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- Bert Weckhuysen receives 2024 Karl Wamsler Innovation AwardHe received the award in appreciation for his distinguished and groundbreaking work in the field of heterogeneous catalysis./en/news/bert-weckhuysen-receives-2024-karl-wamsler-innovation-award
- Spinoza and Stevin prize awarded to Corné Pieterse and Tanja van der LippeWith a special ceremony held today, Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ biologist Corné Pieterse and sociologist Tanja van der Lippe received the Spinoza and Stevin Prize./en/news/spinoza-and-stevin-prize-awarded-to-corne-pieterse-and-tanja-van-der-lippe
- Matthieu Verstraete appointed as Professor in Ab Initio Simulations of Quantum MaterialsVerstraete predicts, via computer simulations, how materials behave at the quantum level under specific conditions, such as high temperatures or pressures./en/news/matthieu-verstraete-appointed-as-professor-in-ab-initio-simulations-of-quantum-materials
- Dekker grant awarded to Sophie Bots for research on more personalized heart failure treatmentsOver the next three years, epidemiologist Bots will investigate whether heart failure medicines are equally effective and safe for women and men./en/news/dekker-grant-awarded-to-sophie-bots-for-research-on-more-personalized-heart-failure-treatments
- ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓflash Faculty of Science: Greenland houses meltwater, Amazon communities engaged in research, and moreIn this newsflash, you will find quick, bite-sized updates on a range of topics that we wish to share with you in addition to the other, more extensive articles in our newsfeed./en/news/newsflash-faculty-of-science-greenland-houses-meltwater-amazon-communities-engaged-in-research-and
- Antibiotics in early life increase risk of asthma and allergies in adulthoodTaking antibiotics at a young age can make the body more prone to asthma and allergies later in life. This might be preventable by adding a simple supplement, concludes immunologist Olaf Perdijk from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ. His comprehensive study is published today in the journal Immunity./en/news/antibiotics-in-early-life-increase-risk-of-asthma-and-allergies-in-adulthood
- Off the beaten track to make plastic industry fully circularTo make the plastic industry circular, we need innovative recycling technologies that yield a higher quality product. An interdisciplinary consortium of academic and industrial partners recently received funding to help achieve this./en/news/off-the-beaten-track-to-make-plastic-industry-fully-circular
- ERC Proof of Concept grant for development of early warning system for potential pandemic virusesRobert de Vries and his research associates will explore the feasibility of developing an early warning system for viruses at live animal markets./en/news/erc-proof-of-concept-grant-for-development-of-early-warning-system-for-potential-pandemic-viruses
- It’s not just love: primates also bond for their own benefitFemale and male primates often form close bonds, but not purely out of affection. Close relationships usually evolve when there is a clear benefit for both parties, with protection and reproductive control playing key roles./en/news/its-not-just-love-primates-also-bond-for-their-own-benefit
- Review: 10th Utrecht Bioinformatics Center Annual SymposiumCelebrating its tenth annual symposium, the Utrecht Bioinformatics Center (UBC) welcomed over 200 participants. The symposium offered a chance to look back on a decade of progress in bioinformatics and explore what lies ahead./en/news/review-10th-utrecht-bioinformatics-center-annual-symposium
- Yay, the UU Alumnus of the Year is a teacher!We spoke to Sabine Corazon Oudt, UU alumnus and maths teacher, about her career, dreams and ambitions./en/news/yay-the-uu-alumnus-of-the-year-is-a-teacher
- Laura Villanueva appointed professor in Marine MicrobiologyDe Universiteit Utrecht benoemt microbioloog Laura Villanueva tot hoogleraar Mariene Microbiologie. Ze is daarmee de allereerste hoogleraar met deze leerstoel in Utrecht./en/news/laura-villanueva-appointed-professor-in-marine-microbiology
- 36000 buried tea bags aid science and bring to light the importance of soilProject raised awareness among citizens, schoolchildren and students of soil decomposition processes that play a significant role in climate and biodiversity ./en/news/36000-buried-tea-bags-aid-science-and-bring-to-light-the-importance-of-soil
- ‘The food system is a tangled web’One of the flagship initiatives of Pathways to Sustainability is Future Food Utrecht, where scientists and a wide range of external partners collaborate to transition toward a sustainable food chain. But what makes this transdisciplinary approach so impactful?/en/news/the-food-system-is-a-tangled-web
- Inaugural lecture by Laura Villanueva: Ocean’s hidden heroesIn her inaugural lecture, Prof. Laura Villanueva will illuminate the hidden world of marine microbes, and highlight how they influence our planet’s complex systems in remarkable and sometimes unexpected ways./en/news/inaugural-lecture-by-laura-villanueva-oceans-hidden-heroes
- Chemistry teacher Esther de Waard developed innovative teaching materials about sustainabilitySustainability-focused teaching materials encourage students to think critically about the life cycle of plastics and the environmental impact of chemical processes related to plastics./en/background/chemistry-teacher-esther-de-waard-developed-innovative-teaching-materials-about-sustainability
- NWO Diversity and Inclusion Initiative award goes to WICS and ICS Diversity CommitteeWICS and the ICS Diversity Committee are working to make the Department of Information and Computing Sciences a more inclusive and welcoming place for everyone./en/news/nwo-diversity-and-inclusion-initiative-award-goes-to-wics-and-ics-diversity-committee
- Nitrogen pollution causes shifts in distribution of European forest plantsJonas Lembrechts: “It is clear that if nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands do not decrease, plant diversity will become increasingly impoverished."/en/news/nitrogen-pollution-causes-shifts-in-distribution-of-european-forest-plants
- Tackling Alzheimer from within the brainMaking brains generate their own therapeutics could be a promising approach to slowing or even stopping the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Researcher Niels Reinders has shown in lab experiments that this approach could work./en/news/tackling-alzheimer-from-within-the-brain
- Switching to FCS-free media: worth the effortBart Hameete, a PhD student at the Pharmacology department shared his journey on developing FCS-free cell culture media./en/news/switching-to-fcs-free-media-worth-the-effort