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Hinda Haned, professor by special appointment of Data Science
24 Sept 2018
Dr H. Haned (1983) has been named professor by special appointment of Data Science at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science. This chair was established on behalf of the Béta Plus Foundation.
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University lecturers and students take action against budget cuts
24 Sept 2018
In the week of 24 September at almost all Dutch universities, a number of lectures will be held out of doors to protest against budget cuts in higher education. This is the first time that academic staff will ...
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Harro Bouwmeester wins Sandmeyer Award 2018
20 Sept 2018
On 6 September 2018, Prof. Harro Bouwmeester (Plant Hormone Biology), received The Sandmeyer Award 2018. Bouwmeester, together with three scientists of Syngenta Crop Protection AG in Switzerland, were rewarded ...
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Epigenetic-based chronological age-prediction: a new objective tool for forensic case work
19 Sept 2018
A team of researchers led by Pernette Verschure and Ate Kloosterman of the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) at the UvA have developed an age prediction tool for forensic application based on DNA ...
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Breast cancer fuelled by mysterious Yin Yang Protein
19 Sept 2018
An international team of researchers found during their study that tumours can change their ‘appearance’ to evade cancer treatments, using epigenetic mechanisms. The researchers used clinical samples from patients ...
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Gadi Rothenberg appointed Lady Davis visiting professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
17 Sept 2018
Prof. Gadi Rothenberg, who heads the Heterogeneous Catalysis & Sustainable Chemistry group at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), has been appointed as a Lady Davis Visiting Professor at the ...
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Measuring species traits for biodiversity policy goals
17 Sept 2018
Management of global biodiversity requires up-to-date, reliable and comparable biodiversity data. The concept of Essential Biodiversity Variables has previously been introduced to allow monitoring the global state of ...
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Colourant study offers mechanistic insight in Lewis acid-base coupling
17 Sept 2018
Associate professor Chris Slootweg and co-workers at the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have developed the synthesis of a unique set of arylazophosphonium salts with easily ...
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Frédéric Merkt appointed Physics and Astronomy Visiting Professor
17 Sept 2018
In the context of the Visiting Professorship program of the institutes of Physics and Astronomy of the UvA and the VU, Prof Frédéric Merkt (ETH Zurich) will visit Amsterdam for three months starting the 17th of ...
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Oil enzyme protects plants from freezing
14 Sept 2018
Cold temperatures can lay waste to crops. A study investigating how plants in cold climates protect themselves from freezing sheds light on a novel metabolic pathway that helps plants to survive frost. The study was ...
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Confirmation bias pervasive even in simple visual decisions
13 Sept 2018
Ever notice how you often see or read things that confirm your view of the world? Well, you are not alone. People are known to suffer from what is known as confirmation bias, a tendency to filter new information such ...
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New Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
13 Sept 2018
The new version of the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity will be published today. Recently, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Netherlands Federation of University Medical ...
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Sebastian Altmeyer receives Best Paper Award at RTCSA 2018
12 Sept 2018
Sebastian Altmeyer, assistant professor of the Systems and Network Lab of the Informatics Institute, is one of the three authors of the paper 'EMPRESS: an Efficient and effective Method for PREdictable Stack Sharing'.
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Arian van Asten, professor of Forensic Analytical Chemistry and On-Scene Chemical Analysis
12 Sept 2018
Prof. A.C. van Asten (1968) has been appointed professor of Forensic Analytical Chemistry and On-Scene Chemical Analysis at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science. The chair was established on behalf ...
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UvA spin-off Confocal secures investment
11 Sept 2018
UvA spin-off company Confocal.nl has secured a vital investment from Value Creation Capital. The investment will give Confocal.nl the opportunity to grow further.
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Photanol to build demonstration plant at AkzoNobel site in Delfzijl
7 Sept 2018
Photanol BV, Amsterdam, has closed a substantial new financing round to demonstrate its industrial capabilities to produce chemicals from CO2 and sunlight. Photanol BV is a spin-off company established in 2008 by UvA ...
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Maarten de Rijke named first of four new University Professors AI
3 Sept 2018
Prof. Maarten de Rijke has been appointed University Professor of AI and Information Retrieval at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), effective 1 September 2018. De Rijke will combine his new chair, which will be ...
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Prehistoric changes in vegetation help predict future of earth's ecosytems
31 Aug 2018
As the last ice age came to an end and the planet warmed, the Earth’s vegetation changed dramatically. The current warming from climate change may drive an equally dramatic change in vegetation within the next 100 to ...
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Rohini Godbole appointed Physics and Astronomy Visiting Professor
31 Aug 2018
In the context of the Visiting Professorship programme of the institutes of Physics and Astronomy of the UvA and the VU, Prof. Rohini Godbole of the Indian Institute of Science will visit Amsterdam for three months ...
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Sustainable and very selective biocatalytic conversion of aldehydes to carboxylic acids
30 Aug 2018
The Biocatalysis research group led by Dr Francesco Mutti of the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) has developed the first viable biocatalytic 'green' process for the ...
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