https://www.uu.nl/en en Sun, 05 May 2024 11:39:50 +0200 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:31:00 +0100 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/millions-in-funding-for-mapping-molecular-changes-in-brain-associated-with-brain-disorders The Institute for Chemical Neuroscience has been awarded a 23.23 million euro Gravitation grant. Utrecht University professor Maarten Kole is one of the applicants of the project. 139162 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:31:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/lukas-kapitein-elected-as-embo-member Biophysicist Lukas Kapitein has been elected as a new EMBO Member. The membership is a lifetime honour and acknowledges Kapitein’s outstanding scientific contributions. 132004 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:56:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/even-in-their-own-environment-specialist-microbes-are-dominated-by-generalists Researchers developed a new method to distinguish generalist and specialist microbes and applied it to a large, global dataset. 129261 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/contemporary-dna-reveals-how-life-became-much-more-complex-two-billion-years-ago PhD research sheds light on how complex cells like those of plants, fungi and animals once evolved from simple, bacteria-like cells. 127514 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-banana-disease-is-spreading-fast-and-poses-a-threat-to-africas-food-security A new banana fungus is spreading rapidly across the world and now also in Africa, genetic research shows. 123509 Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:34:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/eight-nwo-open-competition-enw-xl-projects-with-utrecht-faculty-of-science-researchers Utrecht Faculty of Science researchers are taking part in eight out of the 21 projects in the ENW-XL Open Competition, one of which as principal investigator. 122031 Thu, 28 Jul 2022 12:28:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/toxin-degrading-bacteria-griftpark-mapped Microbiologists from Utrecht University have identified the bacteria that can biologically clean up the groundwater in the Griftpark in Utrecht. 120333 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 10:33:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/4-million-euro-grant-for-predicting-and-improving-soil-biodiversity A €4 million grant has been awarded to a new research programme that uses artificial intelligence to better predict soil life in fields and meadows, thereby producing more sustainable food. 117385 Tue, 31 May 2022 13:46:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/over-40-million-for-research-into-living-cells-and-quantum-materials Out of the seven Gravitation grants, two are granted to projects led by Utrecht Faculty of Science researchers: Prof. Anna Akhmanova (cell biology) and Prof. Daniel Vanmaekelbergh (nanomaterials). 116429 Mon, 02 May 2022 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/plant-pathogen-evades-immune-system-by-targeting-the-microbiome A fungus responsible for crop losses appears to evade the plant’s immune system by targeting its microbiome. This discovery may lead to new approaches to curtail the fungus and protect crops. 112181 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:16:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/computer-model-of-root-growth-could-lead-to-more-eco-friendly-cultivation The way plant roots grow turns out to be surprisingly well described by a new computer model. The model could help to cultivate crops that require less fertilisation, pesticides, and watering. 108960 Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:18:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/human-microbiome-could-shed-light-on-higher-morbidity-rate-in-minoritized-populations A new study is the first to explicitly address the gut microbiome as a pathway to understanding how environmental inequities could lead to health disparities. 107459 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:59:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-disease-insights-are-bubbling-up Strange bubbles in the intestine of C. elegans may lead to greater understanding of human diseases, such as skin disorders, cataracts and ALS. 105706 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:03:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ten-utrecht-based-researchers-receive-vici-grant Ten Utrecht based researchers receive a Vici grant from NWO. They will each receive 1.5 million euros. 105644 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/mike-boxem-appointed-professor-of-cellular-and-systems-developmental-biology Mike Boxem is internationally well known for his work in developing CRISPR/Cas9-based genome engineering techniques for the animal model C. elegans. 101966 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Mike Boxem https://www.uu.nl/en/news/alzheimers-protein-affects-inhibitory-brain-connections Utrecht-based scientists investigated the role of a harmful protein that causes hyperactivity in the onset of Alzheimer's disease. 101597 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/timeline-of-early-eukaryotic-evolution Publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution: Utrecht Bioinformaticians have reconstructed the evolutionary events leading to the creation of eukaryotic cells 100777 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:04:00 +0200 Nieuws Eukaryotic cell https://www.uu.nl/en/news/nwo-grant-for-research-into-biomass-and-mrna NWO Domain Science has awarded applications in the Open Competition XS to Razvan Cioc (Chemistry) and Suzan Ruijtenberg (Biology). 99099 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:10:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/how-plants-vascular-cells-turn-into-holes Theoretical biologists have solved a unique puzzle in the structure of plants’ vascular tissue. They can now explain how two different mutations with opposite effects lead to the same result. 97213 Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/how-a-fungus-turns-ants-into-zombies Researchers have elucidated the molecular mechanism of the fungus that turns ants into living zombies. 96780 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws