Expertise centers
In order to develop strategic alliances with companies, the Flemish universities have created dedicated expertise centers. Below you can find an overview of these expertise centers, divided in a number of research domains.
Each expertise center is coordinated by a business developer who you can contact. The business developers have a full overview of the expertise within their research domain and can refer you efficiently within the university. Of course, you can also contact TTO Flanders.
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Food & Agriculture
- Applied Physics and Photonics (B-PHOT - VUB)
- Biosensor Group (KU Leuven)
- CenStat: Statistical advice and support for industry and governments
- Centre for Food and Microbial Technology (KU Leuven)
- CMK: Centre for environmental sciences (Hasselt University)
- CropFit: Biostimulants and Biocontrol Agents (UGent)
- End of Waste (UGent)
- Food2Know: Feed - Food - Health (UGent)
- Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology (IMDO - VUB)
- LFoRCe - Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre at KU Leuven
- LIBR - Leuven Institute for Beer Research (KU Leuven)
- MeBioS - Mechatronics, Biostatistics and Sensors division (KU Leuven)
- Postharvest Group (KU Leuven)
Health
- ADDN - Antwerp Drug Discovery Netwerk at UAntwerp
- Applied Physics and Photonics (B-PHOT - VUB)
- Aquaculture Ghent University: sustainable aquaculture production (UGent)
- BIMETRA - Clinical Research Center (UGent)
- Biomarked - Validation of biomarkers in cancer and aging (UGent)
- BIOMED: Biomedical research institute (Hasselt University)
- Biomedical Research overview (VUB)
- Brubotics (VUB)
- CD3: Centre for Drug Design and Discovery at KU Leuven
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (KU Leuven)
- Center for Molecular Medicine (KU Leuven)
- ChemTech - Chemistry Technologies for Life Sciences (UGent)
- Diabetes Research Center (DRC - VUB)
- DISCOVERE - Drug discovery, drug delivery & drug manufacturing (UGent)
- EGAMI - Expert Group Antwerp Molecular Imaging at UAntwerp
- Genecure - Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine (VUB)
- HyCT: image building technologies for material and life sciences applications (UGent)
- Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology (IMDO - VUB)
- Inhibition of a long non-coding RNA as a novel therapy for Neuroblastoma (UGent)
- Health House
- In Vitro Toxicology and Dermato Cosmetology (IVDT - VUB)
- Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry (KU Leuven)
- Laboratory for molecular and Cellular Therapy (LMCT - VUB)
- Laboratory for Molecular Biodiscovery (KU Leuven)
- Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy (KU Leuven)
- LCRP - Limburg Clinical Research Program
- Leuven Viral Vector Core - LVVC (KU Leuven)
- LMTC - Leuven Medical Technology Research Centre at KU Leuven
- M2Target (VUB)
- Medical Device Technology Ghent (UGent)
- Medical Imaging Research Center (KU Leuven)
- Mobile Health Unit (MHU)
- NERF - Neuroelectronics Research Flanders at KU Leuven, imec and VIB
- Organic Chemistry (VUB)
- PharmAbs - Antibody Centre at KU Leuven
- Prometheus - Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering (KU Leuven)
- Protein Technologies (UGent)
- PROVAXS - Infectious diseases and immunity (UGent)
- Rega Institute for Medical Research (KU Leuven)
- Research group of Functional Genomics and Proteomics (KU Leuven)
- SEE - School of Expert Education
- Stadius Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics (KU Leuven)
- Stem Cell Institute Leuven - SCIL (KU Leuven)
- Structural Biology Brussels (SBB - VUB)
- VAXINFECTIO - Vaccine and Infectuous Disease Initute
- VICTORIS - Technological optimization, research and innovation in sports (UGent)
Materials & Chemistry
- Applied Physics and Photonics (B-PHOT - VUB)
- Chemical Engineering (CHIS - VUB)
- CHEMTECH - Chemistry for Materials; Thin films, Process Water Technology (UGent)
- CleanChem: Process design and optimization for sustainable chemical production (UGent)
