The United Kingdom's departure from the European Union also has implications for scientific research(ers). For more information on the main changes, please visit the websites of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) and of the NCP – FNRS. Researchers travelling to the United Kingdom can check whether they need a visa via the UK Government's website. More information about - the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - Questions...

Francesca Rapino is a F.R.S.-FNRS research associate at the Stem Cells-Cancer Signaling Laboratory (GIGA Institute / Faculty of Medicine) at the University of Liège. She has been recently awarded an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council for her project tRNAtoGO. Endowed with 1.5 million euros, this   project aims to approach the concept of Cancer Stem Cells (CSC) from a new and innovative angle. This research in fundamental...

Hi, my name is Alessia Pancaro and I am from Santa Maria Capua Vetere in Italy. Last March I started my PhD on the development of a biosensing platform for lectin detection related to cerebrovascular disease using nanoplasmonics in the unit Health. In the last period I have been overwhelmed by COVID-19, just like everyone else. It came suddenly, and we had to face several challenges. Within a few days we had to change our habits, adapt to the...

Link between theory and practice  A few times a year, VITO launches a number of topics for doctoral studies within the organisation, topics that can support ongoing VITO research. PhD students can apply for this. More than seventy students from home and abroad are currently continuing their doctoral studies within the various VITO research groups.  Max König: “For me, VITO is the ideal link between theory and practice. It gives me the unique...

The UMONS Faculty of Engineering (FPMs) is particularly proud to have Mr. Mahmoud Nani, 31, a Syrian refugee, among its new graduates. He now holds a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering and Management with a specialist focus on Information Systems Control. On Saturday 14th September 2019, at the graduation ceremony of the UMONS Faculty of Engineering (FPMs), Mr. Mahmoud Nani was the first refugee student to officially be proclaimed Engineer...

University of Liège organises a Master Class : HRS4R for Newcomers, in Liège city centre, from June 12-14, 2019 This 3-day participative seminar is dedicated to managers and staff in charge of the development of the human resources management research strategy (HRS4R) within their institution. The following issues will be discussed and analysed with the support of experts : Everything you always wanted to know about HRS4R, How to identify gaps,...

Who am I and which is my previous background? I am Maurizio Mascarello. I am Italian and I graduated in Environmental Biology at the University of Turin in 2013. After that I achieved a Research Master degree in Crop Science at the University College Dublin and I worked as a Research Assistant in Plant Genetics at the Technical University of Munich. What I am doing now? I am a PhD student at Meise Botanic Garden in Belgium since May 2018, taking...

Why do talented international researchers want to work in UCLouvain laboratories? Watch ‘Top health research stories @UCLouvain’: ten videos showcasting the outstanding research carried out by the university’s Health Sciences Sector teams.

Modar Saad came to Belgium in 2015, having fled military service in his war-torn homeland of Syria. He enrolled in the Welcome Student Refugee programme at VUB so he could complete his second master’s degree in civil engineering. Since then, he has almost graduated and after a series of interviews he has three job offers to choose from. Once he has finished studying Dutch, he’s going to focus on French. And while he misses his family and the...

RESEARCHER PROFILE - Mohammed ALLAN Mohammed Allan, a Syrian who arrived in Belgium in July 2008 to start a Master in geology, has come a long way since then. He obtained a PhD and is now a researcher in the AGEs laboratory. Interview What is your background? After my Bachelor in Applied Geology at the University of Damascus, I was hired as assistant researcher at the Syrian Atomic Energy Commission (SAEC). Two years later, I got the opportunity...