LISCO - KU Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics

The new KU Leuven Institute for Rare Diseases is looking for an institute coordinator 🔍

Yesterday, the KU Leuven Institute Coordinators gathered for a workshop on the scalability and ‘growing pains’ of our institutes. We also welcomed the coordinators of the new institutes (KU Leuven Institute for Energy and Society Ruben Baetens, Leuven Educational Research Institute Lize Vanderstraeten, Leuven Gravity Institute Daniel Mayerson Benoît Tuybens, Leuven Institute of Sports Science Kobe Houtmeyers ) For the afternoon session, we invited Peter Tom Jones (Director of SIM2 KU Leuven), Sigrid Somers (Head of KU Leuven Press Office and Policy Communications) and Katrien Kolenberg (Professor of Science Communication and Outreach) for an inspiring panel discussion on strategies for science comm and outreach by KU Leuven Institutes. Very nice to see the group of coordinator colleagues exchanging ideas and experiences and catching up after a very busy academic semester! Cc: LUSI - KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute KU Leuven Plant Institute Leuven Kankerinstituut KU Leuven Child and Youth Institute KU Leuven Institute for Mobility Leuven Brain Institute Lectio KU Leuven Leuven Leuven.AI Leuven One Health iSi Health LIMNI KU Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO)

LISCO was well represented at the ESSB conference ✨ With multiple poster presentations, many attendees and a great talk by Prof. Francesca Maria Bosisio, MD, PhD

🔙 Throwback to a great event, where we officially launched the partnership between Lunaphore (a Bio-Techne brand) and LISCO 🤝 Do you want to learn more about the COMET technology or spatial omics technologies in general? Do not hesitate to reach out! #spatial #omics #proteomics #multiplex

🌟Opportunity: Postdoctoral Researcher in Immunology🌟 This is not yet an official vacancy, but I am actively searching for a talented Postdoctoral Researcher in Immunology to join our team at #LeuvenDiabetesLab. Are you passionate about immunology and driven by curiosity? Do you have a sweet spot for advanced techniques like flow cytometry and single-cell RNA sequencing? If you’re a collaborative team player who enjoys pushing the boundaries of science, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. What We’re Looking For: A strong background and enthusiasm for immunology research. Expertise in flow cytometry and single-cell RNA sequencing. A team-first mindset with excellent collaborative skills. This is a unique chance to be part of a vibrant, innovative research group focused on groundbreaking discoveries in immunology of type 1 diabetes. If this sounds like you, please reach out—I’d love to hear from you! conny.gysemans@kuleuven.be and send us your CV, motivation letter describing your research interests and career goals, digital copies of university transcripts (Bachelor’s and Master’s) and contact information of two to three references.

🎉 🍾 A massive week for the growth of the lab as we received news of generous funding support from the Research Foundation Flanders - FWO in the form of not 1 but the maximum possible 2 project grants! 1️⃣ In the INTERVIR project co-funded by the F.R.S. - FNRS and Research Foundation Flanders - FWO under the 🇪🇺 WEAVE agreement we will work with the team of Herve Vanderschuren at University of Liège to use #proteomics to study how plant viruses 🦠 interact with their insect vectors and hijack their host plant cell's molecular machinery. The goal is to discover new targets for engineering virus resistance in the important tropical crop Cassava. To us, this project has special significance as it shows that the scientific community and funders in Europe can be persuaded to support cutting-edge science to benefit the Global South as well as European agriculture. 2️⃣ In our single-lab CHRONOPROX project, we will implement and develop new #proteomics tools to study how the plant circadian clock controls gene regulation in plants and enables them to measure the length of a day, keep time with the planet's rotation 🌍 and adapt to new environments with #climatechange. This is a more fundamental blue-sky project that will supercharge our efforts to discover a new way to engineer climate-resilient crops. ✈️ We were also privileged to receive a joint Research Foundation Flanders - FWO National Science and Technology Council Mobility Grant to strengthen our research partnership with Ting-Ying Wu's lab at Academia Sinica, Taiwan! 🇧🇪 🇹🇼 💶 This important funding injection into the lab's mission to develop #proteomics into a scalable tool for plant biology is also complemented by a multi-million euro large-scale infrastructure grant led by Bart Ghesquière that we were fortunate to receive earlier this year with Liesbet Temmerman and Johan(nes) Swinnen. Can't wait to start working on these projects and recruit new team members (and their robot helpers 🤖 ) in the New Year! 🎆 https://www.mehta-lab.com/ Department of Biosystems KU Leuven Plant Institute KU Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO)

Proud to share that Robin Van den Eynde, a postdoc affiliated with multiple LISCO labs, has been awarded the prestigious Science and Innovation Award by the KU Leuven Faculty of Science! We couldn’t agree more—his work on innovative microscopy setups holds great promise for biomedical research and societal impact. Congratulations, Robin! 🔬

Congratulations Bart Ghesquière 🎉 Exciting things to come in the field of single-cell metabolomics and multi-omics!

🚀 Spatial Proteomics: Nature Method of the Year 2024 🚀 This transformative technology enables the study of proteins in their native spatial context, providing unprecedented insights into cellular organization and tissue microenvironments. At LISCO, we are dedicated to driving innovation in spatial proteomics and advancing the broader field of spatial multi-omics. Are you looking to apply spatial proteomics in your research? Read the post below to discover how we can support you. #spatial #proteomics #innovation #singlecell #MethodOfTheYear Nature Magazine

Very proud that Yanti De Visser, PhD researcher at LISCO, won Promega's Rising Researcher Award 2024! Congratulations Yanti 👏 🎉