Expertise

BUILDING EXPERTISE

We have a unique portfolio of state-of-the-art technologies and in-house expertise. These include, but are not limited to, (un)targeted metabolomics, single-cell isolation and profiling at multiple omics levels, expertise in tumor inflammation and immune infiltration, the (epi)genetic characterization of tumor DNA using high-throughput sequencing and the functional characterization of non-coding RNAs and other epigenetic modulators, phenotyping of numerous spontaneous tumor and preclinical mouse models (breast, melanoma, colon, liver, lung, leukemia, etc.), CRISPR/CAS-based screening technologies, etc.

...AND SHARING IT

CCB has invested significantly into our own expertise units in order to better meet the needs and facilitate the implementation of our mission. Below you can read more on our CCB expertise centers in bioinformatics, intravital imaging, single cell & spatial multiomics and spatial metabolomics.

Apart from our own initiatives, we can make use of the support facilities of our affiliated institutions. VIB has set up institutional core facilities that are available to all VIB researchers at marginal costs. This gives us access to experts and state-of-the-art equipment in bioimaging, flow cytometry, metabolomics and much more. Our researchers also have access to a series of KU Leuven-funded facilities/initiatives, such as the FACS and single cell facilities and the PDX platform.