Plant Biology

Hormones and plant growth

Hormones and plant growth

New research discovers how plant hormones called brassinosteroids affect gene expression and plant growth

March 31, 2023

Building better base editors

Building better base editors

VIB scientists develop ITER, a sensitive, versatile, and high-throughput method to test and quantify gene editing in plant cells

January 16, 2023

Just BREEDIT – bridging the gap between conventional breeding and molecular biology

Just BREEDIT – bridging the gap between conventional breeding and molecular biology

Researchers at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology developed a pipeline based on genome editing to accelerate gene discovery for breeding programs to improve agronomic traits in crops.

September 7, 2022

Staying alive – delaying floral aging improves seed set in maize

Staying alive – delaying floral aging improves seed set in maize

Researchers identified a mechanism to extend the fertile period of maize flowers, which could lead to increased yield in climate stress conditions.

May 24, 2022

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VIB’s core mission is to generate disruptive insights in the molecular underpinning of life and to translate these actively into impactful innovations for patients and society. VIB is an independent research institute where some 1,800 top scientists from Belgium and abroad conduct pioneering basic research. As such, they are pushing the boundaries of what we know about molecular mechanisms and how they rule living organisms such as human beings, animals, plants, and microorganisms. Based on a close partnership with five Flemish universities – Ghent University, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Hasselt University – and supported by a solid funding program, VIB unites the expertise of all its collaborators and research groups in a single institute. VIB’s technology transfer activities translate research results into concrete benefits for society such as new diagnostics and therapies and agricultural innovations. These applications are often developed by young start-ups from VIB or through collaborations with other companies. This also leads to additional employment and bridges the gap between scientific research and entrepreneurship. VIB also engages actively in the public debate on biotechnology by developing and disseminating a wide range of science-based information. 

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