The VIB BioImaging Core (Ghent) team has really outdone itself this time. Meet the full crew and take a tour through their light microscopy (LM) and electron microscopy (EM) suite in a seriously dope MTV Cribs–style video.
🎬 youtube.com/watch?v=n4xjmgxAdYM
The Spatial Omics Summer School offers a structured, hands-on introduction to spatially resolved targeted transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics.
If you want to join, submit your application by 2 February 2026.
vibconferences.be/events/spatial-omic…
We are excited to have @minomatt.bsky.social as a keynote speaker at the Flanders Nanopore Day, alongside a wide range of @nanoporetech.com topics, spanning from microbes to plants to humans. All information - including free registration and free PromethION sequencing - at nanoporeflanders.be
Big delivery at the VIB Data Core! 😍
📦 📦 Two systems with B300 GPUs, an investment by @vibai.bsky.social
📦 A server with RTX 6000 GPUs
The systems will be racked and configured over the coming weeks, and the Data Core team will run full testing before integrating them into producti
The VIB Protein Core has significantly upgraded its fermentation capabilities with a new Infors Multifors 2 system. 🤩
This setup enables six simultaneous bioreactor runs, each with a final working volume of 1 L, ideal for accelerating the development of your candidate proteins.
Tech strategy is more than choosing platforms. It's about how we manage, evaluate, and improve them for lasting scientific impact.
This October, we share that approach in a hands-on workshop on KPIs.
training.vib.be/all-trainings/key-p…
Happy New Year from the VIB Flow Core in Leuven. 🎉
🎁 ✨ The BD FACS Discover S8 Chorus got a software upgrade
🎁 ✨ The Analyzer A1 Symphony now supports high-throughput screening in 96- and 384-well microtiter plates
More info: tinyurl.com/mt2vpa5y
Bring on your samples in 2026!
On HLN, Bart Ghesquière, Head of the VIB Metabolomics Core Leuven, shares his expert perspective on a recent large-scale metabolomics study exploring how a simple finger-prick blood test could help identify disease risk long before symptoms appear.
tinyurl.com/5n8ky4v9 (in Dutch)
For Elina Kuznecova, joining VIB meant more than starting a new job, it meant finding a team that shared her curiosity and passion for science: “I met many passionate people, including my team lead, and I knew this was the team where I wanted to work.
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=2Py0bDtkohM
Hélène Roberge from the VIB BioImaging Core Leuven won the first prize in the Awesome vEM Images 2025 competition 🏆🔬
Her image was awarded in the 'Bringing Meaning to the Data' category, recognizing computational analysis of volume electron microscopy data.
Congratulations, Hélène! 👏
Who's ready for a new challenge in 2026?
We're expanding our Tech Satellite in Antwerp and are looking for a Lab Technician to strengthen our support in Flow Cytometry & Single Cell Omics.
jobs.vib.be/j/127644/lab-techni…
History tells two stories about transformative technology. One is the flash of discovery, the second is the decades spent building the infrastructure to make that discovery accessible. 🏗️
Reza Hassanzadeh-Ghassabeh on the story of the VIB Nanobody® VHH Core 👉 tinyurl.com/ycxe2rp2
Next May, the Computational Cytometry Summer School returns to Ghent for its 3rd edition.
Sofie Van Gassen explains what participants can expect from this intensive hands-on program.
tinyurl.com/msmzk74f
Apply before 16 December 2025 ⚠️
Today we had the pleasure of hosting Daniel Cipelewski, Director of Nikon Europe, for a visit to the VIB BioImaging Core in Leuven.
A big thank you to Daniel and the Nikon Europe team for the ongoing trust and partnership. We look forward to many more years of pushing imaging boundaries together!
