Some ideas you realise on your own, for others you surround yourself with experts. The Science Park has a broad network of knowledge partners, with which we connect companies. Because there is a lot of expertise in the region that you can call on as a company, we are happy to guide you through this landscape. We combined relevant expertise within various knowledge institutions, such as the University of Antwerp, UZA, VITO and the colleges.

The Valorisation Office is responsible for the operational Valorisation policy within the Association of University & Colleges of Antwerp (AUHA). Jurgen Joossens, head of the Valorisation Office, explains: “Our valorisation office connects the Antwerp knowledge institutions with companies. We help researchers transfer knowledge and technology to the market and put companies in touch with the right research partners. In addition, we advise on forms of cooperation, we support valorisation projects from the idea to the actual valorisation and we maintain the vitality of our community of spin-offs.”

Do you need expertise? Do you want to know which research groups there are at the association? Our team will be happy to show you around.

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VITO is a Flemish independent research organisation in the field of cleantech and sustainable development with the aim of accelerating the transition to a sustainable world. They reduce the innovation risk for companies and strengthen the economic and social fabric of Flanders with interdisciplinary research and large-scale pilot installations.

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The UZA is a university centre for top clinical and customer-friendly patient care, high-quality academic training and groundbreaking scientific research with an important international dimension.

Every year, more than 27,000 patients spend the night in the hospital. There are 38 highly specialised medical departments, which consult more than 600,000 patients every year. The UZA employs some 2800 employees, including 400 doctors and 1400 nurses.

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www.uza.be

BioBank Antwerp

UZA and UAntwerp jointly established Biobank Antwerp. In this biobank, human tissue from UZA and UAntwerp is processed, coded and stored for scientific research purposes. It builds on a historical collection of tumour samples from the tumour bank. UZA is a university centre for top-level clinical and customer-friendly patient care, high-quality academic training and groundbreaking scientific research with an important international dimension.

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www.uza.be/biobankantwerpen