A quest for new products
What major challenges does agriculture nowadays face?
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European scientists ask the EU Parliament and EU Commission reconsider genome editing for sustainable agriculture and food production
European agriculture can make considerable contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Open Statement for the use of genome editing for sustainable agriculture and food production in the EU
Our planet is facing unprecedented challenges because of a rising, more affluent world population, while biodiversity is diminishing at an alarming pace and the average temperature on earth continues to rise.
Walter Fiers, founder of VIB and pioneer of biotechnology in Flanders, passed away
Walter Fiers was born on January 31st, 1931 in Ieper.
A CRISPR Knockout
One, two, three, knockout
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Two VIB-UGent scientists recognized as EMBO Young Investigators
EMBO is an organization that aims to build a network of Europe’s finest researchers in the life sciences.
Dirk Inzé named as AAAS Fellow
The nonprofit AAAS is open to all and has as its mission to ‘advance science and serve society’. The society was founded in 1848 and includes more than 250 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals.
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Moritz Nowack receives ERC Consolidator Grant
The ERC Consolidator Grant for Prof. Moritz Nowack (VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology) is the 19th ERC Consolidator Grant, out of 60 overall ERC grants, for VIB scientists.
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