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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.

An interview with Bert Weckhuysen about the new views on Recognition and Rewards as part of Open Science.

Proefdiervrij organiseert van januari tot en met april 2022 de tweede editie van de Proefdiervrij Venture Challenge.

On 26 October 2021, Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ will organise an online symposium on Open Science and animal experiments, applicable to all phases of animal research.

In early November, a patient with severe heart failure was implanted with a total artificial heart at the UMC Utrecht for the first time in The Netherlands.

In a series of interviews we take a closer look at the role and ambitions Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ has in and with the LERU. An interview about Teaching and Learning with Manon Kluijtmans, Vice-Rector Teaching & Learning.

Two students from the Utrecht School of the Arts have created musical renditions of patient stories from the Psychiatry Story Bank for the Betweter Festival and The New Utrecht School.

The department of Special Collections of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library has again acquired a manuscript which is now digitally available: Des Coninx Summe.

New Bachelor's programme focusing on the health challenges of the future

The results of this study are promising for patients. Because stem cell therapy has the potential to repair brain damage, rather than just limit it.

The Executive Board has appointed Lidwien Smit as professor of One Health and Environmental Epidemiology at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine as of 1 November 2021.

What do English readers expect from translated literature? And how about the Dutch? Professor Haidee Kotze and the DH Lab developed the DIOPTRA-L database to be able to research this. Read the interview with Kotze here.

Four Utrecht projects in the field of Open Science will receive a financial impulse of up to 50,000 euros.

Niels Bovenschen was appointed professor of 'Biomedical Research-based Education' at the Faculty of Medicine as of 15 October.

On 22 September 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) revised its guidelines for air quality. Gerard Hoek of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ was involved in the study leading to the new WHO guidelines and explains them further.

There is much interest in the one-year master ADS, a collaboration of the Faculties of Geosciences, Humanities, Medicine, Science and Social and Behavioural Sciences.

To help researchers with all their privacy issues, Research Data Management Support is working on the Data Privacy Project.

[interview] Do you want to know why Peter Lugtig asked for a whole list with citizen science projects? Read the article here.

$650,000 prize money brings much-needed dialysis upgrade closer

Per 1 September, Iris van der Tuin is Dean of Interdisciplinary Education. She will lead this programme together with programme manager Joki van de Poel.

Two studies, coordinated by the UMC Utrecht, receive funding from zorginstituut Nederland and ZonMw via the Subsidy Scheme for Promising Care.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common genetic diseases worldwide and has major consequences for patients. Although treatments are available to reduce the mucus and prevent inflammation typical of the disease, CF is not yet curable. CF is not yet curable. However, a new study by the Hans Clevers group (Hubrecht Institute) in collaboration with the Jeffrey Beekman group (UMC Utrech) and Oncode Institute offers new hope.

These are the main questions and answers that were dealt with at the junior corona lecture: 'Questions about vaccines’ on 12 July.

Researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, UMC Utrecht and TNO examined how people interpret and assess the allergen information on labels.

Fourteen Utrecht-based researchers each receive an NWO Vidi scholarship of 800,000 euros. The laureates are going to use this money to develop their own, renewing research projects.