August 2022
"August 12, 2022.- Jan Steyaert, scientific director of the VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, Vlaams Instituut Biotechnologie, at the Vrije Universiteit Brusle, Brussels, Belgium, has been named the winner of Brandeis’ 24th Jacob and Louise Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and Medicine.
Jan Steyaert will be presented with the Gabbay Award at Brandeis University on October 27 when he will give a public lecture on his work, followed by a ceremony.
This award recognizes the combination of Steyaert’s fundamental research and his ability to apply the research to the development of therapeutic technologies. Steyaert bridged fundamental high-impact research in biomedical sciences with the mechanistic understanding of one of the biggest classes of pharmaceutical targets by combining structural biology and advanced biotechnology."