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VIB Center for AI & Computational Biology ๐งโ๐ป Director @steinaerts.bsky.social ๐ฃ We're recruiting group leaders vib.ai ๐ป Follow us for all the latest updates
AI and synthetic biology in the news today. ๐ฐ
@demorgen.be writes about a recent preprint describing how AI was used to design synthetic bacteriophages that target antibiotic-resistant E. coli.
๐ Article (in Dutch), with quotes by @steinaerts.bsky.social
https://tinyurl.com/bd2jxsay
We're hiring: Head for Machine Learning Expertise Unit
Youโll help deploy cutting-edge ML methods across diverse biomedical domains, from single-cell genomics to protein design.
๐ Based in Leuven, Belgium
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Apply before October 31st
๐ 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. ๐คฉ
As our center continues to grow, weโre 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 biologyโs 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!
๐ Head of the Machine Learning Unit
๐ 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.
Weโre 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.
๐ 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! ๐
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.
Weโre 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.
๐ Leuven
๐๏ธ Apply by June 22nd โ 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.
๐ Leuven
๐๏ธ Apply by June 22nd โ 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.
๐ Leuven
๐๏ธ Apply by June 22 โ 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.
๐ Based in Brussels
๐๏ธ Apply by June 22โ https://vib.ai/en/vibai-international-phd-call-2025
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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!"
Thatโs 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.
๐ https://blog.vib.be/meet-joana-pereira
Cool positions for AI x biology in Belgium!
02.05.2025 19:18 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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.
๐๏ธ 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.
๐ง tinyurl.com/2wzmvymm
๐ฅ Just published! Thrilled to share that our work on funkyheatmap has just been published in the Journal of Open Source Software ๐
01.05.2025 14:20 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Don't miss the opportunity to join the Machine Learning in Life Sciences Summer School, organized by
@viblifesciences.bsky.social and @sib.swiss.
Expect a dynamic hackathon-style format with expert guidance and inspiring lectures.
โ๏ธ Submit your application by Tue!
https://tinyurl.com/krvaajwb
We are looking for additional Group Leaders to join the growing computational biology community at VIB.
If you are excited about combining AI and machine learning with fundamental biology, we would love to hear from you!
https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-description/110906
๐จPhD position in AI in Microbiology!
Weโre looking for a PhD researcher passionate about developing automated systems for microbiological research.
๐ More info & apply:
jobs.vib.be/j/109363/phd...
@vibmicrobes.bsky.social @vibai.bsky.social
We released our preprint on the CREsted package. CREsted allows for complete modeling of cell type-specific enhancer codes from scATAC-seq data. We demonstrate CREstedโs robust functionality in various species and tissues, and in vivo validate our findings: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
03.04.2025 14:30 โ ๐ 75 ๐ 38 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 5
New tool ๐ช from @steinaerts.bsky.social lab: CREsted, a DL-based approach for predicting cell type-specific reg. elements, applying it to many datasets, incl. mouse cortex, human PBMCs & glioblastoma, demonstrating its ability to identify key TF binding sites: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
06.04.2025 18:10 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@joanampereira.bsky.social is off to an amazing start of her lab at vib.ai, congrats to the team !
27.03.2025 20:01 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Congratulations to @joanampereira.bsky.social on being awarded a prestigious FWO Odysseus grant! ๐
The grant will power the growth of her newly established lab at VIB.AI and the KU Leuven Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
