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    Dominique Van Der Straeten 25 June 2026

    Climate change is threatening the nutritional value of our food

    Nature review highlights UGent research on more nutritious and climate-resilient crops.

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    27 August 2026 Ghent University researchers develop an ultrafast component that both detects and emits SWIR light
    7 May 2026 These study locations are available from 4 May 2026
    9 December 2025 Ghent University hits milestone: 150 ERC grantees with 4 new winners
    13 October 2025 Ghent University scores twice at ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Conference
    13 October 2025 Ghent University researchers develop world's fastest QD-based SWIR photodetector
    4 September 2025 No fewer than seven new ERC Starting Grants for Ghent University researchers
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    • Sep 2

      Symposium 'Meet the Expert - Radical strategies for the synthesis of amino acids'

      Lokaal 3.1 Benoit Emile Clapeyron, S3, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 289, 9000 Ghent

    • Sep 7

      Symposium '35th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials'

      “A room with a ZOO”, Flanders Meeting and Convention Center Antwerp (FMCCA), Koningin Astridplein 20, 2018 Antwerpen

    • Sep 8

      Symposium 'IIC Ghent Congress 2026'

      Handelsbeurs, Kouter 29, 9000 Ghent

    • Dec 15

      Symposium '4th Belgian Research Software Engineering Day'

      FSVM I VIB-UGent, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71, 9052 Ghent

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    PhD defenses

    • Sep 2

      Sustainable Pest Control via RNA interference: Guanidinylated Polymers as Delivery Platforms for Agricultural Applications

      Vereecken, Sven

    • Sep 3

      Electrogenerated bases in transition metal chemistry

      Larkovich, Roman

    • Sep 11

      Entanglement and tensor network states for quantum field theories

      Tuybens, Benoît

    • Sep 15

      Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for Solar-to-Chemical Conversion: Structural Engineering, Charge Dynamics, and Photocatalytic Applications

      Wen, Zhongliang

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