to congratulate Anna Zimmermann , a member of the group of Kevin Verstrepen , on the publication of her paper 'A Cas3-base editing tool for targetable in vivo mutagenesis' in Nature Communications ; her groundbreaking work showcases the remarkable effectiveness of a

📢 We are hiring a new lab technician! We are looking for a highly motivated and talented lab technician, specialising in molecular biology and/or microbiology (or have the motivation to specialize). To join our center at VIB & KU Leuven in the lab of

Interested in finding out why and how some cells are more robust against mutations?🦠 Apply for this fully-funded postdoc position and join our motivated team of international scientists at the lab of Kevin Verstrepen at VIB and KU Leuven. Feel free to spread the

🦸‍♂️ Our lab crew is ready to save the day this Halloween! 💥 #LabHeroes #HalloweenFun

📣 We're excited to announce the opening of multiple faculty positions! Do you use and/or develop artificial intelligence methods and mechanistic mathematical models to address fundamental questions in biology? We'd love to hear from you. (Please share far and wide 🙏)

Ever wondered why and what we do at the VIB and KU Leuven Center for Microbiology? 🤔 Take a peek into our labs, filled with fascinating microbes! We focus on harnessing microbes to identify medically important genes and study microbial pathogenicity, evolution,

Excited to share our review article "Mutational Robustness and the Role of Buffer Genes in Evolvability" published in The EMBO Journal #MutationalRobustness #Evolvability #BufferGenes embopress.org/doi/full/10.10… #EMBOJournal #MutationalRobustness

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…

Throwback to our VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology retreat with RaesLab, Michiels lab, Masschelein Lab, Sibylle Vonesch and Kevin Verstrepen's team at the Antwerp Zoo!