| International Welcome Centre and Utrecht Science Park join forces |
| The International Welcome Centre Utrecht Region and the Utrecht Science Park Foundation have signed a partnership agreement to strengthen the regional living and business climate. The aim of this collaboration is to further improve the services for Utrecht’s international community to strengthen the region as an attractive location for international companies, employees and students to settle. |
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| GenDx and Utrecht University Museum conclude sponsorship agreement on museum renovation |
| Utrecht University Museum (UMU) has long been the place where society and science meet. Redesigning the museum exhibitions and displays and developing new presentations will be taking place in collaboration with partners. We are very happy that GenDx, specialists in DNA diagnostics for genetically matching transplant patients with donors, and based in Utrecht Science Park, will be providing significant financial support to this museum redesign. |
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20,000 participants sought for COVID-RED study
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| UMC Utrecht launched a study to see if a ‘smart’ bracelet can help in the fight against corona. The ‘smart’ bracelet continuously measures changes in physiological parameters such as temperature, heart rate and respiration. A change in these indicators may suggest an infection with COVID-19. For example, the bracelet could detect an infection days before the wearer has symptoms. |
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Hogeschool Utrecht is recruiting hundreds of new colleagues
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| HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht will start a national recruitment campaign for hundreds of new teachers, researchers and support functions in April. With the campaign, the HU aims to recruit approximately 400 employees (280 FTEs), the majority of whom are university lecturers. This makes it the largest recruitment campaign in HU history. The recruitmentpage is only in Dutch. |
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First patient-derived organoid model by Hubrecht Institute for cervical cancer
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| Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers developed the first patient-derived organoid model for cervical cancer. They also modelled the healthy human cervix using organoids. In close collaboration with the UMC Utrecht, Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology and the Netherlands Cancer Institute, the researchers used the organoid-based platform to study sexually transmitted infections for a herpes virus. |
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| Research at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht: Using artificial intelligence to predict chemical safety |
| To develop artificial intelligence that detects the hazardous properties of chemicals and can predict their toxic effects in humans: this is the goal of an international research project in which researchers from the Innovative Testing in Life Sciences & Chemistry research group are participating. According to the researchers, toxicological research based on artificial intelligence is both more accurate and more future-proof than research using laboratory animals. |
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Successful pricing of Nasdaq IPO of Lava Therapeutics
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| Gilde Healthcare announced that its portfolio company, LAVA Therapeutics, has successfully achieved pricing of its Nasdaq initial public offering (IPO), expected to result in gross proceeds of approximately $100 million. LAVA is a biotechnology company focused on transforming cancer treatment by developing a platform of novel bispecific antibodies engineered to selectively induce gamma-delta T cell-mediated immunity against tumor cells. |
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| Public competition Utrecht University: strengthen biodiversity on campus |
| In the new Utrecht Science Park of 2040, Utrecht University wants to intertwine and connect grey areas (such as buildings) and green areas (effective nature). Ideas on where and how to effectively green up USP are most welcome. That is why Utrecht University is organising a digital public competition. You have until 22 May to submit your idea. |
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| Eight million euros for artificial intelligence |
| The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has pledged no less than eight million euros to support a knowledge consortium whose participants include UMCs and universities from four cities. Together, we hope to apply this funding to accelerate the application of innovations in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and bring them to market faster by means of start-ups. |
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