InBio.be - Centre for Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis

🎉 Excited to share our latest publication in Marine Drugs! 🎉 Together with collaborators from Howest (BE) and the University of Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo, BR), we mined the genomes of Rhodophyte seaweeds for lectin genes. This is the first of its kind study to map the phycolectome of Rhodophytes and study its diversity! 🧬🔬 Check out the full study here: https://lnkd.in/eRFJfrwt #Rhodophytes #Lectins Maarten De Mol

🎓 Congratulations to dr. Thomas Willems on your incredible PhD achievement! 📖 Your commitment to tackling the challenges of 𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗿 production is truly inspiring. Through your hard work in metabolic engineering and 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, you’ve not only laid the groundwork for fermentative-scale production but also deepened our understanding of the 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘆 behind these powerful compounds. Your research brought iminosugars closer to the medical field, opening up avenues to treat cancers, viral infections, and more. We’re excited to see what you accomplish next in your scientific career. This research has been conducted at Faculty of Bioscience Engineering UGent with the support of Research Foundation Flanders - FWO and 𝗕𝗶𝗷𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘇𝗼𝗲𝗸𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 - 𝗕𝗢𝗙. #PhDdefense #Iminosugars #MetabolicEngineering

We have the pleasure to invite you to attend the seminar of Dr. Xavier Garcia Ortega titled “Industry 4.0: The next revolution in industrial biomanufacturing” on 8 January 2025 from 11h-12h in Auditorium E4 (Campus Coupure, Building E). Please register for the event here: https://lnkd.in/erkd4nrt Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona #Bioprocess #Pichia

We look forward to welcoming you all to the lecture of Dr. Andrew Truman of the John Innes Centre (Norwich, UK), taking place today at 1 pm on Campus Coupure! Faculty of Bioscience Engineering UGent John Innes Centre

🌟 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗸 𝗼𝗽 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽! 🌟 Vorige zondag waren we met ons team aanwezig op de Dag van de Wetenschap met onze interactieve stand: “𝘖𝘯𝘻𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘢𝘳?! 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰-𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘫𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯”. 🦠💡 Het was fantastisch om te zien hoeveel bezoekers – jong en oud – geïnteresseerd waren in de wereld van micro-organismen en hoe zij een cruciale rol spelen in ons dagelijks leven. Van voedselproductie 🍞🧀 tot biotechnologie 🧪🌱, de toepassingen van microben zijn eindeloos! We hadden boeiende discussies, enthousiaste vragen, en zelfs een live radio-interview met Urgent.FM! 🎙️✨ Herbeluister het interview gegeven door Maarten De Mol hier tussen 1:46:00 en 1:52:50! https://lnkd.in/efn3F6wa Met veel voldoening kijken we terug op deze editie en willen we iedereen bedanken die ons heeft bezocht en met ons in gesprek ging. 💬🙌 De nieuwsgierigheid en betrokkenheid van het publiek maken dit soort evenementen onvergetelijk. We kijken nu al uit naar volgend jaar om opnieuw wetenschap dichter bij het publiek te brengen! 🚀 Dank aan onze collega's Elvira B. Martijn Castelein Goedele L. Jeltien Rombaut Sofie De Maeseneire Maarten De Mol voor hun enthousiasme en inzet! #DagVanDeWetenschap #Wetenschapscommunicatie #Microorganismen #Biotechnologie #OnderzoekInActie

#RRB2025: Our latest newsletter is out now! We introduce our first Plenary speaker Bert Weckhuysen who will talk about: "Catalysis Achievements and Needs for the Refinery of the Future." https://lnkd.in/esVKemST SynBioC Research Group, Ghent University; Universiteit Gent; Faculty of Bioscience Engineering UGent; ITN GREEN-CHEM; InBio.be - Centrum voor Industriële Biotechnologie en Biokatalyse; Christian Stevens; Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne; Henrik Grénman

I recently wrote an article for Eos Wetenschap about Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium behind the world's deadliest toxin - botulinum ☠️ . But did you know that its toxin is also used for medical treatments and cosmetic wrinkle removal (botox 💉 )? Many thanks to Young Belgian Society for Microbiology (YBSM) for making this possible! ➡️ Read it here (Dutch):

I recently wrote an article for Eos Wetenschap about Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium behind the world's deadliest toxin - botulinum ☠️ . But did you know that its toxin is also used for medical treatments and cosmetic wrinkle removal (botox 💉 )? Many thanks to Young Belgian Society for Microbiology (YBSM) for making this possible! ➡️ Read it here (Dutch):

🪐 Day 2 and 3 at the Brno Planetarium were graced with the last of our group’s poster presentations, brought by our PhD student Wim Hectors! Focused on rational metabolic engineering to sustainably produce biofuels and biopolymers, his research is a perfect fit in the search for a carbon negative future! 🦠💨 🧩 As the conference has drawn to a close, we can’t be more confident that enthusiasm for science and sustainability will remain as contagious as our colleagues smiles! #Sustainability #MetabolicEngineering #biofuels #biopolymers

✨ Days 1 and 2 at #ASBE7 brought another highlight worth sharing! One of our bright PhD students, Goedele L., presented a poster on her “origin-al” research on cross-species evaluation of mitochondrial sequences with ori activity for plasmid maintenance in ascomycetous yeasts. 🧬🧪 Her work is paving the way for more effective genetic tools and deeper insights into yeast biotechnology—a big step forward for the field! 🙌 #SyntheticBiology #Biotechnology #yeast