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Science enlightens

Welcome to VUB Tomorrow

"Universities are beacons," says Rector Jan Danckaert. "Lights that guide us on the path to truth." At the VUB, researchers, students and partners work together to bring that truth to light. In our labs, clean rooms and high-tech facilities, they build the science of tomorrow – from self-healing polymers to lab-on-a-chip innovations and new fermentation processes. Discover it in this first newsletter from VUB Tomorrow, our new magazine where science and the future meet.

LIC
Sustainability

Step inside the LIC: where learning, studying and innovation come together

Onderzoeker aan de slag met chocolade
Technology & AI

Experimenting with bread, beer and chocolate in the Fermented Food Pilot Plant

Researcher at work in BRIGHTcore lab
Science & research

Reading DNA is a story of ever more, ever faster, and ever cheaper

Researcher at work in lab
Technology & AI

“We are developing self-healing and 3D-printed materials for robots and airplanes”

Robot arm cooks an egg
Technology & AI

“The robot of the future will be as affordable as a family car”

MOBI
Science & research

“100,000 parked cars to become one giant battery for green energy”

Researcher at work in lab
Nature & planet

“We have 12,000 building blocks to craft new molecules”

Researcher at work in lab
Economics & management

€156.5 million investment, European recognition and cutting-edge infrastructure

Bio Incubator
Infrastructure

“This is the ideal place for collaboration and cross-pollination”

Close-up of sample
Science & research

“Looking through a microscope is no longer necessary. The Comet instantly delivers digital images.”

Onderzoekers in microlab
Innovation

"Medical tests are getting smaller, smarter and more accurate"

Christophe Snoeck at work in lab
Innovation

"Even in cremated teeth, we discover what prehistoric people ate"

BCEM researcher next to giant microscope
Science & research

“Even traffic can ruin our images. That’s why the spot in the middle of campus is ideal”

Elektrodes on head for EEG
Health & medicine

"Understanding behaviour also means understanding what happens in the brain"

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