Thanks to its scientific excellence, IMDO is running a Strategic
Research Program (2013-2017) and an Interdisciplinary
Research Program (since 2009) of the Vrije Universiteit
Brussel. Based on its track record concerning valorisation of
research results, and to enforce the valorisation strategy of
the portfolio of functional starter cultures, co-cultures, bioprotective
cultures, and health-promoting cultures, IMDO is
an IOF core* of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel since 2006. As
such, IMDO is financed by the Industrial Research Fund (IOF)
for carrying out outstanding strategic research and developing
new application-oriented inventions with economic potential