Three researchers at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euros. The grant is awarded by the European Research Council.
We talked to three particularly impactful alumni of the faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Marion Koopmans, Martine van Zijll Langhout, and Odette Doest - about how they see the future and the projects they are working on to reach a better tomorrow.
Paul Boselie, leader of the Recognition and Rewards programme of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, explains what the programme entails and Debbie Jaarsma (Dean) and Marianna Tryfonidou detail how this is implemented within the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
Twenty-two promising, young Utrecht researchers have been awarded a Veni grant of up to 280,000 euros by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.
Jan van der Valk will be leaving as head of the 3Rs-Centre at the end of 2021. In the last few years he more or less personified the centre all by himself, with a few support staff who came and went.
Personality determines to a large extend how susceptible a person is to contagious yawning. Researchers conclude this after displaying videos of yawning people to a large and diverse group of test subjects.
Chantal Remery (Universiteit Utrecht) presenteerde gezamenlijke onderzoeksresultaten aan staatssecretaris Dennis Wiersma van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid.
Even without the pandemic, it is healthy behaviour to interrupt your working day by working out, say researchers Anne van der Put and Evelien van Leeuwen.
Researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and WUR have investigated the possible cause of death of the 190 dead porpoises that washed ashore on the Dutch coast last Summer.
Not so much the role of teachers play but a measurement error could be the explanation for: 'Same score for the final test, different track recommendations'.
New research shows that people who live in rural areas with many cattle farms still have a greater chance of contracting pneumonia than people who live in rural areas with fewer or no cattle farms nearby.
Transition to Animal-Free Innovations Utrecht visits all groups at the Utrecht Science Park that are involved in animal testing and animal-free innovations.
Rens van de Schoot, professor of Statistics for Small Data Sets at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, will help with his smart software, to sift through the so-called Shell papers as efficiently as possible.