Making your genomic data FAIR just got a lot easier. 🧬 🚀
The VIB DataCore has developed a streamlined useGalaxy workflow that supports you in submitting raw sequencing reads and genome assemblies to ENA:
useGalaxy.be
slides: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17431102#EVORA#ELIXIRbelgium
🚨 Job opportunity
The Proteomics Core is hiring a (Junior) Technical Support Team Member to keep its mass-spec proteomics services running smoothly.
🗓 Deadline: November 30, 2025
👉 Apply via the VIB job site vib.be/en/technologies/abo…
Spatial proteomics webinar 👇
On Wed 26 Nov, Evelien Van Hamme and Elina Kuznecova share practical lessons from running high-plex projects on MACSima.
the-scientist.com/spatial-proteomics-…
Today we celebrate 20 years of the VIB NANOBODY® VHH Core! 🎂 🦙 🎉
From the pioneering VUB origins of single-domain camelid antibodies to today’s global impact, our VHH Core has grown into a reference center for nanobody discovery and application. ✨
@viblifesciences.bsky.social
What a day. 🙌
VIB Technologies Day 2025 brought our community together in Leuven around three things: technology, talent, teamwork.
Thanks to every speaker, host, and participant!
Our job shadowing program is a peer-learning initiative that helps colleagues step into other cores, swap know-how, and tighten workflows across disciplines.
👉 Inspired to start shadowing someone in your field or line of work?
beakon.ghost.io/slipping-into-anoth…
Heads-up for all VIB Techies: at our @vibtechnologies.bsky.social Day on Nov 6th, we’ll host a session on job shadowing and open the next call. Perfect timing if you’re curious, hunting for blind spots, or keen to co-optimize pipelines with neighboring cores!
Called to Science Season 2 is out now and features Elina Kuznecova from the VIB Spatial Catalyst ✨
Tune in to hear her story, the realities of working in high-tech spatial biology, and practical advice for carving your own route in science.
open.spotify.com/episode/3gYKOhiWSqc…
Our Tech Watch Core is testing Meteor Biotech's CosmoSort platform for precise cell and tissue isolation in spatial biology.
CosmoSort uses an infrared laser to pick out defined cells or tissue regions while keeping their surroundings intact, combining imaging and cell retrieval in one workflow.
Greetings from Barcelona! 👋 🇪🇸
A big week for our core community: VIB Technologies core heads and staff joined peers at a Core for Life meeting in Barcelona to deepen collaboration across institutes and countries.
See you all next week! 😎
Our Tech Watch Core is evaluating Syncell’s Microscoop® Mint platform for unbiased, subcellular spatial proteomics.
Tech Watch scouts promising tools early, brings them in under controlled pilots, and determines where (and if) they add value for VIB scientists.
Proud that VIB Technologies helped power new @cmn-vib.bsky.social research: C9orf72 cases show muted microglial activation.
Kudos to the Nucleomics Core (Lim, Kizi, Jolien, Stefaan) and BioImaging Core Ghent (Femke, Riet) for the tech lift.
tinyurl.com/y6ufutu9#pushingtheedgeofscience
On Monday, the VIB Flow Core Ghent celebrated the installation of its second BD FACSDiscover™ A8 with an event co-hosted with BD.
🙌 100+ registrants
🙌 Another milestone in our long-running partnership with BD
👉 Next up: hands-on A8 trainings every 4th Thursday at VIB Flow Core Ghent
Our mission is simple: to empower your research with top-tier instrumentation and expert support. To make sure we are investing our efforts where it truly matters, we’re running a new user survey.
Check your inbox (or VIB Home) for the invitation or DM us and we’ll share the survey link directly.
Had a fantastic time catching up with Lotte Carr from @stemcell.com!
We definitely had some exciting collaboration possibilities simmering.! Can you guess what's “cooking up” next? 😉
Stay tuned! 👀
#CollaborationGoals#VIBTechnologies #stemcelltechnologies
We're growing the VIB.AI Machine Learning Unit, and we're hiring!
