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Liesbet Lagae

Prof. dr. Liesbet Lagae holds a PhD from KU Leuven, one of Flanders’ five universities, for her work on magnetic random access memories.

Liesbet Lagae

IMEC

Program director
Remisebosweg 1
3001 Leuven
Belgium

She is an imec fellow that cofounded and is today directing the life sciences R&D based on chip technologies at the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (imec) in Leuven. During her career, she has (co-)authored 175 peer-reviewed papers published in international journals and holds more than 20 patents in the field. She is also a KU Leuven Physics Department associate professor and holder of a prestigious ERC Consolidator grant for the development of a platform for single-cell analysis and sorting.

Team Vesalius visionairies

Flanders’ life sciences industry: the perfect combo of biotech, medtech, pharma and healthcare

Defining Flanders’ life sciences industry as diverse is an understatement. From young start-ups to established local firms and multinationals: the entire value chain – from research and discovery to development and commercialization – is represented in Belgium’s northern region. Thanks to fertile cross-pollination between biotech, medtech, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, Flanders offers a unique life sciences ecosystem that is underpinned by a robust financing landscape and a supportive government. Will your company claim its place in this dynamic hub?