Mon, Dec 15
|Campus Drie Eiken, Building Q
Flanders Bioimaging Networking Event
Annual networking event of Flanders Bioimaging hosted by ACAM.
Time & Location
Dec 15, 2025, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Campus Drie Eiken, Building Q, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
About the event
ACAM is hosting this year's Flanders BioImaging networking event. The event will feature an overview of all core facilities, highlighting the strength and potential of each research infrastructure in enabling high-impact research and development.
Program:
Democratizing imaging infrastructure in Flanders and Europe (Chair: Prof. Winnok De Vos)
14:00 -14:10 Welcome Vice-Rector Maarten Weyn
14:10 -14:25 FLABI mission Prof. Sebastian Munck
14:25 -14:40 Flanders research infrastructure funding Caroline Volckaert
14:40 -15:00 EuroBioImaging evolving landscape Prof. John Eriksson
15:00 - 15:15 Break
Flanders BioImaging Research Highlights (Chair: Dr. Chiara Rossi)
15:15 -15:20 KULeuven Prof. Koen Van Laere
15:20 -15:25 UAntwerpen Dr. Elisabeth Jonckers
15:25 -15:30 UGent Prof. Stefaan Vandenberghe
15:30 -15:35 VUB Dr. Janik Puttemans
15:35 -15:40 UGent Prof. Kevin Braeckmans - Presenter: Dr. Sarah Goddaer
15:40 -15:45 UHasselt Prof. Jelle Hendrix
15:45 -15:50 UAntwerpen Prof. Winnok De Vos
15:50 -15:55 KULeuven Prof. Pieter Vanden Berghe
15:55 -16:00 VIB Prof. Sebastian Munck
16:00 - 16:15 Break
The expanding infrastructure landscape (Chair: Prof. Sebastian Munck)
16:15 -16:30 Core facility landscape Dr. Saskia Lippens
16:30 -16:45 The Maastricht node Prof. Marc Van Zandvoort
16:45 -17:00 Vlaams Supercomputing Center:
data management & HPC services for bioimaging Ingrid Barcena Roig
17:00 -17:15 Biobank - BBMRI ERIC Dr. Pieter Moons / Prof. Kristel Sleegers
17:15 -17:30 Closing Discussion
17:30 - 19:30 Reception