The @steinaerts.bsky.social lab is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to develop next-generation sequence-to-function models for glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive brain cancers.

More info & how to apply 👉 https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-description/130090

We’re looking for an experienced 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿. You’ll establish and run a state-of-the-art wet lab, work closely with computational teams, and help translate AI-generated hypotheses into robust experimental workflows and high-quality training data.
https://tinyurl.com/4rf4bm8b

🏹 Job alert: Postdoc Position on Deep Learning for Glioblastoma Sequence-to-Function Models at @vibai.bsky.social

📍 Leuven 🇧🇪
🔗 https://jobs.vib.be/j/130090/postdoc-position-deep-learning-for-glioblastoma-sequence-to-function-models

We are thrilled to share our new pre-print: “System-wide extraction of cis-regulatory rules from sequence-to-function models in human neural development”. S2F-deeplearning models can accurately encode enhancers, yet decoding these models into human-interpretable rules remains a major challenge.

TF-MINDI is out! A new method to learn cis-regulatory codes through rich embeddings of TF binding sites. TF-MINDI decomposes motif neighbourhoods, and works downstream of any sequence-to-function deep learning model. We deeply study the enhancer code in human neural development, check out the thread

This is the happy face of four researchers embarking on a cool scientific collaboration backed by 7-years of structural financing!

Congrats @steinaerts.bsky.social, @joanampereira.bsky.social, @ppjgoncalves.bsky.social, and Maarten De Vos on your Methusalem grant.

https://tinyurl.com/nvcardzy

Kudos to all poster presenters and congratulations to Marios Eftychiou (@jdemeul.bsky.social lab), who got the runner-up poster award, and Wannes Hermans (@joanampereira.bsky.social lab), who won the Best Poster Award 🏆 🙌 #VIBAIscienceday

Great mix of talks from across all @viblifesciences.bsky.social research areas at our first-ever #VIBAIScienceDay. Sharing another mini photo dump while we digest lunch and gear up for more science this afternoon.

And we're off for a full day of VIB.AI science! 🤩
What a treat to bring the entire community together from Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels and Leuven, and to do so in this beautiful location.
Welcome to the church of AI in Biology. 😇
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Super excited about this work led by the one and only @deismic.bsky.social!

One week left to apply! 🚨

We are hiring for two exciting roles at the intersection of AI and life sciences:
👉 Head of the Machine Learning Expertise Unit
👉 LLM Engineer

Don’t miss your chance to apply by October 31!
https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-list

Such a treat to host @gioelelamanno.bsky.social (EPFL) today and be the first to hear more about his lab's latest work, posted just two days ago on bioRxiv.

Missed the talk?
Here's the preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.13.682018v1

We're very much looking forward to your talk!

Join us: Large Language Model Engineer at VIB.AI

You'll work closely with top scientists, backed by strong infrastructure and a mission to make a lasting impact on health and society.

📅 Apply before October 31st
🔗 https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-description/123988

AI and synthetic biology in the news today. 📰

@demorgen.be writes about a recent preprint describing how AI was used to design synthetic bacteriophages that target antibiotic-resistant E. coli.

👉 Article (in Dutch), with quotes by @steinaerts.bsky.social
https://tinyurl.com/bd2jxsay

We're hiring: Head for Machine Learning Expertise Unit

You’ll help deploy cutting-edge ML methods across diverse biomedical domains, from single-cell genomics to protein design.

📍 Based in Leuven, Belgium
📅 Apply before October 31st
🔗 https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-description/123990

In a few weeks, the full VIB.AI community will flock together at Irish College in Leuven.

We're already looking forward to talks from all of our core and affiliated labs and a keynote by Matthew Blaschko. 🤩

As our center continues to grow, we’re looking for a highly organized and proactive Administrative Assistant to help keep things running smoothly, from financial processing and logistics to travel coordination and event support.
https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-description/122382

One month ago, we wrapped up the 2025 Machine Learning & AI in Life Sciences Summer School: a week of hands-on training, deep collaboration, and serious brainpower, co-organized by VIB and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB).
#ThrowbackThursday

Last week, VIB.AI researchers joined the global community at #SCG2025 in Stockholm, bringing fresh AI perspectives to one of biology’s most data-rich frontiers.

Big thanks to the organizers and to the community for the energy, insight, and inspiration.

We're growing the VIB.AI Machine Learning Unit, and we're hiring!

📌 Head of the Machine Learning Unit
📌 LLM Engineer

Both roles are based in Leuven, Belgium, at the heart of a thriving research ecosystem.
https://vib.ai/en/opportunities#/job-list
Apply by October 31st.

The 2025 VIB.AI International PhD Call closes June 22nd.

We’re offering 4 fully funded PhD positions across labs tackling big questions in biology with AI and machine learning, covering protein design, computational neuroscience, gene regulation, and more.
👉 https://tinyurl.com/53nc9vnd

Congratulations to Klaas Vandepoele @vandepoelelab.bsky.social on receiving an @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grant!

His multiCODE project aims to decode the regulatory code of gene expression in plants using a powerful combination of single-cell genomics, AI, and synthetic biology.

Congratulations! 👏

Two days left to apply before our group leader call closes.

Build your own group. Access core funding, top infrastructure, and a collaborative research environment at the intersection of AI and life sciences.

https://tinyurl.com/y35m6khy

We want to build models that help us understand how biological systems work. And for that, we need scientists who live at the interface of machine learning and biology.

We’re recruiting Group Leaders!
https://tinyurl.com/y35m6khy
Call closes June 14th