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ISV becomes the Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology or LIBST. This new name aims to strengthen the identity of our research institute, which gathers active research groups in the fields of biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology, whatever their favorite model...

This year, 9 PhD students from various areas (human sciences, health sciences, sciences and technologies) took part in the UCL final of the international french-speaking contest ‘Ma thèse en 180 secondes’. Two researcher from the ISV, Timothée Laloux (FYMO) and Martin Delguste (nBio) were among...

The Gut and oral cavity are parts of the human body that accommodate thousands of different bacterial species. These bacteria, often beneficial for human health, are continuously in a stressful environment and compete with each other for food and space. Johann Mignolet, researcher in the team of...

iGEM (international Genetically Engineered Machine), is a competition in the field of synthetic biology. Students from all over the world must find solutions to current societal issues using synthetic biology. But what is exactly synthetic biology? This scientific field brings both biology...