Relive the BiR&D event and get to know the award winners 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Watch the full video here [/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/bZ83ow3KIzk”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”3645″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] Paweł Bieniasz-Krzywiec Innate Immunity and the Quest for New Cancer Treatments[/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1623678181113-04f5ccaa-4e58″][vc_column_text]Cancer is a disease with a major impact on societies globally, both in terms of psychological burden and economic costs. With the decline in mortality from infections, it has become the second […]
BiR&D Cross-Disciplinary PhD Award 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each year, together with FWO and the FNRS, we organise the BiR&D Cross-Disciplinary PhD Thesis Awards, in recognition of a PhD thesis that presents an original and cross-disciplinary contribution with potential industrial valorisation and societal relevance. In 2021, four prizes were awarded, two in the domain of “Life & Health Sciences” and two in the […]
PhD Awards 2020
In 2020, BiR&D granted 4 awards to PhD’s that thanks to their outstanding work were selected among 30 applications. Next to their excellent scientific level, the main criteria included a strong multidisciplinary character and a high potential for industrialisation. Science and technology Seppe Terryn (VUB): Investigation of self-healing actuators for robotics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWfB2fOOl8I&feature=youtu.be https://www.linkedin.com/in/seppe-terryn-884058101/ Louis Couto […]
FNRS Awards
https://www.frs-fnrs.be/fr/prix-mecenats/prix-scientifiques/fnrs-awards
PhD Awards 2019
Also in 2019, BiR&D granted 2 awards to PhD’s that thanks to their outstanding work were selected among 80 applications. Next to their excellent scientific level, the main criteria included a strong multidisciplinary character and a high potential for industrialisation. Winner in Health and Life Sciences: Stéphanie Liétart , UC Louvain Blocking Immunosuppression by human […]
Article in De Standaard – April 2019 – Innovatie, onderzoek & ontwikkeling
Belgium gains 2 places in Global Innovation Index
Belgium gains 2 places in the Global Innovation Index. Main weakness is the poor transformation of innovation into added value. A challenge for BiR&D! https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/Home
European Innovation Council SME event at P&G on June 8 & 9, 2018
8 BiR&D companies participated to the European Innovation Council (EIC) SME event at P&G on June 8 & 9, 2018 : P&G, Deme, AB Inbev, Solvay, Gsk, Nokia, Puratos, Cargill. It gave them the possibility to meet with hundred SME’s. “I found this particular interesting to discuss with companies I didn’t know beforehand” reports Marnix […]
PhD award march 2018
Each year, BiR&D grants two awards to PhD’s that, besides their excellent scientific level, have a strong multidisciplinary character and have a potential for industrialisation. The winners of the PhD awards are Health and Life Sciences: Ranua Xiong, UGent, for his thesis on “Intracellular delivery of biopharmaceuticals and contrast agents by Vapor Nano-Bubble photoporation and […]
The anniversary of 10 years BiR&D on march 20th 2018
The 10th anniversary of BiR&D was celebrated at the Palace of the Academies in the presence of His Majesty The King. More than 200 attendees assembled in the majestic Throne Room for a sublime and memorable academic session. The opening video briefed the audience how BiR&D was raised as an initiative of Baron Buysse of Bekaert […]
