Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie

Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB)
FounderFlemish Government
Established1995
MissionTo conduct frontline biomolecular research in life sciences for the benefit of scientific progress & the benefit of society
ChairAjit Shetty (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Key people
  • Christine Durinx
  • Jérôme Van Biervliet
Members~1900
SloganScience meets life
Location
Flanders, Belgium
Websitevib.be

VIB is a research institute located in Flanders, Belgium. It was founded by the Flemish government in 1995, and became a full-fledged institute on 1 January 1996. The main objective of VIB is to strengthen the excellence of Flemish life sciences research and to turn the results into new economic growth. VIB spends almost 80% of its budget on research activities, while almost 12% is spent on technology transfer activities and stimulating the creation of new businesses, in addition VIB spends approximately 2% on socio-economic activities. VIB is member of EU-LIFE, an alliance of leading life sciences research centres in Europe.

The institute is led by Christine Durinx and Jérôme Van Biervliet. Ajit Shetty is chairman of the board of directors.

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