Who remembers this? 👀 💭 The very first 10x kit we ran at VIB 10 years ago! 🎉 10 Years of 10x Genomics at VIB 🗓️ 12 June 2026, afternoon | FSVM1 (Ghent) 👉 Free to attend, register here to reserve your seat: https://singlecellcore.sites.vib.be/en/10-years-10x-genomics-vib

We're getting closer to VIB’s Spatial Omics Conference! 🤩 Evelien Van Hamme (VIB Spatial Catalyst): "I’m most looking forward to the talks by Fei Chen and Serge Saxonov, as they represent two complementary forces driving the spatial biology field forward." https://tinyurl.com/mwys9vx6

Core facilities are built on expertise, but they also run on people. How we handle stress, expectations, and conflict matters just as much as how we run the instruments. The Core4Life community shares data and results from an anonymous survey on this topic. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.70102

May brought the heat, and apparently that officially makes it summer school season at VIB Technologies. ☀️ Computational Cytometry Summer School (4-8 May) ☀️ Light Microscopy Summer School (18-22 May) And we’re not done yet: coming up next is the Spatial Omics Summer School (15-19 June)

As technologies get more complex, core facilities create far more value when they collaborate, share know-how, and communicate capabilities clearly, so researchers can find the right expertise at the right moment. New paper by our experts: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmi.70103

Mol* Viewer is now available via the VIB Data Core 🚀 Instant, in-browser macromolecular structure visualization straight from Compute Storage. No installs, no downloads, no remote desktop. https://blog.vib.be/instant-structure-visualization-with-mol-viewer

Jochen Lamote was invited as a special guest speaker at the BD Horizon NEXT EMEA Tour 2026 in Hamburg and had the chance to visit the Borstel core facility team and run experiments on the BD FACSDiscover™ A8 in Hamburg. Thanks to the BD team and hosts for the invitation and great discussions!

In a new Called to Science episode, VIB alumna Lia Martina highlighted the depth of technology expertise in our core facilities and a culture that encourages researchers to lean on specialists: “If you are not the best in one technique, you go to the best.” https://tinyurl.com/jtp7nhyr

In a new open-access EMBO Reports paper, we propose a practical framework for KPI-based evaluation of core facilities, reflecting how they 🔥 enable science, 🎯 run reliably, 🚀 and stay future-ready through proactive innovation https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-026-00762-z

Cross-core knowledge exchange in action. 🙌 Delphi Van Haver, Morgane Breye and Teresa Maia of the VIB Proteomics Core visited the VIB Nucleomics Core for a job shadowing focused on automation. 🤖 "We're looking forward to putting these insights into practice on our own Opentrons OT-2 & Flex!"

The De Preter lab at the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology became the first users of the VIB Data Core's new secure compute cluster. 🙌 https://blog.vib.be/on-dealing-with-large-volumes-of-sensitive-data

Brain activity, live in a dish 🧠✨ Calcium imaging (Fluo-5) in primary hippocampal neurons, captured at the VIB BioImaging Core Ghent on a ZEISS LSM 980 + Airyscan. Imaging: Eef Parthoens Sample & experiment: Cristiano Lucci, @vandenbroucke-lab.bsky.social

Meet Alexandra Zakieva, data manager at EMBL, who recently joined the VIB BioImaging Core in Leuven for an ARISE secondment. https://blog.vib.be/modern-science-needs-stronger-infrastructure-and-a-new-generation-is-rising-to-build-it

Last Wednesday, the VIB Flow Core Leuven hosted the #FlowJo User Meeting in Leuven: a full day focused on cytometry data analysis, software workflows, and hands-on learning. 🔬💻 📸

Proteomics is changing fast, and so are the demands on core facilities. Explore how the VIB Proteomics Core is future-proofing its pipeline to support everything from classic discovery projects to large-scale clinical studies and single-cell proteomics. https://blog.vib.be/proteomics-at-scale

Basic Proteomics is happening today and tomorrow at the VIB Proteomics Core in Ghent! Two hands-on days covering the full MS-based workflow: experimental design, sample prep (incl. S-trap), LC-MS/MS, and intro data analysis. Kudos to the trainer team for sharing their expertise! 🙌

The VIB BioImaging Core (Ghent) team has really outdone itself this time. Meet the full crew and take a tour through their light microscopy (LM) and electron microscopy (EM) suite in a seriously dope MTV Cribs–style video. 🎬 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4xjmgxAdYM

