Celebrating 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.
Today marks the 15th official Coming-Out Day in the Netherlands, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the significance of publicly embracing one's sexual orientation and gender identity.
Our board member Marcel Lubbers was recently invited by Studium Generale to give a lecture on the rise of the political radical right in Europe and their rhetoric.
Integrating renewable energy sources into the design of the AtLAST telescope would introduce the astronomical community on the Chajnantor plateau and the nearby residential areas to more sustainable energy systems.
The SOLARIS project team is pleased to invite policymakers, academics, students and anyone interested in the profound societal impact of emerging technologies to attend two upcoming webinars on generative AI.
This year UU has chosen a teacher as Alumnus of the Year. The teacher shortage in science subjects is huge. How can the faculty contribute to reducing this?
Making 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.
The Executive Board has appointed Lapo Mughini-Gras as Professor of Food Safety and Public Health at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht University with effect from 15 October 2024.
With effect from 15 October 2024, the Executive Board has appointed Frits van Rooy Professor of Early Detection and Prevention of Occupational Diseases at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences of the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine of Utrecht University
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 was awarded to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for the development of AlphaFold2 and to David Baker for his work on protein design
Rashonden en kruisingen van kleine hondenrassen lijden steeds vaker aan herniëring van de kleine hersenen door het achterhoofdsgat of holtevorming in het ruggenmerg.
On Tuesday, October 8th, UGlobe hosted the official launch of the Inclusive AI Group, which coincided with the release of Prof. Payal Arora’s latest book, From Pessimism to Promise: Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech
Drs. Margot van der Starre has been reappointed by the Supervisory Board as Vice President of the Executive Board of Utrecht University effective March 15, 2025.
Peter Dung, a physicist, recently began a new role at Utrecht University. In this position, he won’t perform academic research, but focus on developing methods to facilitate dialogue among key players in the rapidly expanding green hydrogen industry.
Every month, Emeritus Professor of University History Leen Dorsman describes something you must know about the long history of Utrecht University. This time: student housing.
The Sustainable Ocean Community looks back on a successful borrel! The Student Team was very happy to see so many faces and is ready to start this new adventure with you!
