Flanders BioImaging
Networking Event
University of Antwerp, 15/01/2025
Like every year, the annual networking meeting was an exceptional moment to reconnect, celebrate the past year's accomplishments, and align the consortium's objectives for the next year.
Program:
14:00 - 15:00
Democratizing imaging infrastructure in Flanders and Europe
(Chair Prof. Winnok De Vos)
1. Welcome
Prof. Maarten Weyn, Vice-Rector UAntwerpen
2. FLABI mission Sebastian Munck KUL/VIB
3. Flanders vision on infrastructure funding
Caroline Volckaert, FWO
4. Euro-BioImaging evolving landscape
Prof. John Eriksson, EuBI/Turku University
15:15 - 16:00
Flanders Bioimaging Research Highlights
(Chair Dr. ir. Chiara Rossi)
Prof. Koen Van Laere, KUL
Dr. Elisabeth Joncker, UAntwerpen
Prof. Stefaan Vandenberghe, UGent
Dr. Janik Puttemans, VUB
Prof. Kevin Braeckmans, Ugent
Prof. Jelle Hendrix, UHasselt
Prof. Winnok De Vos, UAntwerpen
Tobie Maartens, KUL
Prof. Sebastian Munck VIB-KUL
16:15 - 17:30
The expanding infrastructure landscape
(Chair Prof. Sebasitan Munck)
1. Core facility landscape
Dr. Saskia Lippens, VIB
2. The Maastricht node
Prof. Marc Van Zandvoort, UMaastricht
3. High-Performance Computing
Dr. Ingrid Barcena Roig, KUL-VSC
4. Biobank - BBMRI ERIC
Prof. Pieter Moons, Prof. Kristel Sleegers, UAntwerpen
The key take home message: bio-imaging cores are crucial facilitators of high-impact research as they optimise the use of top-level infrastructure and ensure durable consolidation and growth of end-to-end imaging expertise.
Prof. Winnok De Vos, UAntwerp
host of the FlaBI Networking Event 2025