About usGhent University leverages cutting-edge omics technology and interdisciplinary expertise to drive innovative research, enabling personalized medicine advancements for improved health and aging.
About us
Ghent University leverages cutting-edge omics technology and interdisciplinary expertise to drive innovative research, enabling personalized medicine advancements for improved health and aging.
Mission
Ghent University’s Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Core unites leading experts from diverse omics fields, offering early access to state-of-the-art sequencing and proteomics infrastructure that drives transformative research.
By integrating cutting-edge approaches to study (epi)genomes, transcriptomes, and proteomes—including single-cell analyses—we enable innovative, interdisciplinary investigations across the life science domain.
Our interdisciplinary, interfaculty, and international collaborations, anchored at UGent and extending to research partners worldwide, span breakthrough research in cancer diagnostics, human and animal genetics, drug target discovery, reproductive medicine, immunology, lipid nanoparticle (LNP) biodistribution, ecotoxicoloy, and more. This comprehensive expertise drives innovations that bridge laboratory insights to clinical applications.
By offering early access to bleeding-edge laboratory technologies and related bioinformatics, the NGS Core positions UGent at the forefront of scientific revolutions, ensuring our local research community remains a global leader in innovative life sciences.
Ultimately, this synergy of expertise, infrastructure, and collaboration accelerates personalized treatments, fosters novel treatments, and promotes sustainable environmental solutions, reinforcing Ghent University’s commitment to improving lives and advancing science worldwide.
Partners
Communities
The UGent NGS Core is a vibrant community of hundreds of researchers spread across dozens of research groups, covering all life science faculties at Ghent University and beyond. Serving as a central hub for next-generation sequencing expertise, the consortium fosters interfaculty collaboration and promotes transdisciplinary initiatives.
Explore the consortia and initiatives where the UGent NGS Core actively contributes:
