In close collaboration with Leuven University’s Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO) and Flanders’ strategic research center for life sciences VIB, the new European Spatial Biology Center (ESBC) is set to provide spatial biology services to the global community at an unprecedented scale and level of precision. 

This emerging field makes it possible to study the precise cellular architecture of tissues and organs. It also allows researchers to investigate how cells communicate and cooperate to execute tissue functions, study the orchestration of organ development and disclose crucial processes in disease development. These valuable insights are bound to unravel new mechanisms of homeostasis and disease progression – paving the way for groundbreaking treatments and precision medicine. 

ESBC aims to be the world’s leading center for advanced spatial biology analyses and services at scale, as well as for their biomedical and biological applications. By partnering with the unique life sciences ecosystem established by – among others – KU Leuven and VIB in Flanders, ESBC will also promote the development and commercialization of new spatial multi-omics technologies, while encouraging scientific collaborations among research groups and pharma and biotech firms. 

In addition to generating new insights from spatial biology (big) data, ESBC is poised to drive metascience projects and clinical studies, scale spatial technologies and boost networking possibilities for academic and industrial partners across the globe. 

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