Scientific Support Association

The Scientific Support Association (SSA) assembles all technical staff and lab managers at the CCB with the purpose of uniting the knowledge and expertise of the lab technicians and lab managers across the different labs. SSA functions as a networking tool for rapid exchange of materials, methods and expertise between the technical and organizational staff within CCB.

SSA is a freely accessible platform for and by technicians/managers that enables fast communication between its members and supports the center's organization with dedicated focus groups.

The SSA gathers once per month over lunch to meet up over a specific research topic or get an introductory training on state-of-the-art methodology by both VIB/KUL internal and external specialists in their field. Some of the past topics are: Lab management, Genotyping, Cloning, Going green in the lab, Metabolomics & Mass spec, spill courses etc.