Press releases
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Information transmission a good predictor of credit crisis
30 May 2013
The recent credit crisis was preceded by a sharp increase in the transmission of information in the largest derivatives market. Such transmissions can therefore serve as indicators for the instability of the market. ...
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High-tech research to Science Park Amsterdam
28 May 2013
The high-tech company ASML, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and VU University Amsterdam (VU) ...
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Students of Book Studies unravel the mystery of Spinoza’s unknown printer
16 May 2013
For years it remained a mystery who had printed the two most important books penned by seventeenth-century philosopher Benedictus de Spinoza (1632-1677). Even the most avid attempts by past researchers proved ...
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Gerard Mols and Marleen Barth join UvA and AUAS/HvA Supervisory Boards
26 Apr 2013
Prof. Gerard Mols has been appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) by the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science. In addition, Marleen Barth has been appointed as ...
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Using DNA sequence to switch gene ‘noise’ on and off
22 Apr 2013
Researchers from the UvA and Israel have discovered a mechanism that cells can use to reduce the ‘background noise’ generated by important genes. By effecting a few simple DNA mutations, they were able to show that a ...
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Patti Valkenburg appointed University Professor of Media, Youth and Society
9 Apr 2013
Prof. Patti Valkenburg has been appointed University Professor of Media, Youth and Society by the Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The appointment is effective from 1 May 2013. Valkenburg is ...
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In memoriam Adri Baan
8 Apr 2013
We are deeply saddened to announce that Mr Adri Baan passed away on Friday, 5 April. He was 70 years old. Adri Baan had been a member of the Supervisory Board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) since 2005. He was ...
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Marc Salomon new Chair of Amsterdam Business School
20 Mar 2013
Professor Marc Salomon has been appointed Chair of the Amsterdam Business School (ABS) effective 1 March 2013. ABS is the business school of the University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Economics and Business.
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New research project unravels the chemistry of the Old Masters
20 Mar 2013
Hubert and Jan van Eyck’s masterpiece The Three Marys at the Tomb is almost 600 years old. What has happened to the paint over all that time? This is precisely the question being asked by researchers in the Paint ...
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Changes in patterns of brain activity predict fear memory formation
1 Mar 2013
Brain activity predicts whether a fearful event will become a lasting fear memory, reports a study recently published online in ‘Nature Neuroscience’. Using a new method for analysing functional magnetic resonance ...
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More new species in geologically dynamic region
28 Feb 2013
Mountain formation stimulates increased biodiversity. This is what Carina Hoorn of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and colleagues from the Senckenberg (Germany) and Gothenburg Botanical Garden (Sweden) propose in a ...
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Louise Fresco criticises European distrust of genetic modification
27 Feb 2013
The leading scientific journal 'Science' has published an editorial by University Professor Louise Fresco. In the article, Fresco argues that Europe has a lack of confidence in genetically modified (GM) food. This ...
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New catalytic process could make drug production cheaper and cleaner
20 Feb 2013
A cheaper and cleaner way of producing drugs to combat conditions such as obesity and Alzheimer’s is in sight.
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Memory appears susceptible to eradication of fear responses
18 Feb 2013
Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and published in ...
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University of Amsterdam to launch world's first Massive Open Online Course in Communication Science
21 Jan 2013
The University of Amsterdam will launch the world’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Communication Science entitled ‘Introduction to Communication Science’ on 20 February 2013. Anyone interested in this ...
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Huib de Jong new member UvA-HvA Executive Board and rector HvA
19 Dec 2012
Prof. Huib de Jong has been appointed rector of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) and a member of the UvA-HvA Executive Board by the Supervisory Boards of the University of ...
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Rhesus monkeys cannot hear beat in music
13 Dec 2012
Beat induction, the ability to pick up regularity – the beat – from a varying rhythm, is not an ability that rhesus monkeys possess. These are the findings of researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and ...
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Henkjan Honing is awarded Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship
12 Dec 2012
Henkjan Honing, professor of Music Cognition at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), has been awarded the Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship 2013/14. As a fellow, Honing will spend a year conducting interdisciplinary ...
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UvA economist Arnoud Boot appointed member of Scientific Council for Government Policy
30 Nov 2012
Arnoud Boot, professor of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) will become a member of the Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) as of 1 January 2013. He will ...
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What is the importance of international law? Watch new edition of ‘High Priorities’
29 Nov 2012
‘If the responsibility lies with many, than nobody is responsible’, says André Nollkaemper, professor of International Law, in a new edition of ‘High Priorities’, the series on the research priority areaas at the ...
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