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Artistic companion to this research article

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34613904/

Quest for antibodies

New video of our Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology group, made by Sensu

Make Medicines Work

Corona related research of the Faculty of Science

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PhD Day 26 June 2025 - Mind Your Gap: Boost Communication, Connection & Collaboration
26 June 2025 from 12:30 to 18:15
The Graduate School of Life Sciences and the PhD Council present this interactive afternoon of lectures and workshops for all GSLS PhD Candidates.
Prof. Admire Dube (University of West Cape, South Africa) lectures on Nanomedicine for Tuberculosis
1 July 2025 from 11:00 to 12:00
Prof. Admire Dube will visit us and give a lecture on nanoparticle-based innovations to treat resistant M.tb on July 1, from 11.00-12.00 in DDW-M2.01.

PhD Defence: Blood, Sweat and Tears
1 July 2025 from 14:15 to 15:15
PhD Defence of W.T. Samukange (Faculty of Science / Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology)

PhD Defence: Shaping the kidney - Engineering advanced in vitro models for studying renal function in health and disease
2 July 2025 from 10:15 to 11:15
PhD defence of M. García Valverde (Faculty of Science / Pharmacology)

Inaugural lecture Dr. Helga Garðarsdóttir: Real World Data: Driving Impactful Decisions on Medicines
3 July 2025 from 16:15 to 17:15
Inaugural lecture of Dr. Helga Garðarsdóttir in the field of Real World Data for Decision Making on Medicines, titled 'Real World Data: Driving Impactful Decisions on Medicines'.

PhD defence: Exploring the Gut-Kidney Axis in Chronic Kidney Disease - In Vitro Insights into Interorgan Crosstalk
7 July 2025 from 12:15 to 13:15
PhD defence of L. Giordano (Faculty of Science / Pharmacology)

PhD defence: Determinants of Receptor Binding in Influenza and Coronaviruses
7 July 2025 from 14:15 to 15:15
PhD defence of I. Tomris (Faculty of Science / Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery)

Single Domain Antibodies Conference 2025
29 September 2025 08:30 to 1 October 2025 12:30
The conference highlights in the growing scientific field of single-domain antibody generation, their optimization and application in diverse areas.

Science for Life Café | Host defence against bacteria
29 September 2025 from 16:00 to 17:30
On 29 September the thema of the next Science for Life café will be: Host defence against bacteria: molecular mechanisms of immunity and antibiotics. Welcome!

Science for Life Conference
8 December 2025 from 09:30 to 18:00
At the eleventh edition of the S4L Conference, we expect over 600 researchers from the life sciences community at Utrecht Science Park, so this is the place to meet your curiosity-driven and technology-oriented colleagues from Utrecht Life Sciences.
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How a spring may regenerate the spine and transform scoliosis care
News
12 June 2025
During his PhD, Justin Lemans worked on a tough challenge in pediatric healthcare: how to treat severe scoliosis in very young children without stopping their growth.

Improving hip replacements: A Q&A with Joost van Erp and Thom Snijders
News
11 June 2025
How can we make hip replacements even better and safer? Thom Snijders and Joost van Erp looked for answers during their PhD research

Pharmacology Division Achieves LEAF Bronze Accreditation
News
5 June 2025
The research laboratories of the Division of Pharmacology have been awarded the LEAF Bronze-level award!

Background: Will Europe face higher drug costs due to U.S. price cuts?
Background
3 June 2025
Healthcare systems around the world are watching closely after U.S. president Donald Trump decided that medicine prices in the U.S. should be reduced, possibly by up to 80%. He also criticized Europe, saying European countries pay too little for medicines and that this must change. But who decides how much a medicine should cost?

Patients using strong painkillers seek more education and guidance
News
26 May 2025
PhD candidate Lisa Davies explored how Dutch patients experience opioid use and the care surrounding it.

Two RMCU researchers receive NWO grants for groundbreaking and high-risk research
News
15 May 2025
Silvia Mihăilă and Martijn Koppens have been awarded NWO Open Competition ENW-XS grants for their innovative and high-risk research projects.

Advancing models of human cardiac fibrosis
News
7 May 2025
Tom Bracco Gartner developed new models for cardiac fibrosis, demonstrating their potential for therapy testing and studied the effect of stretching on heart cells.

Our immune system relies on a stable set of antibodies that barely changes over time
News
18 April 2025
A small group of antibodies in your blood stays the same for years, even after vaccines. These stable antibodies create a unique and personal immune 'fingerprint' that barely changes over time. The discovery helps explain how long-term immunity works.

New studies on bird flu show: “Not a Code Red situation yet, but we need to stay vigilant”
News
17 April 2025
A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able to bind to human receptors.

Call for participants: Public Engagement Academy 2025
News
11 April 2025
Apply now for the Public Engagement Academy: a training programme specifically targeted at postdocs and other early-career researchers at the Faculty of Science.

ZonMW open competition grant for Paul Coffer, Madelon Maurice, Linda van Laake
News
2 April 2025
Three research teams with researchers from the RMU have been awarded the ZonMW open competition grant.

Two PhDs from the iPSpine project in one week
News
25 March 2025
Lisanne Laagland and Xiaole Tong worked together intensively on the iPSpine project that aims to find a remedy for lower back pain. How did they experience this?

Using breast milk to understand the mammary gland
News
24 March 2025
During her PhD, Maj-Britt Buchholz worked on an innovative idea: could breast milk be the key to improve breast cancer research?

Hip implant for dogs will soon help owners as well
Background
14 March 2025
A collaboration between researchers of UMC Utrecht and the faculty Veterinary Medicine produced a new treatment for hip disorders.

Climb Against Time: A mission to drive change in kidney disease treatment
News
6 March 2025
After his kidneys failed, Tugrul Irmak’s experience with dialysis made him decide to dedicate his career to improving kidney disease treatments.

Improving the preservation of donor hearts
News
3 March 2025
Selma Kaffka genaamd Dengler studied donor heart preservation with machine perfusion to increase available donor hearts and chances of a successful transplant.

First Clinical Faculty Professors appointed at UMC Utrecht
News
25 February 2025
The Executive Board of UMC Utrecht has appointed Marianne Verhaar and Leonard van den Berg as Clinical Faculty Professors.

Paul Coffer steps down as director of the Regenerative Medicine PhD program, succeeded by Debby Gawlitta
News
20 February 2025
After more than 15 years, prof. dr. Paul Coffer has stepped down as director of the Regenerative Medicine PhD program, handing over the role to dr. Debby Gawlitta.

Utrecht proves itself a pivotal driver of regenerative medicine
News
19 February 2025
The European Union is investing heavily in research projects, five of which have a link with Utrecht, to make tissue replacement treatments available to patients.

Daniel Saris Receives the First Arnold I. Caplan Award for Research in Orthobiologics
News
6 February 2025
Daniel Saris has received the Arnold I. Caplan Award for Distinguished Research in Orthobiologics (Caplan Award) from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
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Below you can find slideshows (click on an image) of Department Day 2019, the UIPS Symposium 2018 and Department Day 2018. Photos were made by Bas van Breukelen or Karin Hens. Email Ed Moret for high resolution versions.

Department Day 2019. Photos by Karin Hens.

UIPS Symposium 2018. Photos by Bas van Breukelen. Click for slideshow.

Department day 2018. Photos by Bas van Breukelen. Click for slideshow.