Seed Money Life Sciences
Utrecht University has granted Seed Awards in two rounds to interdisciplinary research projects in Utrecht. The aim is to bring together researchers from different disciplines to make proposals for groundbreaking research. With this money they can collect research data which can serve as a basis for a funding proposal.
Second Call
In 2015 four research proposals were granted:
- Antimicrobial drugs optimization by decoration with non-natural sugar variants
Marc Wösten (Veterinary Medicine) / Roland Pieters (Science)
Read more in the article Sugars give antibiotics a second chance - Modified autologous prostasomes as a vaccine for prostate cancer
Willem Stoorvogel (Veterinary Medicine) / Marianne Boes (Medicine)
Read more in the article In search of a vaccine against prostate cancer - Human lung organoids: a novel model to understand respiratory syncytial virus Bronchiolotis
Louis Bont (Medicine) / Norman Sachs (Hubrecht Institute)
Read more in the article Growing ‘mini-lungs’ in the fight against child - Metabolic Requirements for genome integrity in adult stem cells
Boudewijn Burgering (Medicine) / Ruben van Boxtel (Hubrecht Institute)
Read more in the article Improving the quality of stem cells for new organs
FIRST CALL SEED MONEY
In 2014 six research projects were granted Seed Awards. Read more