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

🍺 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...

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...

🚀📄 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...

📃🥳 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

📃🥳 Proud to share the latest research from our lab! Yanmei and colleagues used high-throughput screening and parallel metabolic engineering to optimize S. cerevisiae chassis strains for the production of limonene 🍋. You can read all about it here 👇: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🦠 Microbes are everywhere and changing the world. The 3rd edition of #Microbes25 is here for it. From the lab to real-world impact, don’t miss the opportunity to explore the latest in #microbiology. Join us in Leuven, Nov 6-7, 2025, vibbio.tech/4lGy968 #MicrobialBiotech #microbes #MicrobialEcology

We are searching for a postdoc in Marine Phytoplankton Metabolism and Carbon Storage! You'll get the chance to work in Belgium to combine high-throughput metabolomics and enzymes to study how microbes naturally sequester atmospheric carbon in organic marine molecules! t.co/orCCyZhzeh

After quite some years without fermentations, our Infors-HT Multifors benchtop bioreactors are fully up and running again, even connected with the new Eve software, thanks to the help of the Infors service team. 💪 Ready for some exciting yeast research! ✨ #Infors #bioreactors

🎙️🎧 Listen to our lab's research on non-alcoholic beers 🍺(@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, @viblifesciences.bsky.social) in these 2 international podcasts ( #BBCCrowdScience @bbcsounds.bsky.social and #DeNachtVan @nporadio1.bsky.social)! 🔗 cfm.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...

📣We are looking for an ✨executive admin✨to ensure that our center (@vibmicrobes.bsky.social) and lab keeps running strong 💪 Want to join a young, dynamic and international team of scientists and admins? See and apply here 👇 jobs.vib.be/j/100273/man...