VIB.AI
@vibai.bsky.social
VIB Center for AI & Computational Biology
🧑💻 Director @steinaerts.bsky.social
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🧑💻 Director @steinaerts.bsky.social
📣 We're recruiting group leaders vib.ai
📻 Follow us for all the latest updates
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Super excited about this work led by the one and only @deismic.bsky.social!
Our work on training biophysical models with Jaxley is now out in @natmethods.nature.com. Led by @deismic.bsky.social, with @philipp.hertie.ai, @ppjgoncalves.bsky.social & @jakhmack.bsky.social et al.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Jaxley: differentiable simulation enables large-scale training of detailed biophysical models of neural dynamics - Nature Methods
Jaxley is a versatile platform for biophysical modeling in neuroscience. It allows efficiently simulating large-scale biophysical models on CPUs, GPUs and TPUs. Model parameters can be optimized with ...
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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
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
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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
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
Missed the talk?
Here's the preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.13.682018v1
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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
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!
I am boarding a plane headed to @vibai.bsky.social. Super excited to present the culmination of one of the most exciting projects of recent years, as well as introducing my new vision of an #AI-powered #Brain #Atlas
October 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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
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
October 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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
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
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
@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
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.’
www.demorgen.be
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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
@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
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
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
Opportunities
Explore the opportunities at VIB.AI
vib.ai
October 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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
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. 🤩
We're already looking forward to talks from all of our core and affiliated labs and a keynote by Matthew Blaschko. 🤩
September 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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. 🤩
We're already looking forward to talks from all of our core and affiliated labs and a keynote by Matthew Blaschko. 🤩
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
https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-description/122382
Opportunities
Explore the opportunities at VIB.AI
vib.ai
September 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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
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
#ThrowbackThursday
September 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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
#ThrowbackThursday
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.
📌 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.
September 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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.
📌 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
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
June 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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
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! 👏
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! 👏
June 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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! 👏
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
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
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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
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
We’re recruiting Group Leaders!
https://tinyurl.com/y35m6khy
Call closes June 14th
June 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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
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
Work on deep learning & network-based methods for protein bioinformatics, evolution & structure-function prediction.
📍 Leuven
🗓️ Apply by June 22nd → https://tinyurl.com/53nc9vnd
June 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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
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
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
June 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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
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
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
May 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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
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
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
May 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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
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
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
May 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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
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!
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!
May 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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!
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
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
May 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
"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
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
Reposted by VIB.AI
Cool positions for AI x biology in Belgium!
Our new call for VIB.AI group leaders is online! Junior and senior positions available to develop innovative ML methods in biology. With professorship at CS or Medical Faculty. Deadline 14th June. DM for more info.
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
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
May 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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
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
May 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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
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