- Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
The Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) or the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, is a research institute located in
Flanders ,Belgium . VIB was founded by theFlemish government in1995 , and became a full-fledged institute on1 January 1996 . The main objective of VIB is to strengthen the excellence of Flemish life sciences research and to turn the results into new economic growth. The VIB spends almost 80% of its budget onresearch activities, while almost 12% is spent ontechnology transfer activities and stimulating the creation of new businesses, in addition VIB spends approximately 2% on socio-economic activities.The institute is led by
Jo Bury andRudy Dekeyser .Hugo Van Heuverswyn is Chairman of the Board of Directors.Goals
The strategic goals of the VIB are:
# Strategic basic research
# Technology transfer policy to transfer the inventions to consumers and patients
# Scientific information for the general publicDepartments
The VIB scientist works on the normal and abnormal or pathological processes occurring in a cell, an organ and an organism (humans, plants, micro organisms). Instead of relocating scientists to a new campus, the VIB researchers work in research departments of four Flemish universities:
Ghent University , theKatholieke Universiteit Leuven , theUniversity of Antwerp and theVrije Universiteit Brussel .*Ghent University:
**VIB Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, UGent (Frans Van Roy )
**VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, UGent (Dirk Inzé )
**VIB Department of Medical Protein Research, UGent (Joël Vandekerckhove )
**VIB Laboratory of Molecular Cancer Biology, UGent (Jean-Christophe Marine )*Katholieke Universiteit Leuven:
**VIB Departement of Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, K.U.Leuven (Désiré Collen )
**VIB Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, K.U.Leuven (Bart De Strooper )
**VIB Department of Molecular Microbiology, K.U.Leuven (Johan Thevelein )
**VIB Laboratory of Developmental Genetics, K.U.Leuven (Patrick Callaerts )*University of Antwerp:
**VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp (Christine Van Broeckhoven )*Vrije Universiteit Brussel:
**VIB Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Lode Wyns )
**VIBSwitch Laboratory , Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Frederic Rousseau &Joost Schymkowitz )ervice facilities
VIB has established several core facilities focused on advanced technologies, which make high through-flow technologies available to academic and industrial researchers in Flanders.
* VIB BioInformatics Training and Service facility
* VIB Compound Screening service Facility, UGent
* VIB Genetic Service Facility, University of Antwerp
* VIB MicroArray Facility
* VIB Nanobody Service Facility, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
* VIB Protein Service Facility, UGent
* VIB Proteomics Expertise Center, UGentpin-offs
VIB was involved in the creation of spin-offs from academic research groups, such as for
Ablynx ,Peakadilly ,DevGen ,CropDesign ,SoluCel , andActoGeniX .ee also
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Science and technology in Flanders
*BIO.be
*Lisbon Strategy
*Institute for the promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT)
*Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen
*Flanders Investment and Trade
*GIMV
*FlandersBio
* VITO
*BIOMED (University of Hasselt)
*Belgian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
*Walter Fiers
*Raymond Hamers
*Jozef Schell
*Herman Van Den Berghe
*Marc Van Montagu
*Wellcome Trust
*EMBL ource
* J. Comijn, P. Raeymaekers, A. Van Gysel, M. Veugelers, "Today = Tomorrow : a tribute to life sciences research and innovation : 10 years of VIB", Snoeck, 2006, ISBN 978-90-5349-630-5
* [http://www.diplobel.us/TradeInvestment/Publications/Biotechnology.pdf Biotechnology industry in Belgium]External links
* [http://www.vib.be/ VIB]
* [http://www.vib.be/VIB/EN/VIB+at+a+glance/History/ VIB History]
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