UvA-VU Research

• Science Research at UvA-VU: Applied Gaming Research Community

  21 Apr 2015

  Academic staff at VU University Amsterdam’s Network Institute and the University of Amsterdam’s Master’s programme in Game Studies have created a new platform. A group of researchers working in the field of Applied ...

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• Science Research at UvA-VU: Centre for Analytical Sciences Amsterdam

  7 Apr 2015

  ‘The UvA and VU University Amsterdam are home to a high concentration of analytical chemistry professionals. In addition to our individual strengths, we offer a very special, highly unique combination,’ explains ...

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• Science Research at UvA-VU: Earth Surface Science

  24 Mar 2015

  Chemicals in drugs end up in our waste water and in the environment. Fortunately, some microorganisms may be able to break down these harmful substances. Exactly how these bacteria do this is being jointly ...

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• Science Research at UvA-VU: Dynamic Analysis Seminar

  6 Mar 2015

  Talking about their research is an important activity for mathematicians, but an audience of five colleagues is just too small. And so, every two weeks, UvA researchers and their VU colleagues come together to attend ...

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• Science Research at UvA-VU: Bacterial Cell Biology

  19 Feb 2015

  VU University’s Dr Joen Luirink studies processes in bacterial cell envelopes. One of his projects focuses on a protein complex that plays a crucial role in the division of bacteria. Cell division is also the focus ...

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• Science Research at UvA-VU: SOLARDAM

  9 Feb 2015

  The year started auspiciously for SOLARDAM: two years after its founding, the consortium received seed capital for eight postdocs. The initiators are anxious for them to start as soon as they can. 'We're all ...

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• Science Research at UvA-VU: Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling

  27 Jan 2015

  In 2007, chemists Evert Jan Baerends of VU University Amsterdam and Daan Frenkel of the University of Amsterdam decided it made sense for the two universities to collaborate more closely in the field of molecular ...

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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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