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Feb 42 min read
Supporting novel drug discovery via cosolvent molecular dynamics
By: Olivier Beyens, Sam Corthaut, Sarah Peeters, Pieter Van Der Veken, Ingrid De Meester, Hans De Winter Drug discovery involves...


Jan 212 min read
Accelerating Medical Innovation: How VSC Supercomputers Are Helping Diagnose Rare Disorders
High-performance computing (HPC) has long been a cornerstone of scientific discovery, and its impact on medicine continues to grow. At...


Jan 162 min read
Accelerating Rare Disease Diagnosis: A Breakthrough with VSC Computational Power
Researchers from the Center for Human Genetics (CME) in Leuven have unveiled a revolutionary diagnostic method that combines genetic and...


Dec 10, 20245 min read
Burned Area Increasingly Explained by Climate Change
By: Chantelle Burton, Seppe Lampe, Douglas I. Kelley, Wim Thiery, Stijn Hantson, Nikos Christidis, Lukas Gudmundsson, Matthew Forrest,...


Dec 2, 20242 min read
Borophane: The Hydrogen-Boosted Superconductor
By: Božidar N. Šoškić, Jonas Bekaert, Cem Sevik, and Milorad V. Milošević Imagine an atomically thin material capable of conducting...


Nov 20, 20243 min read
Detecting imagined speech events from brain signals
By: Aurélie de Borman, Benjamin Wittevrongel, Ine Dauwe, Evelien Carrette, Alfred Meurs, Dirk Van Roost, Paul Boon & Marc M. Van Hulle...


Oct 21, 20243 min read
Stable Boundary Layers with Subsidence: Scaling and Similarity of the Steady State
By: Thijs Bon, Raúl Bayoán Cal & Johan Meyers One of the key challenges in atmospheric and environmental sciences is understanding of the...

Oct 7, 20243 min read
Investigating screw agitator speed ratio impact on feeding performance using DEM
By: Luz Nadiezda Naranjo Gómez, Kensaku Matsunami, Paul Van Liedekerke, Thomas De Beer & Ashish Kumar In the continuous manufacturing of...

Sep 10, 20242 min read
Unlocking the power of nanopores
Revolutionizing Protein Design: AI-Powered Nanopores Unlock New Frontiers in Molecular Biology A research led by the VIB-VUB Center for...

Jul 3, 20242 min read
Direct probing of low-energy intra d-band transitions in gas-phase cobalt clusters
By: Kevin A. Kaw, Rick J. Louwerse, Joost M. Bakker, Peter Lievens, Ewald Janssens & Piero Ferrari In the interstellar medium, many...

Jun 25, 20243 min read
CHIT1 at diagnosis predicts faster disability progression and reflects early microglial activation in multiple sclerosis
By: Jarne Beliën, Stijn Swinnen, Robbe D'hondt, Laia Verdú de Juan, Nina Dedoncker Patrick Matthys, Jan Bauer, Celine Vens, Sinéad...

Jun 4, 20242 min read
Benchmarking of methods for DNA methylome deconvolution
By: Kobe De Ridder, Huiwen Che, Kaat Leroy & Bernard Thienpont Quantifying the cell types that contribute to tissue samples is important...

May 22, 20242 min read
Prime editing allows tackling Cystic Fibrosis at its genetic roots
By: Mattijs Bulcaen, Marianne Carlon A multidisciplinary team with researchers from KU Leuven (Flanders), Université Paris Cité (France),...

Apr 30, 20243 min read
Joint multi-ancestry and admixed GWAS reveals the complex genetics behind human cranial vault shape
By: Seppe Goovaerts, Hanne Hoskens, Ryan J. Eller, Noah Herrick, Anthony M. Musolf, Cristina M. Justice, Meng Yuan, Sahin Naqvi, Myoung...

Mar 19, 20242 min read
ForestTemp – Sub-canopy microclimate temperatures of European forests
By: Stef Haesen and Koenraad Van Meerbeek Ecological research continues to rely on coarse-gridded macroclimatic data, which depend on...

Feb 20, 20243 min read
Contribution of climate change to the spatial expansion of West Nile virus in Europe
By: Diana Erazo, Luke Grant, Guillaume Ghisbain, Giovanni Marini, Felipe J. Colón-González, William Wint, Annapaola Rizzoli, Wim Van...

Feb 5, 20243 min read
Lower respiratory tract single-cell RNA sequencing and neutrophil extracellular trap profiling of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: a single centre, retrospective, observational study
By: Simon Feys, Sam Vanmassenhove, Sirima Kraisin, Karen Yu, Cato Jacobs, Bram Boeckx, and others. Show all authors here...


Jan 24, 20242 min read
Mapping Cell Composition of Metastatic Melanoma To Identify Cause of Immunotherapy Resistance
By: Joanna Pozniak, Dennis Pedri, Ewout Landeloos, Yannick Van Herck, Asier Antoranz, Lukas Vanwynsberghe, Ada Nowosad, Niccolò Roda,...

Jan 15, 20243 min read
AI-based diagnosis of skeletal metastases in whole-body MRI
By: Jakub Ceranka, Joris Wuts, Ophélye Chiabai, Frédéric Lecouvet and Jef Vandemeulebroucke The integration of artificial intelligence...

Dec 11, 20232 min read
ForestClim—Bioclimatic variables for microclimate temperatures of European forests
By: Stef Haesen and Koenraad Van Meerbeek Bioclimatic variables play a pivotal role in various scientific disciplines, spanning from...
Welcome to the latest news and events page for the Flemish Supercomputer Center. This page serves as the go-to source for all announcements, updates, and news related to the center. Whether you are a researcher, a student, or simply interested in the latest developments in high-performance computing, you will find valuable information here.


Accelerating Medical Innovation: How VSC Supercomputers Are Helping Diagnose Rare Disorders
High-performance computing (HPC) has long been a cornerstone of scientific discovery, and its impact on medicine continues to grow. At...


🔒 Quantum-Proof Your Future: Access the Webinar Recordings Now!
📢 VSC Announces Recorded Presentations from the Webinar: Safeguarding Communications and Data in the Quantum Computing Age Missed the...


Accelerating Rare Disease Diagnosis: A Breakthrough with VSC Computational Power
Researchers from the Center for Human Genetics (CME) in Leuven have unveiled a revolutionary diagnostic method that combines genetic and...


UD 24 – Recorded Presentations & Lightning Talks are Now Available!
We are pleased to announce that the VSC Users Day 2024 event page has been updated with all recorded presentations, lightning talks, and...


VSC JOINS QUANTUM LEAP IN COMPUTING!
Advancing Quantum Computing in Europe We are thrilled to announce that VSC is now a proud partner in the EuroSSQ-HPC consortium, working...
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