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Bart Spee awarded STW grant for development of specialised liver cells to test the toxicity of drugs.

On 31 May NILOS & UCWOSL hosted a joint workshop with JCLOS on Current Developments in the Law of the Sea.

Inaugural lecture of oceanographer Sybren Drijfhout on 22 June

UCWOSL co-organised a workshop with the Flemish Environmental Law Association, which took place in Ghent on 18 May 2017.

On 22-23 May 2017, the yearly Malta Legal Forum on Adaptation to Climate Change took place in Leuven.

Using a new 3-D model of the Mekong delta, Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� researchers have shown how much and where land is subsiding due to groundwater extraction.

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� and UMC Utrecht open the MIND Facility, an innovative research centre clustering the world's foremost neurological expertise.

Plant biologists led by Guido van den Ackerveken of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��, have discovered how the plant metabolises jasmonic acid, issuing the signal ‘safe’.

Damage caused by the Nepalese earthquake (2015) was exacerbated by an abnormal amount of snow, researchers from among others Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� conclude.

On 19 May 2017 Oran R. Young gave the seminar 'To BBNJ or Not to BBNJ? Perspectives from the Earth System Governance Community' at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��.

This presentation was given by Jesse Reynolds.

Woningcorporatie Bo-Ex onderzoekt in het consortium “Inside Out” hoe haar hoogbouwflats energieleverend gemaakt kunnen worden.

In collaboration with Food Forestry Development, the Master's programme of Bio Inspired Innovation, and Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��'s Botanical Garden

Marianne Verhaar and Hans Clevers receive Gravitation grant of €18.8 million for Materials-Driven Regeneration (MDR).

The national research school in Classical Studies, OIKOS, receives 18.8 million Euros from NWO.

Universiteit Utrecht and Wageningen ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� & Research launched the Centre for Sustainable Animal Stewardship at the 9th of May.

Innovation grants to encourage collaboration between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other parties have little effect, according to researchers.

Publication in Nature Cell Biology about new molecular insight into brain development disorder microcephaly

Professor Chris Backes (Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� School of Law) held his inaugural lecture at the 12th of April 2017.

TIME has named Professor by Special Appointment Guus Velders as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

José Marcelo Ferreira Costa is a visiting researcher at the Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law between February and June 2017.

The full-text of Maarten Hajer's inaugural lecture as Professor of Urban Futures is now available online on the Urban Futures Studio website.

Earth scientists from Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� found indications that life may exist 10 km within the earth’s crust.

The Antarctic ice cap underwent cycles of enormous growth and shrinkage 20-30 million years ago.

Xuexia Liao is staying at NILOS and UCWOSL from April to August 2017.