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• SOLARDAM consortium receives AAA funding

  13 Jan 2015

  The SOLARDAM consortium, which includes FNWI institutes IoP, HIMS and SILS, has received initial funding from the Amsterdam Academic Alliance (AAA). With this funding for SOLARDAM, VU and UvA have the unique ...

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• UvA researcher to go to New York with Rubicon grant

  13 Jan 2015

  The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Rubicon grant to the young researcher David van Dijk (Faculty of Science). He will carry out his research into the detection of resistant cells ...

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• Orangutan produces human-like sounds

  12 Jan 2015

  Orangutans have the ability to produce vowel and consonant-like sounds similar to those of human speech. This is the finding of new research conducted by an international team of scientists, among them researchers ...

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• New app lets you swipe through dark matter

  12 Jan 2015

  What is dark matter actually? Chances are that the answer to this question – and a lot more information – can be found in the new app ‘Dark Matter - Behind the Scenes of the Universe’. Developed by UvA researcher ...

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• Science Research at UvA-VU: Amsterdam Data Science

  12 Jan 2015

  ‘The time is ripe for data science,’ says Maarten de Rijke, director of Amsterdam Data Science, a network organisation in which 300 Amsterdam-based scientists exchange knowledge and forge partnerships within and ...

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• UvA celebrates 383rd anniversary

  12 Jan 2015

  The University of Amsterdam (UvA) celebrated its 383rd anniversary (Dies Natalis) on Thursday, 8 January. Before delivering her opening address, Rector Magnificus Dymph van den Boom briefly spoke about the recent ...

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• Astronomer Sera Markoff appointed Fellow of the American Physical Society

  8 Jan 2015

  Dr Sera Markoff of the Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy has been appointed a Fellow of the American Physical Society. She received the honour for her research into compact objects that attract matter.

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• Self-propelling nanoparticles push larger objects together

  8 Jan 2015

  Researchers at the universities of Amsterdam and Wageningen predict the existence of a new effective force in active nanomaterials. In computer simulations they discovered the ability of randomly moving self ...

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• How an azobenzene molecule is switched by light

  7 Jan 2015

  The relatively simple azobenzene molecule enables the tuning of material properties by using light. Although azobenzene has ample applications in areas ranging from photopharmacology to molecular nanotechnology, its ...

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• Funding for 'Resistance to a destructive plant virus'

  6 Jan 2015

  Dr. Harrold van den Burg and Prof. Marcel Prins (Keygene) received funding for a research project (€ 700.000,-) by the Top Sector Horticulture and Starting Materials from the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

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• HIMS PhD research leads to Very Important Paper in ChemBioChem

  5 Jan 2015

  A recent paper by Linde Smeenk in the journal ChemBioChem, summarizing her PhD research at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, has been designated as 'Very Important Paper'. The cover graphic of the ...

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• MISTI Global Seed Fund for physicist Waalewijn and colleagues

  3 Jan 2015

  UvA physicist Dr Wouter Waalewijn, together with his colleagues Prof. Iain Stewart (MIT) and Dr Frank Tackmann (DESY), received a grant from the MISTI Global Seed Fund. The grant is aimed at promoting and supporting ...

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• NWO and water companies will study environmental risks during shale gas extraction

  19 Dec 2014

  The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), together with KWR Watercycle Research Institute, have started a four-year research programme focussing on the environmental risks for water systems during ...

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• A toolbox for modelling stochastic molecular networks

  19 Dec 2014

  Modelling stochastic molecular networks such as polymers is quite a challenge since they are complex, flowing and changing systems. While a classical molecular dynamics approach works fine for simple networks with a ...

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• Students present glacier research to King Willem-Alexander

  18 Dec 2014

  Students Darko Radakovic and Rachael Chambers of the master Earth Sciences presented their glacier experiment to the Dutch king Willem-Alexander at the occasion of 50 years of European cooperation in space on 16 ...

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• Large water management project funded by NWO-STW

  18 Dec 2014

  On 15 December 2015 a large joint project of the ESS group of IBED and the Department of Geoscience and Engineering of TU Delft was funded in the WATER 2014 call of STW – NWO. Within the project lead researchers Timo ...