- Composites: innovative platform for composites (UGent)
- DuraBUILDmaterials - Innovative technologies for durable building materials and structures (UGent)
- Electrochemical and Surface Engineering (SURF - VUB)
- EMAT - Electron Microscopy for Materials Research at UAntwerp
- IMO: Institute for Materials Research (Hasselt University)
- Industrial Valorisation of Research on Non-Destructive Testing and related Materials Characterisation within the KU Leuven Association (KU Leuven)
- L-MRC - Leuven Materials Research Centre at KU Leuven
- Materials research overview (VUB)
- Metal research from nano to mega, from material to application(UGent)
- SIM² - Sustainable Inorganic Materials Management (KU Leuven)
- SusChema - Sustainable Chemistry Network Antwerp (UAntwerp)
- Sustainable Chemistry (KU Leuven)
- Sustainable Chemistry overview (VUB)
- TANC - Applied and Analytical Chemistry - Services and Collaboration (UHasselt)
- SPARC: Sustainable Polymers and Applications Research Cluster (UHasselt)
- Packaging Technology Centre (Hasselt University)
ICT & Electronics
- Applied Physics and Photonics (B-PHOT - VUB)
- Artificial Intelligence (VUB)
- Big Data research overview (VUB)
- COSIC - Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography (KU Leuven)
- DistriNet - Computer Science (KU Leuven)
- EDM: Expertisecentre for Digital Media (Hasselt University)
- Electronics and Informatics (ETRO - VUB)
- ICT research overview (VUB)
- IDLab - AI & Data Science for (Industrial) Internet-of-Things (UGent)
- iKNOW: Intelligent Information Processing (UGent)
- LICT - Leuven Centre on Information and Communication Technology at KU Leuven
- NERF - Neuroelectronics Research Flanders at KU Leuven, imec and VIB
- NEXOR - Cyber-Physical Systems (UAntwerp)
- Software Languages Lab (VUB)
- NUMA – Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (KU Leuven)
- LCMC - Leuven Computational Modelling Center (KU Leuven)
Cleantech & Energy
- Applied Physics and Photonics (B-PHOT - VUB)
- BruWind - Brussels Wind Energy Institute (VUB)
- Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry (CHIS - VUB)
- CleanChem: Process design and optimization for sustainable chemical production (UGent)
- CMK: Centre for environmental sciences (Hasselt University)
- Electrochemical and Surface Engineering (SURF - VUB)
- EnerGhentIC - Interdisciplinary community of Ghent University researchers working on the energy challenge (UGent)
- ENVIROMICS - Environmental Impact Assessment and Engineering at UAntwerp
- Energyville (KU Leuven)
- L-MRC - Leuven Materials Research Centre at KU Leuven
- Mechanical engineering (MECH - VUB)
- Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology (MOBI - VUB)
- SEE - School of Expert Education
Engineering
- Acoustics & Vibration Research Group (VUB)
- Additive Manufacturing Research Group (KU Leuven)
- Applied Physics and Photonics (B-PHOT - VUB)
- Brubotics (VUB)
- Brussels Wind Energy Institute (Bruwind - VUB)
- Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry (CHIS - VUB)
- e-POLY - Electronic and photonic microsystem technology for IoT, smart systems and medical devices (UGent)
- Electrochemical and Surface Engineering (SURF - VUB)
- Electronics and Informatics (ETRO - VUB)
- HyCT: life sciences and materials imaging (UGent)
- IMO: Institute for materials research (Hasselt University)
- Light & Lighting Laboratory at KU Leuven, Technology Campus Ghent
- Machineries & Factories: smart motion products and smart production systems in industry 4.0 (UGent)
- Materials research overview (VUB)
- Mechanical engineering (MECH - VUB)
- Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology (MOBI - VUB)
- nb-Photonics: Center for Nano- and Biophotonics (UGent)
- Noise & Vibration Research Group (KU Leuven)
- SEE - School of Expert Education
- Sheet Metal Research Group (KU Leuven)
- Sustainable Chemistry overview (VUB)
- CERG: Construction Engineering (Hasselt University)
- NUMA – Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (KU Leuven)
- LCMC - Leuven Computational Modelling Center (KU Leuven)