Back-to-back recognition! 💪🏼 A huge shoutout to Arnau @arnauvich.bsky.social and Jeroen Raes for once again making @clarivate.com global #HighlyCited2025 list! 🌍✨ @viblifesciences.bsky.social @vibmicrobes.bsky.social clarivate.com/highly-cited...
✨ Day two, another round of brilliant science at #Microbes25! The second poster session brought more exciting discoveries and thoughtful discussions. Huge kudos to all researchers from our six labs for sharing their research!
@vibtrainconf.bsky.social, @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
How do you find new antibiotics hidden in plain sight? 🔬🧩
At #Microbes25, Hanne Vande Capelle of @vibmicrobes.bsky.social shares how she is engineering and screening sactipeptides — underexplored RiPPs with big antimicrobial potential.
🎥 Watch her pitch! #Microbes25 #Biotech
What if yeast could make the solvents of the future? 🧫✨
At #Microbes25, Quinten Deparis of @vibmicrobes.bsky.social shares how he and his colleagues are reprogramming microbes to build a greener chemistry — blending enzyme engineering, AI, and sustainability.
🎥 Watch his pitch! #SynBio #Biotech
The start of the final plenary session of today #Microbes25 with a selected, beautiful talk by Fatima El Arnouki Belhaji (@masscheleinlab.bsky.social). She focused on charting the biosynthetic landscape and expanding the catalogue of bioactive specialized lipids.
📰 Read more here: lnkd.in/g_qqaJxg
✨ What a wonderful first poster session today at #Microbes25!
Proud to see so many researchers from across our six labs showcasing their innovative and impactful science.
@vibtrainconf.bsky.social, @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, @viblifesciences.bsky.social
🦠 Microbes are transforming our world — from sustainable foods to smart materials! At the 3rd #VIBconf on Emerging Applications of Microbes, we kick off with Colin Hill on bacteriophages & the microbiome. Tiny partnerships, huge impact. #Microbes25 #Microbiology #PhageBiology vibbio.tech/4hOqqBm
Final week to register for the #Microbes25 conference! 🚀 Our OC members are buzzing with excitement!
Today, Prof. @masscheleinlab.bsky.social shares one of her top picks!
⏳ Final deadline to register is 23 Oct 2025 !
🌐 vibbio.tech/Microbes25
@vibtrainconf.bsky.social
We are entering the final week to register for the #Microbes25 conference! 🚀 Our Organizing Committee members are already buzzing with excitement-and we asked them what they’re most looking forward to. A sneak peek at what’s in store!
⏳ Final deadline is 23 Oct 2025-don’t miss it!
🌐 lnkd.in/e2ywpSED
🍺 Explore the science of malting and brewing, take virtual tours of iconic Belgian breweries and learn from experts with our free online edX course!
📅 New run starts Nov 16 – perfect for students, professionals, or anyone passionate about brewing science.
🔗 Enroll now: www.edx.org/learn/beer/k...
Huge congratulations to our colleague @arnauvich.bsky.social for presenting his research on FODMAP restriction and gut microbiota in IBS patients at United European Gastroenterology Week 2025 in Berlin🇩🇪👏! #UEGWeek @myueg.bsky.social @vibmicrobes.bsky.social
Another great day at #UEGWeek 2025! 🎉Congratulations to our colleague Jorge Vazquez Castellanos for presenting his exciting work on microbial dysbiosis, inflammation, and the gut–brain axis in IBS at the United European Gastroenterology Week in Berlin🇩🇪 @myueg.bsky.social @vibmicrobes.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to Joost and Laura on being awarded a @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social PhD fellowship!
✨ We wish them both a successful and inspiring PhD journey!
🔬 @verstrepenlab.bsky.social,
@masscheleinlab.bsky.social, @viblifesciences.bsky.social, @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, UGhent
🌍 Celebrating #InternationalMicroorganismDay with a spotlight on BIOPET 🐾🌱 — part of @viblifesciences.bsky.social Grand Challenges program.
