Après cinq années consacrées à une profonde transformation du WELRI, Vinciane Gaussin passe le relais de la direction générale à Véronique Graff, qui poursuivra la mission de l’institut au service de la recherche stratégique et de l’innovation.
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Born out of a collaboration between the WEL Research Institute, UCLouvain and UNamur, Intercept Bio is developing a novel approach to preventing viral respiratory infections.
Identification des mécanismes moléculaires qui orchestrent la transition des cellules cancéreuses vers un état métastatique. Klf5 et Pitx1 contrôlent les premières étapes de ce processus et leur délétion a réduit les métastases chez la souris.
The 2025 annual report reflects the Institute’s substantial growth over the past five years. Since 2020, the Institute has more than doubled its scale, strengthening scientific excellence and delivering societal and economic impact.
Congratulations to Patrice Cani on receiving the 2026 Francqui Prize, often referred to as the “Belgian Nobel Prize”, presented by His Majesty the King during a ceremony at the Palace of the Academies in Brussels.
MEIDNet is an artificial intelligence framework that designs new materials from target properties, thereby accelerating the exploration of chemical space and the identification of promising compounds.
An engineered protein that disrupts the Hsp90–TGF-β axis was functionalized with metal-binding domains to add imaging capabilities while retaining efficacy in mouse models of liver fibrosis and cancer.
An integrated experimental and theoretical approach reveals the key role of electron–vibration coupling in the redox properties of conductive MOFs, paving the way for the design of more efficient energy storage materials.
Controlling bacterial stress-response enzymes can suppress production of the alarm signal (p)ppGpp, reducing virulence and offering a new strategy to fight infections without directly targeting bacterial survival.
Calcium batteries are promising but limited by the low mobility of Ca²⁺ ions. Amorphous carboxyphenolate frameworks enhance ion diffusion and stability, improving the performance for high-voltage organic electrodes.
Activated carbon is used as a counter electrode in post-lithium batteries, but it can bias electrochemical measurements. This study highlights the impact of poorly controlled parameters and proposes recommendations for good practice.