The Spatial Omics Summer School offers a structured, hands-on introduction to spatially resolved targeted transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. If you want to join, submit your application by 2 February 2026. https://www.vibconferences.be/events/spatial-omics-summer-school

We are excited to have @minomatt.bsky.social as a keynote speaker at the Flanders Nanopore Day, alongside a wide range of @nanoporetech.com topics, spanning from microbes to plants to humans. All information - including free registration and free PromethION sequencing - at nanoporeflanders.be

Big delivery at the VIB Data Core! 😍 📦 📦 Two systems with B300 GPUs, an investment by @vibai.bsky.social 📦 A server with RTX 6000 GPUs The systems will be racked and configured over the coming weeks, and the Data Core team will run full testing before integrating them into producti

The VIB Protein Core has significantly upgraded its fermentation capabilities with a new Infors Multifors 2 system. 🤩 This setup enables six simultaneous bioreactor runs, each with a final working volume of 1 L, ideal for accelerating the development of your candidate proteins.

Tech strategy is more than choosing platforms. It's about how we manage, evaluate, and improve them for lasting scientific impact. This October, we share that approach in a hands-on workshop on KPIs. https://training.vib.be/all-trainings/key-performance-indicators-core-facilities-metrics-success

Happy New Year from the VIB Flow Core in Leuven. 🎉 🎁 ✨ The BD FACS Discover S8 Chorus got a software upgrade 🎁 ✨ The Analyzer A1 Symphony now supports high-throughput screening in 96- and 384-well microtiter plates More info: https://tinyurl.com/mt2vpa5y Bring on your samples in 2026!

On HLN, Bart Ghesquière, Head of the VIB Metabolomics Core Leuven, shares his expert perspective on a recent large-scale metabolomics study exploring how a simple finger-prick blood test could help identify disease risk long before symptoms appear. https://tinyurl.com/5n8ky4v9 (in Dutch)

For Elina Kuznecova, joining VIB meant more than starting a new job, it meant finding a team that shared her curiosity and passion for science: “I met many passionate people, including my team lead, and I knew this was the team where I wanted to work. 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Py0bDtkohM

What can we expect in 2026 when it comes to life science technology? We asked our @vibtechwatch.bsky.social team: https://beakon.ghost.io/we-expect-the-boundaries-between-core-facilities-to-blur-even-further/ Here’s to a year of fewer walls, better tools, and smarter pipelines! ✨

Hélène Roberge from the VIB BioImaging Core Leuven won the first prize in the Awesome vEM Images 2025 competition 🏆🔬 Her image was awarded in the 'Bringing Meaning to the Data' category, recognizing computational analysis of volume electron microscopy data. Congratulations, Hélène! 👏

Who's ready for a new challenge in 2026? We're expanding our Tech Satellite in Antwerp and are looking for a Lab Technician to strengthen our support in Flow Cytometry & Single Cell Omics. https://jobs.vib.be/j/127644/lab-technician-tech-satellite-antwerp-flow-cytometry-single-cell-omics

History tells two stories about transformative technology. One is the flash of discovery, the second is the decades spent building the infrastructure to make that discovery accessible. 🏗️ Reza Hassanzadeh-Ghassabeh on the story of the VIB Nanobody® VHH Core 👉 https://tinyurl.com/ycxe2rp2

Next May, the Computational Cytometry Summer School returns to Ghent for its 3rd edition. Sofie Van Gassen explains what participants can expect from this intensive hands-on program. https://tinyurl.com/msmzk74f Apply before 16 December 2025 ⚠️

Big VIB Technologies delegation in Antwerp today to join for the one and only #CMNday2025. 🙌| #VIBtechies @cmn-vib.bsky.socia#CMNday2025#VIBtechies

Kicking off #CMNday2025 with technology deep dives and updates from the Rademakers and @mancusorenzo.bsky.social labs, by Elise Coopman and Maxim van Hoek. 🚀 @vibtechnologies.bsky.social @viblifesciences.bsky.socia#CMNday2025

Today we had the pleasure of hosting Daniel Cipelewski, Director of Nikon Europe, for a visit to the VIB BioImaging Core in Leuven. A big thank you to Daniel and the Nikon Europe team for the ongoing trust and partnership. We look forward to many more years of pushing imaging boundaries together!

