Projects per year
Personal profile
Expertise
Structural Bioinformatics and computational biology
- Prediction of biophysical characteristics of proteins from their sequence
- Effect of amino acid variants on proteins and organisms
Computational aspects of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
- Statistical analysis of NMR data in relation to protein structure
- Structure determination of proteins from experimental NMR data
Education/Academic qualification
Chemistry, Ph.D., Ghent University
1 Dec 1992 → 19 Dec 1996
Award Date: 19 Dec 1996
External positions
VUB director, Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels
Apr 2014 → …Maitre d'enseignement, Université libre de Bruxelles
2011 → …Scientific officer (NMR), European Bioinformatics Institute
1 Oct 2001 → 30 Sep 2010Research Fellow, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council, Montreal
1 Jan 2000 → 31 Aug 2001Postdoctoral researcher, Université libre de Bruxelles
1 Jan 1999 → 31 Dec 1999Postdoctoral researcher, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council, Montreal
1 Jan 1997 → 31 Dec 1998Fingerprint
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FWOSB130: Understanding proteins with dynamic behavior from a biophysical angle; application to categorise and design novel (chimeric) GPCRs
Vranken, W., Steyaert, J. & Crauwels, C.
1/11/22 → 31/10/26
Project: Fundamental
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SRP91: SRP-Groeifinanciering: Synthetic biology for the development of microbial cell factories
Peeters, E., Vranken, W. & de Buyl, S.
1/10/22 → 30/09/27
Project: Fundamental
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IOF3022: IOF GEAR: Artificial Intelligence Lab
Nowe, A., De Boer, B., Bogaerts, B., Beuls, K., Loeckx, J., Wiggins, G., Lenaerts, T., Vranken, W., Libin, P., Dooms, A., Barbé, K., Ginis, V., Verboven, S. & Van Droogenbroeck, F.
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Applied
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OZR3956: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - ULB, HEIDIG Sophie-Luise
26/11/21 → 25/11/25
Project: Fundamental
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AIIFUND91: Improving IDP tools interoperability and integration into ELIXIR
1/06/21 → 31/05/23
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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A roadmap to scientific software deployment: bio2Byte Tools as a use case
Gavalda Garcia, J., Díaz, A. & Vranken, W., 11 Mar 2022.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Poster
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Challenges in describing the conformation and dynamics of proteins with ambiguous behavior
Roca Martinez, J., Lazar, T., Gavalda Garcia, J., Bickel, D., Pancsa, R., Dixit, B., Tzavella, K., Ramasamy, P., Sanchez Fornaris, M., Grau, I. & Vranken, W., 3 Aug 2022, In: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 9, 17 p., 959956.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolutionary adaptation of the folding pathway for secretability
Smets, D., Tsirigotaki, A., Smit, J. H., Krishnamurthy, S., Portaliou, A. G., Vorobieva, A., Vranken, W., Karamanou, S. & Economou, A., 3 Apr 2022, In: BIORXIV. 2022, 51 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Evolutionary adaptation of the protein folding pathway for secretability
Smets, D., Tsirigotaki, A., Smit, J. H., Krishnamurthy, S., Portaliou, A. G., Vorobieva, A., Vranken, W., Karamanou, S. & Economou, A., 29 Aug 2022, In: EMBO Journal. p. e111344Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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MutaFrame - an interpretative visualization framework for deleteriousness prediction of missense variants in the human exome
Ancien, F., Pucci, F., Vranken, W. & Rooman, M., 1 Jan 2022, In: Bioinformatics. 38, 1, p. 265-266 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Université libre de Bruxelles (External organisation)
Wim Versées (Jury), François Ancien (Presenter), Wim Vranken (Supervisor), Marianne Rooman (Supervisor) & Ann Nowe (Chair)
14 Jan 2022Activity: Membership › Member of PhD committee
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Netherlands Society on Biomolecular Modelling Fall Meeting
Jose Gavalda Garcia (Organiser), Joel Roca Martinez (Organiser), Charlotte Crauwels (Organiser), Konstantina Tzavella (Organiser) & Wim Vranken (Organiser)
22 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (External organisation)
Wim Vranken (Examiner)
7 Jan 2021Activity: Membership › Membership of peer-review panel or committee
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Intrinsically disordered proteins and phase separation, lecture and practical
Wim Vranken (Speaker)
30 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Leveraging the biophysical context of amino acid residues to understand protein behaviour
Wim Vranken (Speaker)
13 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Thesis
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Identification and characterization of putative transcriptional regulators in archaea
Author: Donvil, L., Peeters, E. & Vranken, W., 10 Sep 2018Supervisor: Orlando, G. (Advisor), de Buyl, S. (Jury) & De Greve, H. (Jury)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Unravelling the information transfer through the second SH2 domain from the human phosphatase PTPN11 by NMR.
Author: Rubio Fernández, L., Van Nuland, N., Lenaerts, T., Beeckmans, S., Vranken, W., Loris, R., De Proft, F., Constantinescu, S. & Nash, P., 19 Mar 2015Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Unravelling the microbial ecosystems of food-related brines through a metagenomics approach
Author: Vermote, L., Weckx, S., Peeters, E. & Vranken, W., Jul 2016Student thesis: Master's Thesis