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PhD Audrey RIVIERE

25/09/2015 - 17:00

On September 25th 2015 Audrey Rivière obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Bifidogenic and butyrogenic effects of prebiotic arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides, a kinetic and molecular approach
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst

PhD ABUSAA Muayad

16/09/2015 - 10:00

On September 16th 2015 Muayad Abusaa obtained the academic degree of DOCTOR IN SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis:
Simultaneous Two State Operation in Quantum Dot Lasers
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Jan Danckaert & Prof. Dr. Evgeny Viktorov

PhD Dries HARNIE

11/09/2015 - 17:00

On September 11th 2015 Dries Harnie obtained the academic degree of DOCTOR IN SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis:
Blame Prediction: Early detection of type errors in dynamically typed programming languages
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang De Meuter

PhD GÜRYEL Songül

10/09/2015 - 16:00

On September 10th 2015 Güryel Songül obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
A Computational Analysis of Graphene: From Intrinsic Properties to Nanocomposites
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Paul Geerlings, Prof. Dr. Frank De Proft and Prof. Dr. Gregory Van Lier

PhD Ronny Merken

10/09/2015 - 16:00

On September 10th 2015 Ronny Merken obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Roots and shoots of the European Nature and biodiversity legislation: Its origin and relevance in a transboundary, migratory and agricultural perspective
Promotor: Prof. Dr. N. Koedam

Prof. G. Desmet and Prof. K. Broeckhoven feature on the cover of Analytical Chemistry

10/09/2015 - 13:30

The cover of the latest issue of Analytical Chemistry features a paper by Prof. G. Desmet and Prof. K. Broeckhoven entitled Graphical Data Representation Methods To Assess the Quality of LC Columns.

Start of the IBM "Master the Mainframe" Contest

08/09/2015 - 13:30

IBM organizes a “Master the Mainframe” contest. Students as well as non-students can participate, but only students can win some fantastic prizes (Apple Watches, a Raspberry Pi kits and a “Master the Mainframe” T-shirt). Registration can be done as of 14 September at www.ibm.com/systems/z/masterthemainframe (select Benelux as country). The contest starts on October 5th and ends on December 31st.

Yoachim Vanderheyden wins Poster Award at Balaton Symposium

04/09/2015 - 13:15

ir. Yoachim Vanderheyden (promotor: Gert Desmet) received the Poster Award at the 10th Balaton Symposium on High-Performance Separation Methods, Sept 2-4 2015, Siófok, Hungary.

PhD Han LIU

25/08/2015 - 17:00

On August 25th 2015 Liu Han obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Characterization of a transcription factor involved in the regulation of β-alanine metabolism in the hyperthermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Eveline Peeters & Prof. Dr. Daniël Charlier

Two papers in Nature revealing the receptor activation mechanism for opioid and morphinan analgesics

05/08/2015 - 10:45

An international team of scientists amongst whom Jan Steyaert and Toon Laeremans (VIB/Vrije Universiteit Brussel) have unraveled the structural basis for mORactivation. In two Nature papers, they report on the X-ray and NMR structures of the agonist-bound mOR receptor, stabilized in its fully activated state by use of a G protein mimetic camelid antibody fragment.

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