Fourteen Utrecht-based researchers each receive an NWO Vidi scholarship of 800,000 euros. The laureates are going to use this money to develop their own, renewing research projects.
During the Junior corona lecture on 12 July, Ton de Boer, Patricia Bruijning and Naomi van Steenbergen answered high school students’ questions about the corona vaccine.
Extraordinary detailed analysis has uncovered key cell elements that support sperm motion and rigidity. The discovery may lead to new directions for treating male infertility and developing male contraceptives.
Have corona vaccines been tested on young people? What side effects can they expect? The Junior corona lecture aims to answer these and other questions from students about corona vaccines.
This is the third in a series of labs, where scientists from a variety of disciplines collaborate with other experts to address societal challenges with the help of artificial intelligence.
Van ’t Hoff obtained his PhD in 1874 in Utrecht on the topic of stereochemistry, as illustrated on the mural unveiled today at the Ganzenmarkt in Utrecht.
Within just a few generations, bacteria on plants can adapt from harmful to beneficial. This discovery could pave the way for developing special bacterial crop fertilizers.
Vitamin K packed in tiny spheres may help prevent severe bleeding in babies. Researchers have now taken an important step in developing this method, bringing an alternative to injections with vitamin K closer to reality.