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| Drone video Utrecht Science Park in the snow |
Did you also enjoy the white winter world last week? Jelte Keur, the maker of the iconic drone video of the Dom Tower in the fog, made this beautiful drone video of Utrecht Science Park in the snow.
Enjoy watching! |
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| STRIP-1 test robot developed for COVID-19 testing |
| The Hubrecht Institute and Genmab have developed a new robot, the STRIP-1 – test robot, that can process up to 20,000 samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing per 24 hours. This makes the STRIP-1 much faster than all other systems used to date. On Wednesday the 27th of January, Minister Hugo de Jonge from the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, visited the robot at the PAMM medical microbiology laboratory in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. |
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| New treatments in the Máxima Center by combining care and research |
| Care and research into childhood cancer form an integrated collaboration in the Princess Máxima Center. This leads to accelerated scientific breakthroughs. Innovations in a range of areas are currently giving an impulse to new treatment methods. Concrete examples: the use of CAR T-cells for immunotherapy, the development of organoids and sequencing of all tumors and steps that are being taken in the field of psychosocial support for child and family. |
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| Highly advanced NMR instrument arrived at Utrecht Science Park |
Utrecht Universiteit has a new nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrument, the most powerful of its kind. With this 1.2 GHz NMR, researchers can look into molecules at an unprecedented level of detail. The machine is part of the national uNMR-NL consortium, of which Utrecht University is the coordinator.
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| Plastic flower boxes: students work to make Utrecht Science Park more sustainable |
| Jerrycans are a feature of all laboratories at Utrecht Science Park. Utrecht University alone throws away around 170 of them every week. This amounts to almost 2,500 metric tonnes of plastic a year. Student representatives of the Green Offices of HU University of Applied Sciences and Utrecht University have joined forces to reduce this waste stream. As part of the Precious Plastic project, they will be processing the plastic into useful items, with a flower box being the first. How very environmentally friendly! |
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| Heartfelt appeal from Ronald McDonald Children's Fund to Utrecht Provincial Authorities |
| The Ronald McDonald House in Utrecht has to relocate. A car park will be built on the site of the house that provides accommodation to the parents and siblings of seriously ill children. There is an ideal new location for the House where 50 families will be able to stay every day, close to their sick child in hospital. However, the Utrecht Provincial Executive has failed to approve the new location. Sign the petition! |
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| Documentary ‘Dokters van Morgen’ paid a visit to Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht about the exposome |
| Which groups are affected by certain chronic diseases, and which groups aren't? This depends on genetics (30%) and on the exposome (70%). A consortium led by Professor Roel Vermeulen, affiliated with Utrecht University and University Medical Center Utrecht, will investigate which factors of the exposome are important for health and how these factors work. The documentary crew of Dokters van Morgen paid a visit to Utrecht to find out more about the research. |
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| Leontien Kremer appointed professor of Late effects in pediatric oncology at Utrecht University |
| Leontien Kremer, pediatrician and principal investigator at the Máxima, has been appointed professor of Late Effects in Pediatric Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of Utrecht University, starting on 1 February. The position is a major boost for research into reducing health problems linked to treatment for childhood cancers. Kremer: ‘I hope that my professorship is the first step towards a whole new generation of researchers in the field of late effects.’ |
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| HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht helps students with a disability qualify as peer advisers |
| As of February 2021, HU will offer a peer adviser programme for students with an intellectual disability. Peer advisers can make valuable contributions to our teaching, for instance by talking about their experiences of living with a disability in class or by working on assignments with Social Work students. A coach will help these students develop and nurture their talents at our university of applied sciences. |
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| Hans Clevers receives honorary doctorate from KU Leuven |
| Hans Clevers, group leader at the Hubrecht Institute, receives an honorary doctorate from the KU Leuven. The festive award ceremony would have taken place today but has been postponed to a later date due to the corona restrictions. Clevers receives the honorary doctorate for the development of mini organs in the lab. |
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| Researchers discover protein that triggers muscle regeneration |
| Researchers from the groups of Jeroen Bakkers (Hubrecht Institute/UMC Utrecht) and Peter Currie (Monash University, Australia) discovered a factor that triggers muscle stem cells to proliferate and heal. In a mouse model of severe muscle damage, introduction of this naturally occurring protein led to the complete regeneration of muscle and the return of normal movement after severe muscle trauma. The discovery may lead to faster recovery from muscle injury and wasting diseases. |
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