BioLizard: An innovate company based in Gent

In a feature about innovative companies in Gent, Belgium, Kanaal Z - Canal Z City Reports reached out to our CEO Liesbeth Ceelen to learn more about what BioLizard is up to.
For just one project at the intersection of data science and biology, you might require expertise spanning from the deep understanding of multi-omics and bioinformatics analysis, to applied skills in software engineering and data architecture and governance. At BioLizard, we’re dedicated to fostering this deep and broad expertise in our team of Lizards - and we’ve collected that knowledge here for you to explore.
The industry is becoming extremely data-driven, and the integration of heterogeneous data in a dynamic environment is becoming central to success. At BioLizard, we provide innovative solutions to diverse biological questions, including data management, data architecture, data visualisation, data ...
Just like we use different technologies to answer different scientific questions in the laboratory, different datasets have different needs in regard to programming languages that are best suited for their analysis. It’s not a black-and-white issue by any means. In a similar way to how both flow ...
Not everybody can cook a perfect meal… To really excel at this, you need a deep understanding of how flavours will mix and enhance each other, and to be able to draw on that knowledge to identify exactly which spice or condiment will bring a dish to the next level. In much the same way, having a ...
As a team of computational biology and AI enthusiasts, BioLizard (much like AlphaFold) uses advanced computational methods to generate biological knowledge. It goes without saying then, that we were very enthusiastic when we heard about the accuracy with which the AlphaFold tool could predict ...
Traditionally, the determination of protein structures has been a highly experimental and laborious scientific discipline. It involved a significant amount of trial-and-error laboratory work and highly complex experimental methods such as X-ray crystallography, cryo-EM or Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ...
Often referred to as the molecular machinery performing the biological functions of life, the functionality of proteins largely depends on their three-dimensional shape. Because of this, accurate structure determinations are fundamental in understanding a protein’s biological functioning, its ...
The consortium of REPO4EU (Precision drug REPurpOsing For EUrope and the world) is pleased to announce the launch of an ambitious joint initiative selected and granted almost €23M by the European Commission as part of the Horizon Europe Programme. REPO4EU’s ultimate goal is to build and grow an ...
About the client imec is a world-leading R&D and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. elPrep is developed by ExaScience Life Lab, a division of imec that focuses on scalable software solutions for data-intensive and high-performance computing problems, primarily in life ...
About the client PamGene is dedicated to supporting physicians and scientists in finding solutions and answers to improve and optimise patient treatment and understand diseases. Their multiplex, functional kinase activity profiling technology reveals the bigger picture of cellular signalling and ...