Medical Biotechnology

Flemish researchers launch OPENPichia, an industrial open access yeast system for the production of proteins

Flemish researchers launch OPENPichia, an industrial open access yeast system for the production of proteins

The system has applications in the production of medicines, and edible and industrial proteins, offering a cheaper and qualitative alternative to existing commercial variants

March 5, 2024

VIB and Ghent University develop new mRNA vaccines against bacterial infections

VIB and Ghent University develop new mRNA vaccines against bacterial infections

Vaccine consortium Baxerna doubles down on antimicrobial resistance

April 25, 2023

mRNA vaccines against bacteria: Listeria shows the way

mRNA vaccines against bacteria: Listeria shows the way

The development of a Listeria vaccine opens a route to producing mRNA vaccines against other bacterial infections.

October 17, 2022

All in the game: VIB-UGent researchers enlist virtual space explorers to improve disease diagnostics

All in the game: VIB-UGent researchers enlist virtual space explorers to improve disease diagnostics

By harnessing the power of thousands of gamers, the team of Prof. Lennart Martens (VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology), with colleagues of Dhaenes lab of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Ghent University, intends to improve the analysis of mass spectrometry data drastically. In turn, this may advance disease diagnostics.

August 15, 2022

Digging for brain disease biomarkers with innovative proteomics

Digging for brain disease biomarkers with innovative proteomics

Two VIB research teams join forces to look for biomarkers in blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples of people living with frontotemporal degeneration.

December 23, 2021

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