Congratulations to our postdoc Yiming Peng-Winkler for receiving the Young Investigator Award at the 22nd International AEK Cancer Congress in Berlin!

🤯 Blocking an enzyme can reprogram immune cells to improve cancer treatments? Check out our latest research by Massimiliano Mazzone, Samantha Pretto, and colleagues
@vib-ccb.bsky.social! @erc.europa.eu europa.eu
@fwovlaanderen.bsky.social
👉 Read our complete story: vibbio.tech/421Syum

❔Want to stay ahead in #sequencing innovation? #RNGS25 will bring together top experts, groundbreaking research, and networking opportunities.

⌛There are only a few days left (deadline 5 March) to join 300 colleagues who have already registered! Sign up here: vibbio.tech/3XpVrm7 #NGS #Seq

🔦Our new #VIBGrandchallenges PID 2.0 project in the spotlight on #RareDiseaseDay

🎥Check the animation movie via: bit.ly/4aS2tFC 👈

@viblifesciences.bsky.social @uzgent.bsky.social
@UGent @hcl-recherche.bsky.social are ready to tackle this diagnostic grand challenge in primary immunodeficiencies🩸

⌛Submit your abstract for #INCI25 before midnight today, and showcase your work to top scientists in #CancerBiology & #Inflammation!
Join us in Bruges & upload here: vibbio.tech/4i2KtLS
Present your research on stage or in poster sessions for a chance to win the @cellpress.bsky.social Poster Prize🏆.

Our latest piece "Decoding Melanoma’s Cellular Mosaic to Unlock Immunotherapy Potential" is available online: authors.elsevier.com/a/1khFK3QxxS... and will soon be published in @cp-trendscellbio.bsky.social. Thanks to @pozniakjoanna.bsky.social for taking the lead! Our Cover design proposal is below

We’ve recently described a transcriptomic landscape of human melanomas associated with immunotherapy outcomes: www.cell.com/action/showP...
Here is our follow up review available online: "Decoding Melanoma’s Cellular Mosaic to Unlock Immunotherapy Potential" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

At #INCI25, Prof. Guido Kroemer (@upcite.bsky.social) will explore the connections between metabolism, #cancer & #immunity, focusing on the links between metabolic syndrome, obesity, nutrition, and common cancers – all through the lens of aging. Join us in connecting the dots: vibbio.tech/4kBXX2T

What did participants at our last Women in Leadership Workshop have to say? ♀️

"The real-life experience that senior women leaders on the field relayed was precious and made me feel understood in current similar challenges"

Apply to attend the 2025 edition: 2025.eacr.org/women-in-lea...

Single‐cell DNA and surface protein characterization of high hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia at diagnosis and during treatment High hyperdiploid (HeH) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is the most prevalent subtype of childhood ALL. This leukemia is characterized by trisomies and tetrasomies of specific chromosomes...

Happy to share our new insights in the variant mutations driving high hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic #leukemia - always new discoveries when you go to the #single-cell level… @hemasphere-journal.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

sparrow /ˈsparəʊ/
🪶 a small chiefly brownish or grayish oscine songbird
💻 a powerful tool to analyze spatial transcriptomics data

Discover the story behind SParrOW
👉 https://blog.vib.be/sparrow-takes-flight
@lopollar.bsky.social @saeyslab.bsky.social

Prof. Cornelia Weyand (@mayoclinic.org) will speak at #INCI25 on how metabolic defects in T-cells contribute to the development of #autoimune diseases by promoting #inflammation and pathogenic T-cell functions.

Join us in the beautiful city of Bruges: vibbio.tech/4bnGeYN #cancer #immunotherapy

Postdoctoral position in bioinformatics of the human gut microbiome - VIB About the Lab Thelab of JeroenRaes(VIB, KU Leuven) is home to a vibrant, dynamic and international group of researchers in the field of gut microbial ecology and its clinical applications

We're hiring a postdoc!🚨

Study human-associated microbial communities in health & disease.

🔬Requirements:
- PhD in bioinformatics, microbiology, or related field
- Expertise in omics
- Strong publication record

Apply now!🌟 jobs.vib.be/j/69697/post...
@vibmicrobes.bsky.social

Lightcast Luminaries: Working with VIB to make every single cell count YouTube video by Lightcast

We're happy to introduce VIB Tech Watch (@vibtechnologies.bsky.social) as one of our Luminary early-access partners. Our work with EAPs allows us to continuously improve the Lightcast platform & empower researchers to better understand cellular function.

#ScienceSky 🧪

youtu.be/3pfyDmHKnmI?...

Postdoctoral position to study tertiary lymphoid structures in space and time - VIB We have discovered that vascular/immunomodulating therapies can transform immunosuppressive tumor endothelial cells into immune-stimulating high-endothelial venules (HEV) that due to their specific fu...

Are you ready for your next step in immunology/vascular biology research?
Do you want to decipher the generation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures in cancer and chronic inflammation? Then check out our job opening for a postdoc position at the VIB Center for cancer Biology:
jobso.id/k7ap

Postdoctoral position in Bio-Informatics to unravel the metastatic journey in time and space - VIB When cancer cells leave the primary tumor to seed in other organs, they need to seek the help of different cell types in distinct environments to make their journey successful. Lymph nodes (LN), which...