📌 Head of the Machine Learning Unit
📌 LLM Engineer
Both roles are based in Leuven, Belgium, at the heart of a thriving research ecosystem.
vib.ai/en/opportunities#/j…
Apply by October 31st.
Out this week: another example of @viblifesciences.bsky.social’s cores powering discovery.
LNPs cue dendritic cells via their cargo—not the lipids. The team also built a readout for “immunogenic” vs “homeostatic.” Thanks to Flow Core & Single-Cell Core. doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.20…
Have you met the HeliXcyto? 🤩
It’s the latest tool in the VIB Nanobody® VHH Core toolbox, and allows you to measure the binding kinetics of your fluorescently-labeled molecules directly on the surface of living cells.
Jochen took the stage at the Nordic Flow Cytometry Meeting 2025 in Copenhagen. 🎤
He showcased how we're enabling VIB researchers to push the boundaries of biomedical research by putting the most advanced tools in their hands. Like the BD Biosciences FACSDiscover™ S8 for example!
🎬 Lights, camera, nanobodies!
Check out the new video from the VIB Nanobody® VHH Core. 👀
We take you behind the scenes of the Core's state-of-the-art lab, where tiny molecules become powerful tools for research and innovation.
Full video via
👉 nanobodycore.sites.vib.be
New collaborative work done with the Fordyce lab (Stanford), Lammertyn lab (KU Leuven), and the VIB Flow Core in Ghent.
By merging droplet microfluidics with high-speed flow sorting, enabled by a 3D‑printed corkscrew mixer, the team processed over 1 million droplets at ~480 Hz with 89% accuracy. 👏
Ever get that "chosen one" feeling? ⚡
The @vibflowcore-lv.bsky.social is now one of only 6 facilities in EMEA running the newly released BD FACSDiscover™ S8 Chorus v6.1 software.
This means:
✅ More powerful sorting (4 & 6-way)
✅ Simplified spectral unmixing
✅ Enhanced data control & collaboration
Nikon celebrates 100 years of microscopy innovation! 🎉
Cheers from all of us at VIB Technologies, and a special shoutout to Nikky Corthout from the VIB Bioimaging Core Leuven for being featured in Nikon's centennial tribute. 🔬
#NikonMicroscopy100
The VIB Flow Core Ghent has officially inaugurated their brand-new BD FACSDiscover™ A8. 🎀 ✂️ 🎊 🥂
This cutting-edge cell analyzer combines high-throughput spectral capabilities with real-time single-cell imaging, unlocking new frontiers in spatial and morphological research.
We're at the European Conference on Drug Discovery:
👉 Dominique Audenaert (VIB Screening Core) gave a talk today on how target-based and phenotypic screening can accelerate early-stage drug discovery
👉 Sofie Coelus, our business dev manager, is at our booth connecting with researchers & innovators
With BD CellView™ Image Technology, the vibflowcore-lv.bsky.social helped Samantha Pretto et al. track SREBP2 nuclear translocation in T cells, revealing a key metabolic shift that boosts anti-tumor function.
A powerful example of how imaging flow cytometry advances cancer research. 🙌
Ultrapotent SARS coronavirus-neutralizing single-domain antibodies that clamp the spike at its base:
nature.com/articles/s41467-025…
Exciting new research at VIB CMB, powered by 👇
⚙️ VIB Nanobody® VHH Core
⚙️ VIB Flow Core Ghent
⚙️ VIB Bioimaging Core Ghent
⚙️ VIB Protein Core
The VIB Flow Core teams from Leuven & Ghent are diving deep into #CYTO2025! Catch their posters, talk & workshop today and tomorrow. Come say hi & talk science with them!
@vibflowcore-lv.bsky.social @viblifesciences.bsky.social
Jochen Lamote and Dharshini Raju from the @vibflowcore-lv.bsky.social joined the BD Horizon meeting in Eindhoven last week, diving into spectral panel design, the S8 platform & new antibody previews.
Need help updating your cytometry panels? The Flow Core’s got you covered.
