Throwback to our VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology retreat with RaesLab, Michiels lab, Masschelein Lab, Sibylle Vonesch and Kevin Verstrepen's team at the Antwerp Zoo!

Check out our latest review on CRISPR-based approaches for high-throughput genomics academic.oup.com/femsre/article…

In this editor’s choice, Vercauteren et al. comprehensively reviews mechanism, implementation, potential, strengths and weaknesses of #CRISPR interference (#CRISPRi), a gene perturbation technique. #FEMSMicrobiolRev Michiels lab academic.oup.com/femsre/article…

Check out our latest work on antibiotic resistance mechanisms in nontuberculous mycobacteria academic.oup.com/jambio/article…

Thrilled to have contributed to @LiselotDW's exciting work on the role of ObgE in LPS synthesis nature.com/articles/s4146…

🧥 Bacteria have a protective coat of lipopolysaccharides. New work by Michiels lab, @LiselotDW, Wim Versées, and colleagues highlights the crucial role of the protein ObgE, which could lead to new treatments for infections. 👉 vibbio.tech/3CyY79D VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology VIB_StructuralBiologyBrussels

🧬Join the #RNGS25 conference in Antwerp from 19-21 March to hear more about the exciting work of Dr. Tatsuya Nobori (Tatsuya Nobori) on the single-cell and spatial dissection of plant-microbe interactions. 🌱🦠 📆Abstract deadline approaching: 15 January📆 vibconferences.be/events/revolut…

Proud to present our latest model of aggregation-induced dormancy, published in #NatureComms @LiselotDW rdcu.be/d7EcI

🚨Don’t miss #RNGS25!🚨 🧬Prof. Jimmy Saw, who contributed to the discovery of the fascinating Asgard archaea, will explore how long-read sequencing unlocks microbial dark matter in geothermal habitats.🦠 📆Early bird registration deadline is February 5! vibconferences.be/events/revolut…

🚨The final deadline to register for #RNGS25 is this Wednesday, March 5th!🚨 Make sure to register - You don’t want to miss out on Prof. Thienpont (Bernard Thienpont)'s fascinating talk on improving patient care by using cell-free DNA methylome analysis. 🧬 vibconferences.be/events/revolut…

I am very excited to be reporting on the groundbreaking talks at #RNGS25, together with Vanshika & Sara Alidadiani. Follow me on Bluesky (@michielslab.bsky.social), LinkedIn (Lieze Agten) and here on X to keep track of this revolutionizing conference! VIB Training & Conferences

Fun & adventurous talk on microbial dark matter at #RNGS25. Jimmy Saw presented on harnessing long-read sequencing to enable reconstruction of geothermal bacterial genomes. His groundbreaking work brings us one step closer to uncovering biological functions in early life on Earth

"Biology is dynamic like a river, you cannot step into the same water twice." Great talk on unlocking high dimensional biology using evolved next-generation sequencing by Molly He of Element Biosciences this morning at #RNGS25.

Nice overview of the Illumina technology roadmap by Jason Betley at #RNGS25. In his talk, he provided a great perspective on the different Illumina platforms and more specifically on their various innovative and easy-to-use sequencing assays. 🧬

At #RNGS25, Kirsten Bos took us back in time by looking into the ancient DNA of infectious diseases.🦠 Her talk highlights the importance of genomics to trace the evolution and spread of syphilis, revealing crucial insights to improve our understanding of contemporary diseases.

Great poster by GENEWIZ Europe, By Azenta Life Sciences showing all the complex multiomics info that can be gathered from a single patient sample.🧬They also explored the single cell transcriptome on FFPE tumor tissues & show that better insights in human health can be obtained from minimal samples. #RNGS25

Nanopore sequencing enables detection of DNA methylation profiles! 🧬 Mathilde Geysens showcased a powerful approach to identify episignatures of developmental disorders, offering deeper insights into methylation patterns and paving the way for future diagnostics. #RNGS25

"Plants don't have specialized immune cells, but individual plant cells can flexibly turn into immune hotspots" - 🌱 Tatsuya Nobori presented at #RNGS25 on combining single cell multiome data & spatial transcriptomics to study the genetic regulation of plant-microbe interactions.🧬🦠

Our conference stress melted away after an evening filled with a choco-lot of fun at the #RNGS25 social activity at Chocolate Nation.

🩸 From RNA-limited samples to the identification relative abundance of RNA modifications in a short time - The EpiPlex assay, presented at #RNGS25 by Gudrun Stengel of Alida biosciences, makes use of proximity barcoding and engineered binders to specifically detect RNA mods. 🧬