In her eposide of the Called to Science podcast, Elina Kuznecova shares what drives her work as lab technician at the VIB Spatial Catalyst. 🎧 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Py0bDtkohM https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gYKOhiWSqcsnwTTfyasHE?si=V0fLWgfFTLaPTTSashuxfg

Making your genomic data FAIR just got a lot easier. 🧬 🚀 The VIB DataCore has developed a streamlined useGalaxy workflow that supports you in submitting raw sequencing reads and genome assemblies to ENA: useGalaxy.be slides: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17431102 #EVORA #ELIXIRbelgium

Jochen Lamote @vibflowcore-lv.bsky.social was an invited speaker at #AFC2025 in Dijon last week. In case you missed it, here's a sneak peak 👇

VIB Technologies day 2025: Meet the flow people.! 💪☺️ We speak fluent lasers, obsessed with glowing cells and we keep the magic flowing.! 📊🧬💡 #cellsorting #flowcytometry #VIBTechnologies #squadpower

🚨 Job opportunity The Proteomics Core is hiring a (Junior) Technical Support Team Member to keep its mass-spec proteomics services running smoothly. 🗓 Deadline: November 30, 2025 👉 Apply via the VIB job site https://vib.be/en/technologies/about-vib-technologies/jobs#/job-description/127269

Last week, we kicked off our VIB Technologies day with a great talk by Joris de Wit @synapse-lab.bsky.social on how the right tech stack makes tough neuroscience questions tractable. https://beakon.ghost.io/wiring-the-brain-one-synapse-at-a-time/

Spatial proteomics webinar 👇 On Wed 26 Nov, Evelien Van Hamme and Elina Kuznecova share practical lessons from running high-plex projects on MACSima. https://www.the-scientist.com/spatial-proteomics-for-all-insights-from-the-vib-core-facility-73583

Today we celebrate 20 years of the VIB NANOBODY® VHH Core! 🎂 🦙 🎉 From the pioneering VUB origins of single-domain camelid antibodies to today’s global impact, our VHH Core has grown into a reference center for nanobody discovery and application. ✨ @viblifesciences.bsky.social

What a day. 🙌 VIB Technologies Day 2025 brought our community together in Leuven around three things: technology, talent, teamwork. Thanks to every speaker, host, and participant!

Our job shadowing program is a peer-learning initiative that helps colleagues step into other cores, swap know-how, and tighten workflows across disciplines. 👉 Inspired to start shadowing someone in your field or line of work? https://beakon.ghost.io/slipping-into-anothers-lab-coat/

Called to Science Season 2 is out now and features Elina Kuznecova from the VIB Spatial Catalyst ✨ Tune in to hear her story, the realities of working in high-tech spatial biology, and practical advice for carving your own route in science. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gYKOhiWSqcsnwTTfyasHE

Our Tech Watch Core is testing Meteor Biotech's CosmoSort platform for precise cell and tissue isolation in spatial biology. CosmoSort uses an infrared laser to pick out defined cells or tissue regions while keeping their surroundings intact, combining imaging and cell retrieval in one workflow.

Greetings from Barcelona! 👋 🇪🇸 A big week for our core community: VIB Technologies core heads and staff joined peers at a Core for Life meeting in Barcelona to deepen collaboration across institutes and countries. See you all next week! 😎

Our Tech Watch Core is evaluating Syncell’s Microscoop® Mint platform for unbiased, subcellular spatial proteomics. Tech Watch scouts promising tools early, brings them in under controlled pilots, and determines where (and if) they add value for VIB scientists.

Proud that VIB Technologies helped power new @cmn-vib.bsky.social research: C9orf72 cases show muted microglial activation. Kudos to the Nucleomics Core (Lim, Kizi, Jolien, Stefaan) and BioImaging Core Ghent (Femke, Riet) for the tech lift. https://tinyurl.com/y6ufutu9 #pushingtheedgeofscience

On Monday, the VIB Flow Core Ghent celebrated the installation of its second BD FACSDiscover™ A8 with an event co-hosted with BD. 🙌 100+ registrants 🙌 Another milestone in our long-running partnership with BD 👉 Next up: hands-on A8 trainings every 4th Thursday at VIB Flow Core Ghent

Our mission is simple: to empower your research with top-tier instrumentation and expert support. To make sure we are investing our efforts where it truly matters, we’re running a new user survey. Check your inbox (or VIB Home) for the invitation or DM us and we’ll share the survey link directly.