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A key protein for converting adult stem cells back into a state that resembles embryonic stem cells has been visualized in unprecedented detail by an international team of researchers.

Along with 104 other Professors from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, computational biologist Kirsten ten Tusscher and experimental physicist Raimond Snellings visited elementary schools today.

Mushroom substrate effectively decreases concentrations of pesticides and drugs in contaminated water.

With her research, Juliane Schroeter is taking a first step toward better informing clinicians in the timing and choice of alternative treatment strategies for young HIV patients.

It is with great sadness that Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ has learned of the death of Prof. Rens Voesenek. For decades, Voesenek was a leading scientist, inspiring many researchers and students in biology.

A model study by ecologist Monique de Jager and colleagues suggests that it is often most cost-efficient to just let the geese graze peacefully.

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Michelle Schinkel, Master student of Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences, wins one of this year’s Unilever Research Prizes.

The Utrecht plant scientist Ronald Pierik was in the Philippines for field experiments with rice.

As of 1 June, Eiko Kuramae has been appointed as Professor by Special Appointment of Microbial Community Ecology & Environmental Genomics.

Utrecht scientist developed a new technology to destroy the pathogen that causes the devastating wilt disease.

Utrecht scientists have succeeded in measuring the mass of individual molecules for the first time.

NWO has awarded 3 million euros to a consortium of plant scientists to study the plant microbiome.

Five researchers have been awarded a Marie Curie grant from the European Commission for research at the Faculty of Science.

Residents of Fokusproject Utrecht Antonius nursing home and rehabilitation center De Hoogstraat in Utrecht were surprised last week by students of the Utrecht Biologists Association with a plant cutting.

Merel Soons and Yann Hautier in VSNU Magazine about SDG 15: ‘Life on land’

Researchers conclude that cortisol levels, an indicator of stress, decrease when the monkeys cooperate with a befriended group member.

Jane Goodall visits Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ accompanied by old acquaintances Jan van Hooff and Frans Lanting.

This year's Debye Annual Lecture takes place on October 18, 2018.

To help wherever possible, the Faculty of Science makes materials, scientists and laboratories available for UMC Utrecht during the Corona pandemic.