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Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

PhD Chaimae El Bouzidi

11/02/2023 - 10:00

Chaimae El Bouzidi behaalde op 11 februari 2023 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'Contribution to the biology and population genetics of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the north Atlantic of Morocco'

Chaimae El Bouzidi obtained on February 11, 2023 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Contribution to the biology and population genetics of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the north Atlantic of Morocco'

Promotors: Prof. dr. Marc Kochzius, Prof. dr. Mounir Hassani Zerrouk, Prof. dr. Mohammed Bakkali

Gezamenlijk doctoraat met University Abdelmalek Essaadi/ Joint PhD with University Abdelmalek Essaadi

PhD Evelien Deboelpaep

31/10/2022 - 17:00

Evelien Deboelpaep behaalde op 31 oktober 2022 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'Connectivity of migration landscapes: from suitable wetland habitats to suitable networks for migratory waterbirds'

Evelien Deboelpaep obtained on October 31, 2022 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Connectivity of migration landscapes: from suitable wetland habitats to suitable networks for migratory waterbirds'

Promotors: Prof. dr. Nico Koedam, Prof. dr. Bram Vanschoenwinkel

PhD Lana Ramaekers

07/10/2022 - 15:00

Lana Ramaekers behaalde op 7 oktober 2022 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'Freshwater zooplankton under elevated pCO2: from individual to community effects'

Lana Ramaekers obtained on October 7, 2022 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Freshwater zooplankton under elevated pCO2: from individual to community effects'

Promotor: Prof. dr. Bram Vanschoenwinkel

Co-promotors: Prof. dr. Luc Brendonck, Dr. Tom Pinceel

Gezamenlijk doctoraat met KU Leuven

Joint PhD with KU Leuven

PhD Lise Beirinckx

28/03/2022 - 16:00

Lise Beirinckx behaalde op 28 maart 2022 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'Disentangling ongoing hybridization and cryptic species of the submerged macrophyte genus Ruppia using ecological and molecular insights'

Lise Beirinckx obtained on March 28, 2022 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Disentangling ongoing hybridization and cryptic species of the submerged macrophyte genus Ruppia using ecological and molecular insights'

Promotors: Prof. dr. Ludwig Triest, Prof. dr. Bram Vanschoenwinkel

Availability diplomas 2020-2021

18/01/2022 - 10:30

Availability diplomas 2019-2020

11/02/2021 - 16:45

Grazing animals cannot keep up with fertilisation in grasslands

18/12/2020 - 15:00

Nutrient enrichment in grasslands provides extra plant growth, and the animals that eat these plants cannot keep up in most places. This increase in biomass not only reduces biodiversity in the landscape but also increases the risk of natural fires. This is shown by research from the Nutrient Network, a worldwide research network of which Prof Dr Harry Olde Venterink and Dr Judith Sitters of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel are members. The results were published last month in the leading journal Nature Communications.

Organisation of exams: January 2021 (1st session)

01/12/2020 - 14:30

All relevant information regarding the organisation of exams for our faculty.

PhD Mara Esposito

21/10/2020 - 16:00

MARA ESPOSITO behaalde op 21 oktober 2020 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'Multipronged Regulation of Cell Cycle Proteins by the Deubiquitinase USP13'.

MARA ESPOSITO obtained on October 21, 2020 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Multipronged Regulation of Cell Cycle Proteins by the Deubiquitinase USP13'.

Promotor: Prof. dr. Gustavo Gutierrez Gonzalez