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• Pim de Voogt, professor of Chemico-Biological Interactions in Aquatic Ecosystems

  18 Dec 2014

  Dr W.P. de Voogt (1952) has been appointed professor of Chemico-Biological Interactions in Aquatic Ecosystems at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science.

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• Peter de Ruiter, professor of Soil Systems Ecology

  18 Dec 2014

  Professor P.C. de Ruiter (1952) has been named professor of Soil Systems Ecology at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science.

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• Ronald Koes, professor of Developmental Genetics

  18 Dec 2014

  Professor R.E. Koes (1958) has been appointed professor of Developmental Genetics at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Science.

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• Jos Baeten, professor of Theory of Computing

  18 Dec 2014

  Professor J.C.M. Baeten (1954) has been appointed professor of Theory of Computing at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science. Baeten will be combining this part-time position with his duties as ...

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• Novel materials for the separation of xenon and krypton

  15 Dec 2014

  Novel materials might one day capture noble gases from air. Professor Rajamani Krishna of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) contributed to an American study of the characteristics of these ...

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• ERC Starting Grants for nine UvA and AMC-UvA researchers

  11 Dec 2014

  The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Starting Grant to nine researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC-UvA).

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• Eric Fischer appointed interim dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  11 Dec 2014

  The Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has appointed Professor Eric. J. Fischer as interim dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, effective 1 January 2015. Fischer will fill this ...

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• Succession AUC dean

  11 Dec 2014

  Pending the appointment of the new dean of Amsterdam University College (AUC), the AUC Board has appointed Dr Ramon Puras (currently vice-dean of AUC) as acting dean for the coming semester (or until the appointment ...

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• NWO Grant for Daan Crommelin, Harry van Zanten and Michiel Mandjes

  9 Dec 2014

  Prof. Daan Crommelin (UvA and CWI), Prof. Harry van Zanten (UvA) and prof. Michel Mandjes (UvA) received a grant in the NWO programme Mathematics of Planet Earth.

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• Spotlight on PhD: Janaina Gianfelice de Castro

  8 Dec 2014

  On 11 December, Janaina Gianfelice de Castro (1982) will be awarded her doctorate at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). During her research at the Institute of Physics (IoP), she explored the breakage behaviour of ...

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• IvI and IoP obtain FOM/Shell Computational Science grant

  4 Dec 2014

  The Computational Science Lab within the UvA's Informatics Institute (Prof. Alfons Hoekstra and Dr Eric Lorenz) and the Soft Matter group of the Institute of Physics (Prof. Daniel Bonn and Dr Rudolf Sprik) obtained a ...

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• Joint program ITMO and UvA

  4 Dec 2014

  On 28 November 2014 Prof. Vladimir N. Vasilyev, rector of ITMO University in St. Petersburg and Dr Louise Gunning, chair of the board of the University of Amsterdam, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to arrange ...

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• Aniko Korosi receives grant to study effect of early nutrition on brain development

  4 Dec 2014

  Dr Aniko Korosi (SILS) received the NWO Food & Cognition grant (over €660.000,-) in collaboration with Danone research to study the effects of early nutrition on brain development. The 4-year project will be ...

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• Healthy embryonic brain development depends on serotonin receptor

  4 Dec 2014

  Researchers Dr Hans van Hooft and Dr Pascal Chameau of the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences recently published in cooperation with researchers from the University of Geneva Medical School and the ESPCI ...

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• ERC Starting Grants awarded to Faculty of Science researchers

  3 Dec 2014

  The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Starting Grants to the following researchers at the Faculty of Science: Dr Miranda Cheng (IoP and KdVI), Dr Anna Watts (API) and Dr Shimon Whiteson (IvI). With a value ...

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• Grant awarded for research on Alzheimer and epigenetics for Carlos Fitzsimons

  1 Dec 2014

  Dr Carlos Fitzsimons of the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences was awarded a €100,000 grant by the International Foundation for Alzheimer Research (ISAO) for his 2-year project entitled: Epigenetic programming of ...

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• Million euro funding for structure determination of chiral molecules

  27 Nov 2014

  The Fund New Chemical Innovations (NCI) has awarded 1,2 million Euro to a consortium with the Molecular Photonics Research group of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS, University of Amsterdam). ...

