Natural Sciences
Copper transport against cancer
An interdisciplinary team of ULB researchers has developed molecules capable of transporting copper ions across the lipid membranes of cells. In collaboration with colleagues from the Université Grenoble Alpes, they have demonstrated that copper transport is an effective strategy for destroying cancer cells. The results were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
VUB launches citizen survey on feelings of safety in Brussels
New app Moment charts in real time where, when and why people feel (un)safe on the streets. Brussels, 23 February 2026 - Researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) are today launching the citizen survey Moment , an innovative study that uses an app to map the feeling of safety on the streets of Brussels.
New Insights into Molecular Properties under High Pressure
In his doctoral research Electronic Structure and Reactivity at High Pressure using Hydrostatic Pressure Models , VUB researcher Jochen Eeckhoudt, under the supervision of Frank De Proft Mercedes Alonso, investigated how molecules behave when exposed to extremely high pressures, such as those found at the bottom of the ocean or deep inside planetary interiors.
Understanding living membranes through heat
What if slightly heating membranes allowed us to describe the movement of their molecules? - Scientists from the EST Laboratory, Experimental Thermal Physics and Soft Matter, publish in the journal Small.
ULB gets a new Data Center in Charleroi
On January 21, the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) inaugurated its new data center (DC) at A6K in Charleroi. The A6K technology center now houses the CECI-ULB supercomputer, specialized in scientific calculations based on artificial intelligence, as well as the Hyperion computing platform, which centralizes ULB research data, custom-designed computing environments and essential University environments such as its institutional website.
Selected Jobs
Phd candidate data science & ai radiophysics and mri physics laboratory Université libre de Bruxelles
PhD researcher photoelectrochemistry and nucleic acid biosensing Universiteit Antwerpen
Bioinformatician - Cancer Ecosystems and Metastasis Laboratory (CEMLab) Université libre de Bruxelles
Doctoral fellow Department of Electronics and Information Systems University of Ghent
Doctoral scholarship holder in process-structure-property relationships for a new class of biobased acrylic coatings Universiteit Antwerpen
Doctoral fellow Department of Marketing, Innovation and Organisation University of Ghent
