Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:10:41 +0200 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:34:00 +0200 Health Equity for Everyone, Everywhere https://www.uu.nl/en/news/health-equity-for-everyone-everywhere Dr. Judith van de Kamp's talk at the launch ceremony of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Bioethics in Utrecht. 139977 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:34:00 +0200 Nieuws Four talented Utrecht researchers go to foreign institutions with Rubicon grant https://www.uu.nl/en/news/four-talented-utrecht-researchers-go-to-foreign-institutions-with-rubicon-grant Four Utrecht-based researchers who have recently received their PhDs can do their research at institutes abroad thanks to a Rubicon grant from NWO. 139801 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws AI-Powered App Enhances Treatment Decision-Making for Severe Depression https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ai-powered-app-enhances-treatment-decision-making-for-severe-depression Psychiatric patients facing severe depression have the option of choosing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). However, determining which patients will benefit from this intensive treatment can be challenging. 139812 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:18:00 +0200 Nieuws Sign up for the Conference Artificial Intelligence for Bio-oriented Imaging Analysis (AIBIA) https://www.uu.nl/en/news/sign-up-for-the-conference-artificial-intelligence-for-bio-oriented-imaging-analysis-aibia Join us at the AIBIA conference at the Jaarbeurs on Wednesday 15 May. The focus is on research and application of AI in the field of imaging in Life Sciences research. 139716 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:21:00 +0200 Nieuws Sabine Fuchs appointed professor https://www.uu.nl/en/news/sabine-fuchs-appointed-professor How do we improve care for patients with rare diseases for which there are currently no treatments? This question is central to the work of pediatrician Sabine Fuchs. 139734 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws ERC Advanced Grants for four Utrecht researchers https://www.uu.nl/en/news/erc-advanced-grants-for-four-utrecht-researchers Professors Albert Heck, Petra de Jongh (both Science), Jos Malda (Veterinary Medicine / UMC Utrecht) and Walter Immerzeel (Geosciences) will each receive a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant. 139558 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Can Jos Malda crack the code of cartilage? https://www.uu.nl/en/news/can-jos-malda-crack-the-code-of-cartilage Professor Jos Malda has now received an ERC Advanced grant of €2.5 million to crack the code of how to recreate the intricate internal structure of cartilage. 139532 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Global Health Summer Schools https://www.uu.nl/en/news/global-health-summer-schools Global Health participates in organising several summer school courses, partly with a link to Global Youth. 139428 Fri, 05 Apr 2024 16:12:00 +0200 Nieuws New grants for research projects in the SIGs of Applied Data Science https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-grants-for-research-projects-in-the-sigs-of-applied-data-science The focus area Applied Data Science again provides funding to finance research projects within the SIGs of Applied Data Science. 139355 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:38:00 +0200 Nieuws focusgebied Applied Data Science Two researchers receive Public Engagement Seed Fund https://www.uu.nl/en/news/two-researchers-receive-public-engagement-seed-fund Begin dit jaar zijn er meerdere aanvragen ingediend voor het Public Engagement Seed Fund. Twee daarvan zijn nu gehonoreerd. 139337 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws ZonMw grant for Catherine Robin and Riccardo Levato https://www.uu.nl/en/news/zonmw-grant-for-catherine-robin-and-riccardo-levato Catherine Robin and Riccardo Levato received a ZonMw grant of €750.000 for implementation of an innovative three-dimensional bioprinting technology to study blood stem cell production. 139269 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws National Growth Fund invests 125 million euros in animal-free innovations https://www.uu.nl/en/news/national-growth-fund-invests-125-million-euros-in-animal-free-innovations The Dutch National Growth Fund will invest in a new centre for animal-free biomedical testing for safer, more effective treatments, while reducing animal suffering. 139159 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Confronting Global Health Inequities https://www.uu.nl/en/news/confronting-global-health-inequities Utrecht University Centre for Global Challenges and UMC Utrecht Global Health have joined forces at confronting global health inequities. 139023 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:11:00 +0100 Nieuws Cycling with a professor to primary school https://www.uu.nl/en/news/cycling-with-a-professor-to-primary-school On 20 March, 106 professors introduced over 2,300 pupils from groups 6, 7 and 8 to research and science. 138877 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Nine unusual and innovative ideas for a more sustainable future awarded https://www.uu.nl/en/news/nine-unusual-and-innovative-ideas-for-a-more-sustainable-future-awarded Pathways to Sustainability awarded nine teams with an Incubator Grant for their unusual and innovative ideas for a more sustainable future awarded 138749 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:43:00 +0100 Nieuws A partnership with impact: Anton de Kom University of Suriname https://www.uu.nl/en/background/a-partnership-with-impact-anton-de-kom-university-of-suriname Utrecht University aspires to be an international university, in part through cooperation with partner universities. One example is the strategic partnership with the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (AdeKUS). 138588 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws From first beating human heart cell to new therapeutic strategies for heart failure https://www.uu.nl/en/news/from-first-beating-human-heart-cell-to-new-therapeutic-strategies-for-heart-failure Renée Maas used stem cell derived cardiomyocytes to study heart disease with the aim of developing new treatments, resulting in her promotion on March 13. 138559 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Taking opportunity of an infection https://www.uu.nl/en/news/taking-opportunity-of-an-infection How can an infection help repair bone defects? This was the question that started the PhD research of Paree Khokhani, who defended her work on the 12th of March. 138558 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Solving cartilage regeneration: not as simple as it seemed https://www.uu.nl/en/news/solving-cartilage-regeneration-not-as-simple-as-it-seemed Florencia Abinzano spent her PhD developing a regenerative solution for cartilage damage and will receive her doctorate on March 11th. 138550 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Sabine Fuchs receives Vici grant for research metabolic diseases https://www.uu.nl/en/news/sabine-fuchs-receives-vici-grant-for-research-metabolic-diseases Sabine Fuchs, paediatrician in metabolic diseases at the UMC Utrecht/ WKZ has received a prestigious Vici grant from ZonMw. 138326 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws