Overview
Van Criekinge co-founded Biolizard in 2018 with fellow Ghent University computational genomics professor Gerben Menschaert and biotech entrepreneur Jan Van den Berghe. He and Menschaert had previously co-launched the Novalis Biotech investment fund, bringing both scientific and commercial grounding to the venture. Biolizard serves biotech, pharma, and diagnostic companies with biomedical data analysis, machine learning, and software engineering, and has grown to 60 employees.
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- Next week Thu 29 Oct: Bits in Bio Show & Tell, how AI transforms your daily workflows. Slightly different format this time. A series of flash talks where people in our community show how they are putting AI agents to work in life sciences. Topics & titles I've seen on the schedule are covering, - Building novel UIs for a complex biological data workflows - World models in drug discovery - LLMs helping to build a biotech company brain - MCP integration with ChimeraX and PyMOL for molecular visualisation - Workflows and skills for
- Exciting milestone for myNEO Therapeutics! We are pleased to announce that Arcturus Therapeutics has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire myNEO. Since 2024, our teams have worked closely together around a shared vision: combining advanced AI capabilities with next generation mRNA innovation. We believe this combination creates a powerful foundation to accelerate discovery, strengthen target identification capabilities, and bring innovative therapies to patients faster. This achievement is the result of the hard work,
- Know what? Your research won't turn itself into a company. 🤯 That's why Biovia is joining VIB and Wintercircus Ghent for 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁, a free, hands-on session built for PhDs, postdocs, masters, #entrepreneurs and early #spinoffs ready to take the step from research to company. Lessons straight from the horse's mouth 🐴 🎤 Jorn Vanysacker (100IN) 🎤 Carlo Boutton (Biotalys) 🎤 Christel Menet (Confo Therapeutics) 🎤 Wim Van Criekinge (Ghent University) 🎤 Annick Verween (VIB) 🪩 And if you want to keep the
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