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• Mood sensing service at TedXAmsterdam

  26 Nov 2014

  Sightcorp, a spin-off of the University of Amsterdam, together with Dell, provides a mood sensing service at TedX Amsterdam.

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• Successful first Chemistry Tour

  25 Nov 2014

  Last Wednesday 19 November Science Park Amsterdam received two rather distinguished guests when Nobel laureates in Chemistry Arieh Warshel (2013) and Roald Hoffmann (1981) met with chemistry bachelor students. ...

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• Pieter Zeeman Prize for physics alumnus Berend Zwartsenberg

  25 Nov 2014

  The biennial Pieter Zeeman Prize for the best Master thesis in physics has been awarded to Berend Zwartsenberg for his thesis entitled 'Taking control of the surface electronic structure of 3D topological insulators'.

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• Winners of Nobel Prize in Chemistry advocate fundamental research

  24 Nov 2014

  Three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry - W.E. Moerner (2014), Arieh Warshel (2013) and Roald Hoffmann (1981) - honoured the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) with their presence during its ...

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• UvA physicists successful in 2014 call for FOM 'Vrije Programma's'

  24 Nov 2014

  The proposal for the FOM 'Vrije Programma' grant called 'Higgs as a probe and portal' by UvA professor Eric Laenen, has been granted in the 2014 round. Five other proposals have been selected for funding, including ...

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• Maarten van Bommel, professor of Conservation Science

  20 Nov 2014

  Dr M.R. van Bommel (1968) has been appointed professor of Conservation Science at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Science.

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• Chemistry Nobel laureates make a plea for basic research

  20 Nov 2014

  Chemistry Nobel laureates (W.E. Moerner (2014), Arieh Warshel (2013) en Roald Hoffmann (1981) visit Amsterdam to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC). All three ...

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• Mieke Zaanen appointed Director General of the KNAW

  18 Nov 2014

  Mieke Zaanen, Secretary General of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), has been appointed Director General of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), effective 1 February 2015.

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• FOM 'Projectruimte' grant for UvA physicist Ben Freivogel

  18 Nov 2014

  The Foundation FOM has awarded a 'Projectruimte' grant to Dr Ben Freivogel for his proposal 'Quantifying violations of causality in quantum gravity'.

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• Phd in the spotlight: Frank Tramper

  14 Nov 2014

  Frank Tramper (1981) will be awarded his doctorate degree at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) on 28 November. As part of his doctoral research at the Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API), Tramper studied ...

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• Local order in liquids

  14 Nov 2014

  In liquids there is, contrary to the common perception, no complete disorder at the molecular level. This is shown by Matthijs Panman and his colleagues at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) in ...

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• Amsterdam educational institutes join valorisation support

  13 Nov 2014

  As from November 12 November, the UvA, AUAS/HvA, VU, VUmc and AMC-UvA will consolidate their Technology Transfer Offices into a new centre of expertise, to be called Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (IXA).

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• Three Nobel Prize winners in chemistry to visit Amsterdam

  13 Nov 2014

  The Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) will soon be welcoming three Nobel Prize winners in chemistry: William E. Moerner (2014), Arieh Warshel (2013) and Roald Hoffmann (1981).

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• UvA Informatics Master's programmes rate high in NVAO assessment

  12 Nov 2014

  In the accreditation decisions just announced by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO), all Master's programmes at the Graduate School of Informatics have received positive or very ...

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• UvA researchers win the Multimedia Grand Challenge 2014

  12 Nov 2014

  Jan Zahálka, Stevan Rudinac and Marcel Worring from the Informatics Institute won the Grand Challenge 1st prize award at the ACM Multimedia 2014 with their contribution ‘New Yorker Melange: Interactive Brew of ...

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• UvA honorary doctorates for astrophysicist Kouveliotou and heritage expert Van Rappard-Boon

  12 Nov 2014

  The University of Amsterdam (UvA) will award honorary doctorates to astrophysicist Chryssa Kouveliotou and heritage expert Charlotte van Rappard-Boon. Kouveliotou is receiving the honorary doctorate for her crucial ...

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• UvA Master's in Logic rated 'Excellent'

  11 Nov 2014

  The Master's programme in Logic at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has been awarded the status of 'Excellent' by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). The NVAO assessment panel ...

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