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Immunovaccine Announces Positive Phase 1 Topline Data for DepoVax™-based Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Candidate 13 October 2016 Immunovaccine Inc announced positive topline results from its Phase 1 trial evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of DPX-RSV, its DepoVax™-based, small B cell epitope peptide vaccine candidate for RSV. Scientists uncover how spreading cancer adapts to its environment 11 October 2016 Spreading tumor cells are able to adapt their metabolism to the specific organs they are invading. This conclusion forms the gist of a VIB-KU Leuven paper published in the renowned scientific journal Cell Reports. VIB research sheds new light on the defense mechanisms of plants 10 October 2016 When plants are damaged, they face significant dangers including the loss of nutrients from and the entry of microbes into the plant. As a result, plants have evolved sophisticated defense mechanisms. Nobel laureate Sir Richard Roberts asks European government leaders to support innovation in agricultural biotechnology 7 October 2016 Last week, Nobel laureate Sir Richard Roberts spoke at the European Parliament in Brussels about modern plant breeding technologies. Research uncovers a new disruption at the root of Parkinson’s disease 6 October 2016 Leading-edge research by the team of professor Patrik Verstreken (VIB-KU Leuven) has shown for the first time that a malfunctioning stress-coping mechanism in the brain is at the root of Parkinson’s disease. VIB Alumni Camila Esguerra & her zebrafish 6 October 2016 Camila Esguerra has found a haven in Oslo. As a group leader at the Biotechnology Centre of Oslo, and with the intention of progressing from an associate to a full professorship at the School of Pharmacy in the future, she thinks long term. No model, no research: why models are at the core of VIB science 2 October 2016 Models play a central role in the research conducted at VIB. If you take a look at our publications, the vast majority of them describe work that features one or more models. Naturally, there are a diverse range of models used in different applications New model organisms are the Cream of the crop in plant genetics research 1 October 2016 When it comes to economically important agricultural applications of biological research, it’s important that scientists use model organisms that allow results to be easily translated from lab to field. A homage to e. Coli, superstar model organism 1 October 2016 Yet, we often forget the one modest organism that paved the way for all the previous ones: Escherichia coli, a bacterium that lives in intestines. Neuroscience and plant biology team up to explore endocytosis 1 October 2016 Some research projects apply more than just one model organism. As many basic cell processes are quite similar across lifeforms, the exact effects of molecules can be compared in different organisms. The rise of a science icon: the Guinea pig 1 October 2016 Guinea pigs have long been synonymous with ‘test subjects’ – and that’s no coincidence! The chubby rodents have been used in medical experiments since the late 1800s, and have contributed to various scientific breakthroughs ever since. Why animal models are still vital to biomedical research 1 October 2016 Animal models are designed to represent human conditions because of our many shared characteristics. This is relevant because the more similar to humans the model’s studied molecular pathways are, the more predictive the outcome of the study will be. Adaptation to food deprivation as a clue for treating metabolic diseases 30 September 2016 When people are deprived of food, a number of biological mechanisms are set in motion to adapt the body’s metabolism to the conditions of scarcity. One of these processes has been revealed by a team of Belgian researchers, led by Karolien De Bosscher Where You Live Shapes Your Immune System More than Your Genes 29 September 2016 In a Review published September 29 in Trends in Immunology, three immunologists discuss the emerging science of what shapes our immune systems and how it might be applied. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Next» Get news updates: Email updates Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook RSS RESEARCH Bioinformatics Cancer Cardiovascular Development Inflammation and immunity Microbiology RESEARCH Neuroscience Plant biology Proteomics Structural biology Systems biology TRAINING AND FACILITIES Int. 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