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| Founder | Flemish Government |
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| Established | 1995 |
| Mission | To conduct frontline biomolecular research in life sciences for the benefit of scientific progress & the benefit of society |
| Chair | Ajit Shetty (Chairman of the Board of Directors) |
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| Members | ~1900 |
| Slogan | Science meets life |
| Location | |
| Website | vib |
VIB is a research institute located inFlanders,Belgium. It was founded by theFlemish government in 1995, and became a full-fledged institute on 1 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.[1] 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. VIB is member of EU-LIFE, an alliance of leading life sciences research centres in Europe.[2]
The institute is led by Christine Durinx and Jérôme Van Biervliet.[3][4]Ajit Shetty is chairman of the board of directors.[5]
VIB's mission isto conduct frontline biomolecular research in life sciences for the benefit of scientific progress and the benefit of society. The strategic goals of the VIB are:
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 on six Flemish campuses:Ghent University,KU Leuven,University of Antwerp,Vrije Universiteit Brussel,IMEC andHasselt University.
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 was involved in the creation of spin-offs from academic research groups, such as forAblynx,DevGen,CropDesign,ActoGeniX, Pronota (formerly Peakadilly), Agrosavfe, Multiplicom, Q-biologicals,SoluCel, Aphea.Bio, Rainbow Crops and Aelin Therapeutics.[citation needed][6]
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