Do we need to use animals to test products and medical safety, or are there other options? These are some of the questions that Bachelor’s and Master’s students are studying together with professionals in the Replacing Animal Testing (RAT) Challenge.
In households, the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is regularly transmitted from infected humans to cats and dogs. This is evident from research conducted by Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, Wageningen ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ & Research and Erasmus Medical Center.
Hans Clevers, group leader at the Hubrecht Institute, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the KU Leuven for the development of mini organs in the lab.
The Utrecht Young Academy (UYA) has selected nine new members. The UYA connects young academics from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ who have obtained their PhD less than eight years ago.
De Universiteit Utrecht, het UMC Utrecht, Hogeschool Utrecht, SSH en Stichting Internationale School spreken met een intentieverklaring uit samen een collectieve warmte- en koudeopslaginstallatie (WKO) te willen realiseren.
On 9 February, Utrecht Young Academy member Dr. Laurien Crump discusses the Russian threat at the Ukrainian border at the Studium Generale lecture series De Duiders.
Alternatieven voor dierproeven voor Utrechtse studenten: met hologrammen de anatomie van een rat verkennen, met een plastic varken oefenen met bloedafname, en meer.
Last year the focus area Applied Data Science organized workshops for data scientists working in the UMCU to tackle subjects which many of the data scientists in the UMC Utrecht encounter during their work and consist of both a theoretical and hands-on part.
The 'Quality AI in Healthcare Guide' is unique and has been developed with predictive AI-driven algorithms in mind. The tool is now available for download.
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.
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 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.
Do you know which animals are present at USP during the night? Marijke van Kuijk, associate professor of Tropical Forest Ecology, shows us the ones that have been spotted.
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.
