( - ) Tomorrow, not coincidentally on Rare Diseases Day, the GUARD consortium is being launched. GUARD stands for Ghent University Action on Rare Diseases and aims to improve research into and treatment of rare diseases.

( - ) Tine Destrooper (in collaboration with postdoctoral researchers Cira Palli-Aspero and Elke Evrard), Anna Tummers and Kevin Van Geem, can now further develop the industrial and social innovation potential of discoveries from their ERC work.

( - ) Two Ghent researchers, Tine Destrooper and Liselot Hudders, will receive an ERC Consolidator Grant.

New UGent research shows that more snowfall in the future could slow or offset the negative effects of climate change on glaciers in southern Patagonia.

In a surprising discovery, researchers have found evidence of an African intestinal parasite in a 500-year-old cesspit in Bruges. The find offers valuable insights into how diseases spread in the past.