After several delays due to the weather and the COVID-19 crisis, the rocket Vega finally lifted off from Kourou with two Belgian mini satellites on board, Picasso and Simba.
The world is feverishly searching for a vaccine against COVID-19. So is Oxford University. Novasep will produce the active ingredients for that Oxford vaccine at its Seneffe site.
Researchers from the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and the University of Leuven (KULeuven) have discovered how certain cancer cells become more aggressive in people with a melanoma.
Having won many other awards, Professor Christine Van Broeckhoven of the VIB-UAntwerp has now also received the Khalid Iqbal Lifetime Achievement Award.