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Jeroen Claus, founder of Phospho Biomedical Animation, transforms complex science into vivid visuals that make research clear, accurate, and compelling.
Over thirty promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 1 in 7 Venis went to Utrecht researchers this year.
Can we keep a donated heart alive for longer? And if we can, could we treat it outside the body? These are the questions Mats Vervoorn looked into during his PhD.
Moving a nerve from your arm to your eye to bring back feeling in the cornea. This special operation was done for the first time in the Netherlands this week, by doctors at UMC Utrecht.
Can we better predict which patients will develop knee osteoarthritis? During his PhD, Chien Nguyen focused on enhancing imaging techniques for knee osteoarthritis patients with leg malalignment.
Last June, the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) took place. Policymakers, scientists and other marine professionals gathered to discuss the future of the ocean.
The H.G.K. Westenbrink Prize 2023–2024 has been awarded to Dr. Max Gemmer for his thesis entitled ‘Visualizing Protein Biogenesis at the ER Membrane’.
In July 2025, a Special Issue on International Community-Engaged Learning (ICEL) was published in the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, co-edited by Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ's iCEL team.
NWO has awarded more than EUR 2 million to the SPACES consortium led by Heidi Lesscher, associate professor of Neurobiology of Behaviour and co-chair at Dynamics of Youth's community Thriving & Healthy Youth. The aim is to investigate solutions to support children with disabilities or chronic illnesses to participate in play and sports activities.
The Dutch Association for Stabij and Wetterhounen dogs is collaborating with the Fit2Breed Veterinary Genetics Expertise Centre to develop the Frisian Stabij breed.
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Riccardo Levato an Proof of Concept Grant to advance HYBRIGEL, a hydrogel for organoid culture and multi-technology bioprinting.
Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ researchers Bas van Ravensteijn and Markus Weingarth have each been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant of €150.000 to further enhance antibiotics and nanomedice
The SPACES consortium will develop solutions that support children with a disability or chronic illness in participating in play and sports activities.
On the 19th and 20th of June we hosted a wonderful conference with speakers and attendees from all around the globe discussing migration from many perspectives.
For this research, Utrecht master student Sophie ten Hietbrink worked for four weeks aboard the research vessel RV Pelagia. On a trip from the Azores to the continental shelf of Europe, she took water samples at 12 locations where she filtered out anything larger than one micrometer.
