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The design phase for the new faculty building for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has started.

The Utrecht Expertise Centre for Genetics has a mission.

Hans Kooistra has been appointed ambassador of PetScan, the diagnostic registration system of the Expertise Center of Veterinary Genetics.

WICS and the ICS Diversity Committee are working to make the Department of Information and Computing Sciences a more inclusive and welcoming place for everyone.

Merry fowl With Love was born early 2023. After delivery it appeared she had a deviating form of both forelegs. She could walk again after a successful rehabilitation process.

In 2025, two new researchers began their doctoral research within the Utrecht AI Labs.

Construction of the Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Facility is about to start. This is an important step toward achieving the ambition of a sustainable campus.

In this newsflash, you will find quick, bite-sized updates on a range of topics that we wish to share with you in addition to the other, more extensive articles in our newsfeed.

The initiators of the project "Whose Ocean?" advocate for inclusive representation of the ocean and aim to explore methods for achieving this during an assembly on 30 January in The Hague.

Recent advances in AI-driven protein modelling have enabled accurate prediction of both antibody and antigen structures.

Last week, student Lasse Lamet built a biomeiler, a large round tank in which compost is made, at educational farm the Tolakker.

A new AI tool can now predict how well seed potatoes will grow into healthy potato plants. "This marks the beginning of a new era in farming, where microbiology and AI come together to enhance agriculture."

The Physica Prize is the most prestigious award for physicists active in the Netherlands.

Bioinformatician Lieke Vree works together with geneticist Frank van Steenbeek on the VetGalaxy project, to ensure researchers can analyze data streams efficiently and intuitively.

Daphne Odekerken will defend her PhD thesis on 6 January, focusing on the design of an AI system that simplifies filing a complete report.

21 research consortia get the chance to make a breakthrough thanks to funding from the Open Competition ENW-XL. Utrecht scientists are involved in 11 of the research consortia.

Staatssecretaris Jean Rummenie van het Ministerie van LVVN bezocht samen met samen met Tweede Kamer-lid Dion Graus het ExpertiseCentrum Genetica Diergeneeskunde van de Universiteit Utrecht.

Engage Actually is the event for anyone looking to bridge the gap between science and society.

Over the next five years, Bert Weckhuysen will be working together with industry partners to investigate how colorants from plastic bottles can be recycled.

On 26 November 2024, the Utrecht AI Event took place. This event focused on the power of multidisciplinary collaboration in AI research.

As of December 2024, seven projects have been honored by the CAT Evaluation Committee.

Albert Gatt, Professor of Natural Language Generation, delivered his inaugural lecture on 9 December. He designs systems that don’t just sound intelligent but genuinely understand the meaning behind their words.

“I am glad that these negative results are finally shared, as it helps prevent duplication of work and unnecessary suffering in laboratory animals.”