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| Founder(s) | Flemish Government |
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| Established | 1995 |
| Mission | To conduct frontline biomolecular research in life sciences for the benefit of scientific progress & the benefit of society |
| Chair | Ajit Shetty (Chairman of the Board of Directors) |
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| Members | ~1900 |
| Slogan | Science meets life |
| Location | |
| Website | vib |
VIB is a research institute located in Flanders, Belgium. It was founded by the Flemish government in 1995, and became a full-fledged institute on 1 January 1996. The main objective of VIB is to strengthen the excellence of Flemish life sciences research and to turn the results into new economic growth.[1] VIB spends almost 80% of its budget on research activities, while almost 12% is spent on technology transfer activities and stimulating the creation of new businesses, in addition VIB spends approximately 2% on socio-economic activities. VIB is member of EU-LIFE, an alliance of leading life sciences research centres in Europe.[2]
The institute is led by Christine Durinx and Jérôme Van Biervliet.[3][4] Ajit Shetty is chairman of the board of directors.[5]
- ^ "Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie". www.vlaanderen.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ "Our members". EU-LIFE.
- ^ "Jérôme Van Biervliet new managing director of VIB". flanders.bio. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ Schoofs, Nico (20 April 2022). "Christine Durinx nieuwe codirecteur Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie". de tijd.
- ^ "Ex-Janssen topman Ajit Shetty wordt voorzitter raad van bestuur VIB | Engineeringnet". engineeringnet.be (in Flemish). Retrieved 2022-04-05.