VIB.AI
@vibai.bsky.social
VIB Center for AI & Computational Biology
🧑💻 Director @steinaerts.bsky.social
📣 We're recruiting group leaders vib.ai
📻 Follow us for all the latest updates
🧑💻 Director @steinaerts.bsky.social
📣 We're recruiting group leaders vib.ai
📻 Follow us for all the latest updates
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
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
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. 🤩
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.
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
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
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
🎧 tinyurl.com/2wzmvymm
May 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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
🎧 tinyurl.com/2wzmvymm
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.
✉️ Submit your application by Tue!
https://tinyurl.com/krvaajwb
@viblifesciences.bsky.social and @sib.swiss.
Expect a dynamic hackathon-style format with expert guidance and inspiring lectures.
✉️ Submit your application by Tue!
https://tinyurl.com/krvaajwb
April 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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.
✉️ Submit your application by Tue!
https://tinyurl.com/krvaajwb
@viblifesciences.bsky.social and @sib.swiss.
Expect a dynamic hackathon-style format with expert guidance and inspiring lectures.
✉️ 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
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
April 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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
Congratulations to @joanampereira.bsky.social on being awarded a prestigious FWO Odysseus grant! 🙌
The grant will power the growth of her newly established lab at VIB.AI and the KU Leuven Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
The grant will power the growth of her newly established lab at VIB.AI and the KU Leuven Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
March 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Congratulations to @joanampereira.bsky.social on being awarded a prestigious FWO Odysseus grant! 🙌
The grant will power the growth of her newly established lab at VIB.AI and the KU Leuven Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
The grant will power the growth of her newly established lab at VIB.AI and the KU Leuven Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
How can AI help us unlock the next era of medicine?
@tijd.be spoke to @yvansaeys.bsky.social (VIB-UGent), Tom Taghon (UGent) and Sarah Teichmann (University of Cambridge) about the @humancellatlas.org and how efforts in Ghent contribute to it.
📰 https://tinyurl.com/y292t9es
📸 ©Jonas Lampens
@tijd.be spoke to @yvansaeys.bsky.social (VIB-UGent), Tom Taghon (UGent) and Sarah Teichmann (University of Cambridge) about the @humancellatlas.org and how efforts in Ghent contribute to it.
📰 https://tinyurl.com/y292t9es
📸 ©Jonas Lampens
March 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
How can AI help us unlock the next era of medicine?
@tijd.be spoke to @yvansaeys.bsky.social (VIB-UGent), Tom Taghon (UGent) and Sarah Teichmann (University of Cambridge) about the @humancellatlas.org and how efforts in Ghent contribute to it.
📰 https://tinyurl.com/y292t9es
📸 ©Jonas Lampens
@tijd.be spoke to @yvansaeys.bsky.social (VIB-UGent), Tom Taghon (UGent) and Sarah Teichmann (University of Cambridge) about the @humancellatlas.org and how efforts in Ghent contribute to it.
📰 https://tinyurl.com/y292t9es
📸 ©Jonas Lampens
Congratulations to Camiel Mannens, postdoc in the Aerts lab, on obtaining an MSCA fellowship to investigate how genes control brain cell types across different species.
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February 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Congratulations to Camiel Mannens, postdoc in the Aerts lab, on obtaining an MSCA fellowship to investigate how genes control brain cell types across different species.
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Congratulations to Thomas Guiziou (VIB-VIB Center of Structural Biology) and Tom Luijts (Cancer Research Institute Ghent), who won the awards for the two best posters of the day! 👏 #VIBAIsymposium
November 20, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Congratulations to Thomas Guiziou (VIB-VIB Center of Structural Biology) and Tom Luijts (Cancer Research Institute Ghent), who won the awards for the two best posters of the day! 👏 #VIBAIsymposium