Concentrating expertise, knowledge and research in one location makes the Health Sciences campus an innovation community that emanates on its environment. Researchers from the Biomedical Sciences Group contribute to the results of prestigious research institutions that are also residing on this campus, such as the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB - Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie) and the Rega Institute for Medical Research, world leader in the field of infectious diseases and immunology.