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Chemist Rüdiger and his group aim to tackle diseases that are caused by protein misfolding, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Huntington’s disease.

Knowledge about the newly discovered species might contribute to the development of new techniques that reduce the concentration of methane in the atmosphere.

Fertilization and grazing animals affect plant diversity by influencing the competition for light between plant species, researchers report in a Nature paper.

Future Food Utrecht interviewed PhD-candidate Irene Lenoir-Wijnkoop about her international career, her research and the enjoyment of completing a PhD later in life.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry"

Cell biologist Anna Akhmanova is part of an international research team that receives close to 10 million euros to study how cells push into their environment.

On September 30, 2022, the Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research awarded Bijvoet Medals to Carolyn Bertozzi and Vishva Dixit on the occasion of their Heineken Prize Lectures

Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga has been appointed professor of Evidence-Based Transition to Animal-free Innovations at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine as of 1 June 2022.

Every year, more than a quarter of all harvests worldwide is lost due to diseases and plagues. The question of how plants can protect themselves against this leads Spinoza laureate Corné Pieterse to the most basic fundamentals of plant life.

On May 18 dr. Pieter Vader received the Prix Galien Research award for young pharmaceutical researchers. The award and the Pharmaceutical, Medtech and Covid19 award were handed out during Dutch Health Week.

Size matters when it comes to preserving biodiversity in natural areas. Larger and strictly protected areas are clearly more effective, according to biologists.

The molecule blocks a toxic protein that causes many cases of lethal diarrhea in developing countries.

Interview with Corné Pieterse, newly appointed chair of the science for life domain of the life sciences strategic theme.

Pharmaceutical research on the corona vaccine at the UU: effectiveness, safety, roll-out of the vaccination programme and a fair international distribution.

A private fund is granting protein chemist Stefan Rüdiger 250,000 euros for fundamental research on Huntington's disease.

At UniStem Day, 80 high school students got acquainted to stem cell research at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, UMCU and the Hubrech Institute.

More control over the postponed release of medicine in a patient’s body opens up the possibility of developing other smart drugs.

De Vries receives the premium for his important research on the receptor-specificity of viruses, including the influenza virus.

Utrecht Platform for Organoid Techology interview with study coordinator Anneta Brousali about the logistics of tissuw acquisition for research purposes

The award from the Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Fund is granted to Hester den Ruijter, UMC Utrecht.