Sharing Life Sciences Innovations
Betting big on blood screens for early cancer detection
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) just held their annual gathering in Chicago. The event coincided with some interesting new developments in the field of early cancer detection, as …
Gilead and Galapagos enter into transformative research and development collaboration
Gilead to Make $3.95 Billion Upfront Payment and $1.1 Billion Equity Investment Gilead Gains Access to Galapagos’ Differentiated Drug Discovery Platform and Current and Future Pipeline O…
WELBIO joins ranks with celebrities after a new bacterium is named after the institute
WELBIO has received a truly unique form of acknowledgement: a newly discovered bacterium has been named after the research institute. The human gut microbe was discovered during a project led by P…
Confo Therapeutics and DyNAbind announce drug discovery collaboration to identify novel GPCR-modulating compounds
Ghent, Belgium, and Dresden, Germany - 3 July 2019 – Confo Therapeutics, an emerging drug discovery company, and DyNAbind GmbH today announce a drug discovery collaboration on an undisclosed G-pro…
Edible antibodies to prevent and treat gut diseases
Belgian researchers have developed edible antibodies that can prevent gut bacterial infections. Normally antibodies need to be injected, but the antibodies developed by Dr. Vikram Virdi in the gro…
A new type of power plants to combat climate change
The prestigious organization EMBO recently announced several new members, including the appointment of VIB-UGent scientist Prof Wout Boerjan. Boerjan joins over 1800 other EMBO members in what is …
Miracle microchips improving cell therapy manufacturing
A microchip engineer might seem like an odd fit for a keynote speaker at an event focused on cell therapy, but at Science for health Peter Peumans will be presenting one of the day’s visionary tal…
The future of healthcare is digital
This month marked the crystal anniversary of the life sciences networking event Knowledge for Growth. The event was a huge success, with 1300+ attendees representing 600+ companies from 20+ countr…
Stellar year for Belgian biotech
Belgium has once again strengthened its position as Europe's biotech leader. Today, Belgian biotech companies comprise 23 percent of the total market value of all public European biotech companies…
Cultured meat, plant-based patties and bug burgers: VCs are backing protein alternatives
When it comes to food, our key sources of nutrition haven’t changed much in the last ten thousand years. Though hyped-up food trends and diets come and go, our ancestors established the status quo…
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Science for health 2019
SQUARE Brussels
Wed 11 Sep 2019
10:00
Health science is about the patient; about preventing illness and saving lives. Collaboration and out-of-the-box thinking accelerate progress. This yearly event connects researchers and clinicians…
BCF Career Event Belgium 2019
Ghent ICC, Belgium
Thu 14 Nov 2019
09:00
BCF Career Event is the largest Belgian career event for the Life Sciences. It is the meeting place for everyone who is or wants to be active in Bio/Life Sciences, Chemistry, Food or Pharma. BCF C…