🔬 Great to see the labs of @verstrepenlab.bsky.social and Sibylle Vonesch explore Yarrowia yeast to help create more sustainable pet food!
🔗 lnkd.in/g_qbUXbR
🥳 Congrats to Hans Gerstmans (@masscheleinlab, @viblifesciences, @kuleuvenuniversity) on receiving the EQT Foundation 2025 Women’s Health Grant to develop a bacterial biosensor targeting BRCA1/2 breast cancer!
🔗 eqtgroup.com/news/eqt-foundation-announces-2025-womens-health-grant-recipients
Proud to share our comprehensive literature review on application potential, chemical synthesis and microbial production of α-ketoglutaric acid @chemsocrev.rsc.org
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Exams = stress. 📚 Our new study shows that a probiotic strain (L. rhamnosus CNCM I-3690) modulated the gut microbiome during academic stress, with ties to lower anxiety.
🔗 Vázquez-Castellanos et al. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Interested in improving microbes for sustainable food and biofuel production? Or keen on studying evolution and gene regulation using yeast?
🚨 We are seeking two enthusiastic lab technicians to join our dynamic, international team!
More info & to apply, here 👇
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Calling all #Microbes25 enthusiasts, it’s time to show off your finest science. Do not leave it trapped in your lab. Submit your abstract by September 4 & have a chance to win the Nature Microbiology Poster Prize: vibbio.tech/3UQkrkN.
@natmicrobiol.nature.com
#MicrobialBiotech #MicrobialEcology
Want to attend #Microbes25, but travel costs are holding you back? Our travel grants are here to help, but the deadline is today.
🧳Join your colleagues by applying before it’s too late and attend without the financial stress: vibbio.tech/46z4Tco
#MicrobialBiotech #microbes #MicrobialEcology
🎉 Congratulations to Luca Tiraboschi on being awarded an @embo.org scientific exchange grant, joining the group of Sibylle Vonesch to collaborate on developing novel gene editing techniques! (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, @viblifesciences.bsky.social)
Want to join us at #Microbes25, but worried about travel costs? We’ve got you covered.
Next week is your last chance to apply for a travel grant. Don’t let this opportunity slip away.
🛬Final boarding call for a front row seat, apply here: vibbio.tech/40Rno8b #MicrobialBiotech #microbes #VIBConf
🚀📄 Our lab is making the most of summer—another paper published! In this one, Sasha and the team managed to valorize a byproduct stream in bioethanol fermentation, laying the groundwork toward sustainable, high-value bioproduction.
Read all about it here👇: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
We're hiring a postdoc!🚨
Study human-associated microbial communities in health & disease.
🔬Requirements:
- PhD in bioinformatics, microbiology, or related field
- Expertise in omics data analysis
- Micro & molecular bio techniques are a plus!
Apply now!🌟
jobs.vib.be/j/119682/pos...
🚨 We're hiring at the Vonesch lab!
Excited about CRISPR technology development, HT genetic screens, and exploring fundamental questions in genetics? Apply here!
🔬 Postdoctoral Researcher
jobs.vib.be/j/117184/pos...
🧪 Research Technician
jobs.vib.be/j/117186/res...
📃🥳 Excited to share our new paper! Jolien and colleagues highlight the power of combining biodiversity with precision metabolic engineering for sustainable microbial bioproduction.
Read all about it 👇: microbialcellfactories.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#Kluyveromyces #LacticAcid #Bioplastics
📄 New collaborative publication:
"Dietary convergence induces individual responses in faecal microbiome composition"
Astrid Vermeulen et al., now in eGastroenterology.
🔗 egastroenterology.bmj.com/content/3/2/...
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🎉 Proud to announce that Doris van Bergeijk, postdoctoral researcher at @raeslab.org ( @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, @viblifesciences.bsky.social), has been awarded a Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social, to study how the gut microbiome can shape our mental health. 🧠🦠
