May 2026
Infrastructure grant on PacBio machine for long reads sequencing is funded by VUB research council, congrat!
15/05/26 00:15 Category: Grants
Our proposal “Advancing #genomicresearch in life sciences with highly accurate #longread #DNAsequencing” has been selected for Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB Research #VUB #OZR infrastructure funding: https://researchportal.vub.be/en/projects/advancing-genomic-research-in-life-sciences-with-highly-accurate-/
This support will help strengthen long-read DNA sequencing capacity for life sciences research across microbial, fungal, plant, animal, and human genetics/genomics, and will open new opportunities for collaborative research using highly accurate #PacBio sequencing.
Many congratulations and thanks to all promoters involved: Stefan Weckx, Toon Janssen. A special thank you to Stefan Weckx for leading the proposal writing and for his persistence in bringing this initiative forward after several previous attempts. Grateful to VUB Research Research Council/OZR for supporting this infrastructure investment.
Looking forward to the next steps and to the exciting science this will enable 🧬 💪!
#pacbio #longreads #sequencing #NGS #genomicresearch #evolution #clinical #fundamental #collaborationiskey
This support will help strengthen long-read DNA sequencing capacity for life sciences research across microbial, fungal, plant, animal, and human genetics/genomics, and will open new opportunities for collaborative research using highly accurate #PacBio sequencing.
Many congratulations and thanks to all promoters involved: Stefan Weckx, Toon Janssen. A special thank you to Stefan Weckx for leading the proposal writing and for his persistence in bringing this initiative forward after several previous attempts. Grateful to VUB Research Research Council/OZR for supporting this infrastructure investment.
Looking forward to the next steps and to the exciting science this will enable 🧬 💪!
#pacbio #longreads #sequencing #NGS #genomicresearch #evolution #clinical #fundamental #collaborationiskey
Wen-Juan joines the editorial borad of Heredity journal as an Associate Editor, Congrat!
08/05/26 00:15 Category: Lab news
Wen-Juan has joined the editorial board of Heredity Journal as an Associate Editor 🧬😊👉
She is looking forward to contributing to the journal and supporting high-quality research across #genetics, #populationgenetics, #genomics, #evolution, #phylogenetics, #functionalgenomics, #epigenetics, #quantitativegenetics, and more!
It is a real pleasure to take on this role and to contribute to the broader #genetics community from this new perspective.
AE profile information: https://lnkd.in/dSdRzYQ8
#Heredity #Genetics #Evolution #Genomics #PopulationGenetics #AcademicLife #AssociatEditor
She is looking forward to contributing to the journal and supporting high-quality research across #genetics, #populationgenetics, #genomics, #evolution, #phylogenetics, #functionalgenomics, #epigenetics, #quantitativegenetics, and more!
It is a real pleasure to take on this role and to contribute to the broader #genetics community from this new perspective.
AE profile information: https://lnkd.in/dSdRzYQ8
#Heredity #Genetics #Evolution #Genomics #PopulationGenetics #AcademicLife #AssociatEditor
Wen-Juan gives a public ERC lecture
04/05/26 00:15 Category: Lab news
What the frog?! 🐸
Wen-Juan delivers her ERC inaugural lecture on 4 May 2026 at 5:00 pm in the Green Room, U-Residence, VUB campus. She shared her findings in her European Research Council (ERC) Lecture on FROGWY and how in most frogs, many fishes, reptiles and flowering plants, sex chromosomes may remain indistinguishable from the others and are repeatedly re-evolving.
Read More ➡️https://lnkd.in/ew843weN
A heartfelt thank you to the organizers, to vice rector Pieter Ballon for opening the event, to the European Research Council (ERC) for supporting this research, and to my fantastic team, bDIV research group and Biology Department, collaborators, colleagues, students, and the wider VUB and Flanders research community.
Feeling grateful, inspired, and excited for the discoveries ahead! 🐸💪✨
📸 Relive the evening with us!
© Thierry Geenen
More pictures on Flickr ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eFrBZp8P
Wen-Juan delivers her ERC inaugural lecture on 4 May 2026 at 5:00 pm in the Green Room, U-Residence, VUB campus. She shared her findings in her European Research Council (ERC) Lecture on FROGWY and how in most frogs, many fishes, reptiles and flowering plants, sex chromosomes may remain indistinguishable from the others and are repeatedly re-evolving.
Read More ➡️https://lnkd.in/ew843weN
A heartfelt thank you to the organizers, to vice rector Pieter Ballon for opening the event, to the European Research Council (ERC) for supporting this research, and to my fantastic team, bDIV research group and Biology Department, collaborators, colleagues, students, and the wider VUB and Flanders research community.
Feeling grateful, inspired, and excited for the discoveries ahead! 🐸💪✨
📸 Relive the evening with us!
© Thierry Geenen
More pictures on Flickr ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eFrBZp8P