/en en Wed, 07 May 2025 08:07:05 +0200 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200 /en/news/zonmw-open-competition-grant-for-paul-coffer-madelon-maurice-linda-van-laake Three research teams with researchers from the RMU have been awarded the ZonMW open copetition grant. 148401 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/two-phds-from-the-ipspine-project-in-one-week Lisanne Laagland and Xiaole Tong worked together intensively on the iPSpine project that aims to find a remedy for lower back pain. How did they experience this? 148046 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/using-breast-milk-to-understand-the-mammary-gland During her PhD, Maj-Britt Buchholz worked on an innovative idea: could breast milk be the key to improve breast cancer research? 148025 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:59:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/background/hip-implant-for-dogs-will-soon-help-owners-as-well A collaboration between researchers of UMC Utrecht and the faculty Veterinary Medicine produced a new treatment for hip disorders. 147725 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 08:41:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/climb-against-time-a-mission-to-drive-change-in-kidney-disease-treatment After his kidneys failed, Tugrul Irmak’s experience with dialysis made him decide to dedicate his career to improving kidney disease treatments. 147493 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/improving-the-preservation-of-donor-hearts Selma Kaffka genaamd Dengler studied donor heart preservation with machine perfusion to increase available donor hearts and chances of a successful transplant. 147474 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 14:59:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/first-clinical-faculty-professors-appointed-at-umc-utrecht The Executive Board of UMC Utrecht has appointed Marianne Verhaar and Leonard van den Berg as Clinical Faculty Professors. 147285 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/paul-coffer-steps-down-as-director-of-the-regenerative-medicine-phd-program-succeeded-by-debby After more than 15 years, prof. dr. Paul Coffer has stepped down as director of the Regenerative Medicine PhD program, handing over the role to dr. Debby Gawlitta. 147225 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:42:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/utrecht-proves-itself-a-pivotal-driver-of-regenerative-medicine The European Union is investing heavily in research projects, five of which have a link with Utrecht, to make tissue replacement treatments available to patients. 147186 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:42:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/daniel-saris-receives-the-first-arnold-i-caplan-award-for-research-in-orthobiologics Daniel Saris has received the Arnold I. Caplan Award for Distinguished Research in Orthobiologics (Caplan Award) from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). 147182 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:22:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/utrecht-university-leads-neoliver-project-to-revolutionise-liver-transplantation NEOLIVER aims to tackle the global organ shortage crisis by advancing bioprinting technology to create functional, implantable liver tissues. 146711 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:53:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/jeffrey-beekman-succeeds-marianne-verhaar-as-chair-of-regenerative-medicine-stem-cells After 10 years of serving as chair of the UMC Utrecht strategic programme RM&SC, Marianne Verhaar has handed over the role to Jeffrey Beekman. 146244 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 13:44:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/zebrafish-protein-unlocks-dormant-genes-for-heart-repair Researchers from the Bakkers group at the Hubrecht Institute have successfully repaired damaged mouse hearts using a protein from zebrafish. 145993 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:34:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/inhibiting-cell-division-to-improve-pancreatic-cancer-treatment Joep Sprangers studied the properties of pancreatic tumour cells to ultimately work towards better treatments. 145561 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:58:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/a-donor-heart-valve-that-grows-with-you Mats Vervoorn and Marijn Peters are working together on a heart valve that grows with the child and is not rejected by the body. 145692 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/cora-nijboer-appointed-professor Utrecht University has appointed Cora Nijboer as Professor of Translational Perinatal Neurology, effective December 15, 2024. 145647 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:05:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/successful-phd-defense-marks-progress-in-primary-in-vitro-airway-models Hetty Dreyer successfully defended her PhD thesis, Optimizing In Vitro Nasal Epithelial Cell Models for Enhanced Cilia-Related Airway Research, on December 17. 145559 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:58:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/riccardo-levato-receives-nwo-funding-for-development-of-diabetes-implants Riccardo Levato received funding from the Open Competition ENW-XL and will conduct research into how 'stem cell islets' can contribute to the cure of diabetes. 145652 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:05:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/repairing-bone-defects-with-a-cartilage-mimic Leanne De Silva explored the use of lab-engineered cartilage mimics as a clinical application for bone repair. 145460 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:58:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/grant-for-frans-schutgens-to-study-wilms-tumors Frans Schutgens has received the ZonMw Clinical Fellows grant. He will use it to study the heterogeneity of Wilms tumors and explore its clinical applications. 145489 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:10:00 +0100 Nieuws