Fighting COVID-19
A STORY OF EXTREME FLEXIBILITY AND INTENSE COLLABORATION The outbreak of a new coronavirus in 2020 posed one of VIB’s greatest challenges ever. Many researchers dropped whatever they were doing to partner up and fight COVID-19, showing great flexibility. Luckily, they didn't have to start from scratch. Decades of research paved the way for lightning-fast investigation into possible medicines and the development of testing capacity.
On the origin of impact