Coming from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Polina Novikova joins the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology as Principal Investigator and UGent as Associate Professor.

Last weekend, Technopolis celebrated its 25th anniversary with a lively Science Battle, where ten early-career scientists were challenged to explain a complex scientific term in less than two minutes. Simon Tack, doctoral researcher at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, took home the public vote with his creative take on CRISPR.

Scientists at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, together with 16 partners from 11 European countries, have discovered new plant-based ingredients with proven anti-inflammatory and anti-aging effects for the development of next-generation skincare products.