📢We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher 📢

Are your curious about the mechanisms driving metastatic spread? Do you have *bioinformatics* skills to help us unravel these mechanisms?
We (Scheelelab & Bergerslab) may have your dream job
@viblifesciences.bsky.social VIB Center for Cancer Biology

We are looking for PhD students and/or postdocs that want to join us to study the metabolism of metastasizing cancer cells with cutting-edge spatial and single cell technologies.
fendtlab.sites.vib.be/en

SILAC-based assessment of S-palmitoylated proteins in mammalian cells by metabolic labeling and click-chemistry S-palmitoylation of cysteine residues is the only lipid-based posttranslational modification of proteins that is reversible and therefore has importan…

What began with an inter-lab research stay has evolved in a great collaboration with Miguel Martin Perez and Salvador Aznar Benitah and @ankevandekeere.bsky.social .

Interested in lipid signaling? Check the latest article for studying protein palmitoylation in mammalian cells

Join our #CCBCancerLecture for an insightful talk by Renato Ostuni on "Molecular and spatial control of the immune microenvironment of pancreatic cancer".

📅 Tuesday February 25th
🕐 13h
📍 Auditorium O&N4

#CancerResearch

Join our #CCBCancerLecture for an insightful talk by Hellen Ishikawa-Ankerhold on "Intravital microscopy: unlocking insights into tumor metastasis and CAR-T Cell Therapy."

📅 Tuesday January 28th
⌚ 13h
📍 Aula O&N5

#CancerResearch #CAR_Therapy #IntravitalMicroscopy

Aspartate signalling drives lung metastasis via alternative translation - Nature Aspartate in the tumour environment activates the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor in cancer cells to induce cellular programmes that increase the aggressiveness of metastasis.

Scientists @vib-ccb.bsky.social found that aspartate, a biosynthesis metabolite, functions in the lung environment as an extracellular signaling molecule to promote aggressiveness of metastases in mice and patients. https://buff.ly/4iY5ece
@ginevradoglioni.bsky.social @fendtlab.bsky.social

🤯 New work by @ginevradoglioni.bsky.social, @fendtlab.bsky.social, and colleagues finds a role for the amino acid in cancer metastasis.
@vib-ccb.bsky.social
(👉 vibbio.tech/40hLskI)

Aspartate signalling drives lung metastasis via alternative translation - Nature Aspartate in the tumour environment activates the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor in cancer cells to induce cellular programmes that increase the aggressiveness of metastasis.

Beyond excited to share that the main work of my PhD on how aspartate signaling drives metastasis is finally out in @nature.com ✨

-> go.nature.com/4gCYtuL

A huge thank to the @fendtlab.bsky.social and all our collaborators for the terrific team work 🙏

A brief 🧵

Congratulations to Lidiia Rumiantseva for turning her PhD research into an engaging presentation of only 180 seconds, and winning the audience award of the KU Leuven 3 Minute Thesis Talk!
Congrats as well to laureate Aarushi Caro!

#3MT #ScienceCommunication #PhDLife

Survival of the fittest 💪

🎙️ We're happy to welcome Sanne van Neerven (Gurdon Institute) to our center for a #CCBCancerLecture on the role of cell competition in intestinal tumour formation.

Join us:
🗓️ December 20th
📍 Aula O&N4
⌚️ 13h

❓ Passionate about #cancerbiology or #immunology? Showcase your research at #INCI25 to top researchers in beautiful #Bruges!
Compete for the prestigious Cell Press Poster Prize 🏆 or a selected plenary talk.
Submit here: vibbio.tech/3Dl7SIV
@cellpress.bsky.social @vib-ccb.bsky.social

Bioinformatician Postdoctoral Level - VIB Position summary The Chris Marine lab at the VIB Center for Cancer Biology (https://ccb.sites.vib.be/en) is actively seeking a skilled bioinformatician proficient in analyzing and integrating single-...

Looking for an enthusiastic bioinformatician (long-term postdoctoral follow or staff scientist) interested in cancer/melanoma biology and therapy resistance. Data Science (single-cell, spatial multiomics integration), Machine learning, R, Pyhthon... jobso.id/ik9e

Laboratory for Intravital Imaging and Dynamics of Tumor Progression We study the dynamics of tumor progression at multiple scales ranging from the molecular level to the organ level. During this process, the affected organ transforms from a highly organized and…

Congratulations to Colinda Scheele for receiving the Alumni Award 2024 of the Belgian American Educational Foundation.

With this award, BAEF wants to encourage young biomedical researchers to continue their efforts.
👉 Read more about Colinda's research: https://buff.ly/4grf1FQ

Congratulations @teenyl.bsky.social!
What a great recognition for your work 🤩🏆

Can we increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy by taking into account the menstrual cycle of women with breast cancer?

👇 Great new research by the Scheele lab and @nkinl.bsky.social