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PhD Henning HARTH

19/08/2016 - 17:00

On August 19th 2016 Henning Harth obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Microbial species diversity, community dynamics and metabolite formation kinetics of spontaneous barley, teff, and oat sourdough productions
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst

Dr. Bert Wouters (CHIS) wins Solvay Award

01/07/2016 - 10:15

The 2016 “Solvay Prize” is awarded to Dr. Bert Wouters (promotor Prof. dr. S. Eeltink) for his work on groundbreaking research on the development of a microfluidic chip for spatial three dimensional chromatography.

Gert Desmet appointed into permanent scientific committee of HPLC conference series

29/06/2016 - 12:00

At the latest edition in San Fransisco, Prof. Dr. ir. Gert Desmet (Department of Chemical Engineering, CHIS) was appointed as one of 10 members of the permanent scientific committee of the “International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques” conference series (in short: HPLC conference series).

PhD Steven ODONGO

23/06/2016 - 17:00

On June 23th 2016 Steven Odongo obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Nanobody-based Immunoassay for Trypanosoma congolense Targeting Glycosomal Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphate Aldolase
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Magez

Drie nieuwe Science Fellows

21/06/2016 - 10:00

Op de Fellowship Ceremony donderdag 16 juni heeft de Vrije Universiteit Brussel de namen van dertig nieuwe Fellows bekendgemaakt. Het gaat om topmensen uit het bedrijfsleven, overheid of maatschappelijke organisaties. Daaronder drie Science Fellows: Jan Bogaerts, Patrick Roggemans en Els Torreele.

PhD Youssef EL DARZI

15/06/2016 - 17:00

On June 15th 2016 Youssef El Darzi obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Human gut meta-omics data integration and visualization
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Daniël Charlier & Prof. Dr. Jeroen Raes
Joint PhD with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

PhD Sam MASSA

22/04/2016 - 17:00

On April 22th 2016 Sam Massa obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Site-specific labeling of nanobody-based radioimmunotracers on the road to pancreatic beta cell targeting
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Nick Devoogdt, Prof. Dr. Catarina Xavier and Prof. Dr. Serge Muyldermans

PhD Frédéric MOENS

10/02/2016 - 17:00

On February 10th 2016 Moens Frédéric obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the followins doctoral thesis:
Microbial metabolism and interactions in complex fermentation ecosystems.
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst

PhD Mihaly VARADI

05/02/2016 - 17:00

On February 5th 2016 Mihály VÁRADI obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Computational Approaches for Inferring the Functions of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Peter Tompa

PhD SÁNCHEZ MAINAR María

22/01/2016 - 17:00

On January 22th 2015 SÁNCHEZ MAINAR María obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Functional potential of coagulase-negative staphylococci for the development of quality and safety during meat fermentation
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Frédéric Leroy