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Kudos to all poster presenters and congratulations to Marios Eftychiou (@jdemeul.bsky.social lab), who got the runner-up poster award, and Wannes Hermans (@joanampereira.bsky.social lab), who won the Best Poster Award 🏆 🙌 #VIBAIscienceday

Great mix of talks from across all @viblifesciences.bsky.social research areas at our first-ever #VIBAIScienceDay. Sharing another mini photo dump while we digest lunch and gear up for more science this afternoon.

And we're off for a full day of VIB.AI science! 🤩
What a treat to bring the entire community together from Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels and Leuven, and to do so in this beautiful location.
Welcome to the church of AI in Biology. 😇
#VIBAIscienceday @viblifesciences.bsky.social

Super excited about this work led by the one and only @deismic.bsky.social!

One week left to apply! 🚨

We are hiring for two exciting roles at the intersection of AI and life sciences:
👉 Head of the Machine Learning Expertise Unit
👉 LLM Engineer

Don’t miss your chance to apply by October 31!
https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-list

Such a treat to host @gioelelamanno.bsky.social (EPFL) today and be the first to hear more about his lab's latest work, posted just two days ago on bioRxiv.

Missed the talk?
Here's the preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.13.682018v1

We're very much looking forward to your talk!

Join us: Large Language Model Engineer at VIB.AI

You'll work closely with top scientists, backed by strong infrastructure and a mission to make a lasting impact on health and society.

📅 Apply before October 31st
🔗 https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-description/123988

Wetenschappers bouwen nieuw virus met AI: ‘Nieuw wapen tegen resistente bacteriën’ Voor het eerst hebben onderzoekers met AI een nieuw virus ontworpen dat in staat is om antibioticaresistente bacteriën te doden. ‘De volgende stap is door AI ontworpen synthetisch leven.’

AI and synthetic biology in the news today. 📰

@demorgen.be writes about a recent preprint describing how AI was used to design synthetic bacteriophages that target antibiotic-resistant E. coli.

👉 Article (in Dutch), with quotes by @steinaerts.bsky.social
https://tinyurl.com/bd2jxsay

Opportunities Explore the opportunities at VIB.AI

We're hiring: Head for Machine Learning Expertise Unit

You’ll help deploy cutting-edge ML methods across diverse biomedical domains, from single-cell genomics to protein design.

📍 Based in Leuven, Belgium
📅 Apply before October 31st
🔗 https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-description/123990

In a few weeks, the full VIB.AI community will flock together at Irish College in Leuven.

We're already looking forward to talks from all of our core and affiliated labs and a keynote by Matthew Blaschko. 🤩

Opportunities Explore the opportunities at VIB.AI

As our center continues to grow, we’re looking for a highly organized and proactive Administrative Assistant to help keep things running smoothly, from financial processing and logistics to travel coordination and event support.
https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-description/122382

One month ago, we wrapped up the 2025 Machine Learning & AI in Life Sciences Summer School: a week of hands-on training, deep collaboration, and serious brainpower, co-organized by VIB and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB).
#ThrowbackThursday

Last week, VIB.AI researchers joined the global community at #SCG2025 in Stockholm, bringing fresh AI perspectives to one of biology’s most data-rich frontiers.

Big thanks to the organizers and to the community for the energy, insight, and inspiration.

We're growing the VIB.AI Machine Learning Unit, and we're hiring!

📌 Head of the Machine Learning Unit
📌 LLM Engineer

Both roles are based in Leuven, Belgium, at the heart of a thriving research ecosystem.
https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-list
Apply by October 31st.

The 2025 VIB.AI International PhD Call closes June 22nd.

We’re offering 4 fully funded PhD positions across labs tackling big questions in biology with AI and machine learning, covering protein design, computational neuroscience, gene regulation, and more.
👉 https://tinyurl.com/53nc9vnd

Congratulations to Klaas Vandepoele @vandepoelelab.bsky.social on receiving an @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grant!

His multiCODE project aims to decode the regulatory code of gene expression in plants using a powerful combination of single-cell genomics, AI, and synthetic biology.

Congratulations! 👏

Two days left to apply before our group leader call closes.

Build your own group. Access core funding, top infrastructure, and a collaborative research environment at the intersection of AI and life sciences.

https://tinyurl.com/y35m6khy

We want to build models that help us understand how biological systems work. And for that, we need scientists who live at the interface of machine learning and biology.

We’re recruiting Group Leaders!
https://tinyurl.com/y35m6khy
Call closes June 14th

The @joanampereira.bsky.social lab is hiring a PhD student via the VIB.AI International PhD Call 2025!

Work on deep learning & network-based methods for protein bioinformatics, evolution & structure-function prediction.
📍 Leuven
🗓️ Apply by June 22nd → https://tinyurl.com/53nc9vnd

We want to connect:
To link model builders with data generators.
To bring together scientists asking why cells behave the way they do, and others figuring out how to model that behavior.

If you're working on AI in biology, consider joining!
https://tinyurl.com/y35m6khy

Join the @steinaerts.bsky.social Lab via the VIB.AI International PhD Call 2025!
Use ML to decode how DNA sequences control gene activity.
Work with single-cell & spatial genomics, deep learning models, and CRISPR validation.
📍 Leuven
🗓️ Apply by June 22nd → https://tinyurl.com/53nc9vnd

The @ppjgoncalves.bsky.social lab is recruiting a PhD student via the VIB.AI International PhD Call 2025!
Join to develop machine learning tools for neuroscience, focusing on simulation-based inference & neural circuit modeling.

📍 Leuven
🗓️ Apply by June 22 → https://tinyurl.com/53nc9vnd

The Vorobieva Lab is recruting a PhD student through the VIB.AI International PhD Call 2025!

Work on protein design, membrane proteins & nanopores using AI-driven methods.
📍 Based in Brussels
🗓️ Apply by June 22→ https://vib.ai/en/vibai-international-phd-call-2025
📅 Start in Autumn/Winter '25/26

Looking to start or relocate your lab?
We're hiring Group Leaders to join our growing center at the intersection of AI and biology.

Based in Belgium (Leuven or Ghent)
Start: Q1/2 2026
Deadline: June 14, 2025
https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-description/110906

Please share!

"Crazy, chaotic, tiring, but extremely exciting!"

That’s how @joanampereira.bsky.social sums up the first months of launching her lab at VIB.AI, combining deep learning, network analysis, and bioinformatics to study protein diversity and evolution.

👉 https://blog.vib.be/meet-joana-pereira

Cool positions for AI x biology in Belgium!

VIB.AI's International PhD call is now open!
https://tinyurl.com/53nc9vnd

If you're interested in applying AI to biology, take a look at the PhD projects across our labs.

🗓️ Deadline: June 22nd

PS: Love hard puzzles? We're recruiting!
vib.ai/en/opportuni...

In Episode 4 of @viblifesciences.bsky.social's brand new podcast Called to Science, @steinaerts.bsky.social reflects on the realities of doing science.
🎧 tinyurl.com/2wzmvymm