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a map of the sky comparing data from IceCube, Piere Auger and the Telescope Array
02/12/2015 - 14:00

In a new study by the IceCube, Pierre Auger, and Telescope Array Collaborations, VUB scientists have looked for correlations between the highest energy neutrino candidates in IceCube and the highest energy CRs in these two cosmic-ray observatories. The results, submitted today to the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, have not found any correlation at discovery level. However, potentially interesting results have been found and will continue to be studied in future joint analyses.

30/11/2015 - 16:00

On November 30th 2015 Pallab Bhowmick obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
The role of structural disorder in the degradation signal in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Peter Tompa
Co-promotor: Dr. Mainak Guharoy

26/11/2015 - 14:30

A team of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured the most detailed images ever of the hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris. These observations show how the unexpectedly large size of the particles of dust surrounding the star enable it to lose an enormous amount of mass as it begins to die. This process, understood now for the first time, is necessary to prepare such gigantic stars to meet explosive demises as supernovae. Prof. Joris Blommaert (Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Group, VUB) is co-author of the paper presenting the results of the observations.

25/11/2015 - 16:00

On November 25th 2015 Joke Belza obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Science with the following doctoral thesis:

Petrography and Geochemistry of Ejecta Deposits from the K/Pg Boundary Chicxulub crater (Yucatan, Mexico)

Promotors: Prof. Dr. Philippe Claeys and Prof. Dr. Frank Vanhaecke
Jury members : E. Keppens (president), M. Elskens (secretary), Steven Goderis (VUB), Johan De Grave (UGent), Christian Koeberl (Univ. Vienna), Jan Smit (VUA), Ph. Claeys and Frank Vanhaecke (as advisors).

Joint phD between Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Universiteit Gent.

18/11/2015 - 16:15

Eric Jespers, Full Professor at the Mathematics Department of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Ángel del Río, Full Professor at the Mathematics Department of Universidad de Murcia, are the co-autors of a new two-volume graduate textbook entitled 'GROUP RING - GROUPS'. With a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of describing large subgroups of the unit group of the integral group ring of a finite
group and, more generally, of the unit group of an order in a finite dimensional semisimple rational algebra.
 

28/10/2015 - 17:00

On October 28th 2015 Jozef Dingemans obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the cystic fibrosis lung and the role of shear stress in disrupting alginate matrix biofilms
Promotors: Prof. Dr. em. Pierre Cornelis & Prof. Dr. Daniël Charlier

07/10/2015 - 16:00

On October 7th 2015 Maria Venetia Apostolopoulou obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Evaluation of Posidonia oceanica as a biomonitoring organism to assess oil pollution
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Frank Dehairs

29/09/2015 - 10:15

Dr Vincent Ginis was te gast bij "De afspraak"(VRT) op vrijdag 25 september 2015

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

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

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