/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 01:10:30 +0200 Thu, 23 Oct 25 15:00:00 +0200 /en/news/european-commission-supports-further-development-of-cystic-fibrosis-drug In the HIT-CF project, coordinated by UMC Utrecht, researchers from 16 European countries worked closely together to find a solution for people with rare variants of cystic fibrosis. 153174 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/22-vidi-grants-awarded-to-utrecht-based-researchers 22 researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Medical Center Utrecht, and Princess Máxima Center have each been awarded a Vidi grant worth up to €850,000. 153156 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/helping-the-immune-system-to-fight-cancer A partnership in science and friendship: how Mara Nicolasen and Lucrezia Gatti aim to improve immunotherapies 153129 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/the-puzzle-of-malignancy-in-pluripotent-stem-cells How do we ensure pluripotent stem cells are safe to use in patients? Joaquín Montilla Rojo dove into this question and developed an animal-free model. 153034 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/organoid-research-to-combat-kidney-disease Can organoids help us better understand and treat kidney disease? This is the question Fjodor Yousef Yengej addressed during his PhD research. 152933 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/can-the-immune-system-help-bones-heal The immune system is far from passive: “It actively shapes whether implants succeed", says Nada Rahmani, who recently earned her PhD. 152773 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/diversity-day-how-do-you-integrate-sex-and-gender-in-research On Diversity Day we celebrate the positive impact of diversity, embracing differences in ethnic-cultural background, age, LGBTQ+ identity, gender, and work capacity. 152673 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/louis-bont-appointed-dean-of-the-faculty-of-medical-sciences-at-utrecht-university-and-vice-chair-of The Executive Board of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and the Supervisory Board of UMC Utrecht have appointed Prof. Louis Bont as Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and Vice-Chair of the Executive Board of UMC Utrecht, effective December 1, 2025. 152455 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/new-grants-for-research-projects-in-the-sigs-of-ads-1 The focus area Applied Data Science again provides funding to finance research projects within the SIGs of Applied Data Science. 152259 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:32:00 +0200 Nieuws focusgebied Applied Data Science /en/news/educating-for-tomorrows-healthcare-with-3d-printing Research and education converge in unique new 3D bioprinting minor at Utrecht Science Park 152191 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/newborn-brain-injury-we-need-to-see-the-whole-child Newly minted doctor Lisanne Baak on the power of working with parents and children in newborn stroke research 152048 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/precision-medicine-for-rare-variants-in-people-with-cf Whether a patient will truly benefit from CF medication can be reliably predicted with an FIS test, PhD candidate Marlou Bierlaagh concluded this week. 151915 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/erc-starting-grant-for-seven-utrecht-based-researchers-0 Seven researchers based in Utrecht have been awarded a €1.5 million Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). 151866 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/ai-turns-printer-into-a-partner-in-tissue-engineering The team of Riccardo Levato (UMC Utrecht and ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Utrecht) has developed a new 3D bioprinter that doesn’t just print, it also sees and even co-designs. 151862 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/modelling-cardiovascular-diseases-without-the-need-of-animal-models What if the earliest signs of vascular disease could be observed as they unfold—inside lab-grown human blood vessels that mimic real-life conditions? 151641 Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/stem-cell-treatment-offers-hope-for-newborns-with-brain-damage A new stem cell treatment administered via nasal drops is showing promising results for newborns with brain damage. 151250 Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/keeping-hearts-alive-outside-the-body Can we keep a donated heart alive for longer? And if we can, could we treat it outside the body? These are the questions Mats Vervoorn looked into during his PhD. 150837 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/a-unique-eye-surgery-at-umc-utrecht Moving a nerve from your arm to your eye to bring back feeling in the cornea. This special operation was done for the first time in the Netherlands this week, by doctors at UMC Utrecht. 150853 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/using-imaging-technology-to-rethink-knee-osteoarthritis Can we better predict which patients will develop knee osteoarthritis? During his PhD, Chien Nguyen focused on enhancing imaging techniques for knee osteoarthritis patients with leg malalignment. 150856 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/thanks-to-the-ai-labs-good-ideas-progress-beyond-one-off-pilots Stories from the Lab: an interview with Nico van den Berg from the AI Lab for Imaging and Image-guided Interventions. 150967 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:38:00 +0200 Nieuws