/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:10:37 +0200 Wed, 30 Jul 25 13:00:00 +0200 /en/news/three-utrecht-university-researchers-receive-open-competition-enw-m-grant M-grants offer researchers the possibility to elaborate creative and risky ideas and to realise scientific innovations. 151082 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/33-utrecht-researchers-receive-veni-grant Over thirty promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 1 in 7 Venis went to Utrecht researchers this year. 150884 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/westenbrink-prize-2023-2024-for-max-gemmer The H.G.K. Westenbrink Prize 2023–2024 has been awarded to Dr. Max Gemmer for his thesis entitled ‘Visualizing Protein Biogenesis at the ER Membrane’. 150842 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:53:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/erc-proof-of-concept-grants-for-bas-van-ravensteijn-and-markus-weingarth Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ researchers Bas van Ravensteijn and Markus Weingarth have each been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant of €150.000 to further enhance antibiotics and nanomedice 150785 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/marc-baldus-appointed-new-director-of-hfml-felix Marc Baldus has been appointed as new director of national research institute HFML-FELIX. 149968 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:36:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/our-immune-system-relies-on-a-stable-set-of-antibodies-that-barely-changes-over-time A small group of antibodies in your blood stays the same for years, even after vaccines. These stable antibodies create a unique and personal immune 'fingerprint' that barely changes over time. The discovery helps explain how long-term immunity works. 148896 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:12:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/call-for-participants-public-engagement-academy-2025 Apply now for the Public Engagement Academy: a training programme specifically targeted at postdocs and other early-career researchers at the Faculty of Science. 148686 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:16:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/consortium-led-by-markus-weingarth-awarded-eu15-million-to-tackle-antibiotic-toxicity Fundamentally understanding why some antibiotics turn out to be toxic is now a major step closer, thanks to a €1.5 million grant awarded to biochemist Markus Weingarth. 147858 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:14:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/nine-utrecht-based-researchers-receive-vici-grant The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vici grants to nine Utrecht researchers. 147434 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/ai-based-modelling-of-antibody-antigen-complexes-from-sequence Recent advances in AI-driven protein modelling have enabled accurate prediction of both antibody and antigen structures. 146069 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:14:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/utrecht-university-and-umc-utrecht-awarded-with-fourteen-nwo-vidi-grants Researchers each receive up to 850.000 Euros to develop innovative line of research. 144384 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:03:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/albert-heck-gives-prestigious-mendel-lecture Professor Albert Heck of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ has delivered the prestigious Mendel Lecture on 17 October 2024. As part of this honour, he received an accompanying Mendel Medal. 144167 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2024-for-alphafold2-and-protein-design The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 was awarded to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for the development of AlphaFold2 and to David Baker for his work on protein design 144012 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 13:15:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/proteomics-pioneers-ruedi-aebersold-and-matthias-mann-receive-the-dr-hp-heineken-prize-for A tribute to the field that analyses the large-scale network of proteins: proteomics 141277 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:16:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/antibiotic-velcro-gives-bacteria-a-sticky-situation-0 A small antibiotic called plectasin uses an innovative Velcro-like mechanism to kill bacteria. Research into how this structure is formed unveils a new approach that could have broad implications for the development of antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance. 140747 Thu, 23 May 2024 10:13:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/bijvoet-medal-awarded-to-piet-gros Professor Piet Gros was awarded the Bijvoet Medal at the Bijvoet Symposium 2024. 140323 Mon, 06 May 2024 10:23:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/patients-with-rheumatoid-arthritis-have-unique-and-complex-autoantibody-patterns Patients with rheumatoid arthritis all have a unique and diverse set of antibodies that are involved in the development of the disease. Researchers unveiled the complexity of these antibodies using powerful lab tools and challenge current therapeutic approaches. 140058 Wed, 01 May 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/erc-advanced-grant-awarded-to-albert-heck Distinguished Faculty of Science Professor Albert Heck has been awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant. The 2.5 million Euro grant enables Heck’s team to develop cutting-edge techniques to gain a fundamentally deeper understanding of our immune system. 139574 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:25:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/gravitation-award-for-flow-we-will-be-able-to-steer-the-fates-of-proteins The consortium of researchers will, for the first time, comprehensively chart the supervision of specific proteins within the cell, from cradle to grave. 138975 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:18:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/utrecht-scientists-lead-two-of-seven-new-gravitation-programmes Two of the seven research consortia awarded Gravitation research funding from OCW are led by researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ. 138989 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0100 Nieuws uu logo