Three researchers from Utrecht University and the Hubrecht Institute have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. The 2 million Euro grants enable researchers to further extend their scientific endeavour.
How healthy is it to exercise along the Singel canal with all the traffic passing by? RTV Utrecht and Ulrike Gehring get on their bikes to answer this question.
Incluusion organized a welcome meeting for 9 status holders who recently started a traineeship at UU. During the meeting, they shared their highlights and hurdles of the first weeks.
Three researchers at Utrecht University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euros. The grant is awarded by the European Research Council.
The Dutch platform DARE-NL has been awarded a €5.3 million grant from KWF Dutch Cancer Society, aiming to make cell and gene available to more patients.
Personality determines to a large extend how susceptible a person is to contagious yawning. Researchers conclude this after displaying videos of yawning people to a large and diverse group of test subjects.
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.
Antibodies from corona patients bind to the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in their own unique way. Being able to select the best-binding antibodies may kickstart the development of new corona medicines.
Utrecht University has appointed Tuncay Baubec as Professor of Genome Biology & Epigenetics. Baubec studies how the molecular ‘packaging’ that surrounds DNA plays a key role in biological processes.