/en en Sun, 04 May 2025 13:51:09 +0200 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:16:00 +0200 /en/news/call-for-participants-public-engagement-academy-2025 Apply now for the Public Engagement Academy: a training programme specifically targeted at postdocs and other early-career researchers at the Faculty of Science. 148686 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:16:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/bas-van-steensel-appointed-professor-of-chromosome-biology Utrecht University has appointed Bas van Steensel as Special Professor of Chromosome Biology. Van Steensel will lead fundamental research into how chromosomes function and how genetic information is expressed in our bodies. 148288 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publication/centriolar-cap-in-action Centriolar cap proteins CP110 and CPAP control slow elongation of microtubule plus ends - Journal of Cell Biology 148021 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:24:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/study-reveals-how-plants-grow-thicker-not-just-taller Using a computer model that reveals how plants grow thicker over time, biologists have uncovered how cells are activated to produce wood tissue. Understanding the fundamentals behind this growth, they hope to advance forestry practices and CO₂ storage in trees. 144672 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/tackling-alzheimer-from-within-the-brain Making brains generate their own therapeutics could be a promising approach to slowing or even stopping the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Researcher Niels Reinders has shown in lab experiments that this approach could work. 144018 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/genetic-insights-shed-light-on-how-and-where-bacteria-form-brightly-coloured-colonies-without The findings might have implications for the development of new innovative materials that use bacteria to replace non-sustainable dyes. 141855 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/making-healthy-cells-stronger-might-protect-them-against-cancer-cells Ana Krotenberg Garcia: "Instead of making cancer weaker, you could also focus on strengthening healthy cells and transforming them into winners." 141942 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/millions-in-funding-for-mapping-molecular-changes-in-brain-associated-with-brain-disorders The Institute for Chemical Neuroscience has been awarded a 23.23 million euro Gravitation grant. Utrecht University professor Maarten Kole is one of the applicants of the project. 139162 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:31:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/lukas-kapitein-elected-as-embo-member Biophysicist Lukas Kapitein has been elected as a new EMBO Member. The membership is a lifetime honour and acknowledges Kapitein’s outstanding scientific contributions. 132004 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:56:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/even-in-their-own-environment-specialist-microbes-are-dominated-by-generalists Researchers developed a new method to distinguish generalist and specialist microbes and applied it to a large, global dataset. 129261 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/contemporary-dna-reveals-how-life-became-much-more-complex-two-billion-years-ago PhD research sheds light on how complex cells like those of plants, fungi and animals once evolved from simple, bacteria-like cells. 127514 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/new-banana-disease-is-spreading-fast-and-poses-a-threat-to-africas-food-security A new banana fungus is spreading rapidly across the world and now also in Africa, genetic research shows. 123509 Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:34:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/eight-nwo-open-competition-enw-xl-projects-with-utrecht-faculty-of-science-researchers Utrecht Faculty of Science researchers are taking part in eight out of the 21 projects in the ENW-XL Open Competition, one of which as principal investigator. 122031 Thu, 28 Jul 2022 12:28:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/toxin-degrading-bacteria-griftpark-mapped Microbiologists from Utrecht University have identified the bacteria that can biologically clean up the groundwater in the Griftpark in Utrecht. 120333 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 10:33:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/4-million-euro-grant-for-predicting-and-improving-soil-biodiversity-0 A €4 million grant has been awarded to a new research programme that uses artificial intelligence to better predict soil life in fields and meadows, thereby producing more sustainable food. 120527 Tue, 31 May 2022 13:46:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/4-million-euro-grant-for-predicting-and-improving-soil-biodiversity A €4 million grant has been awarded to a new research programme that uses artificial intelligence to better predict soil life in fields and meadows, thereby producing more sustainable food. 117385 Tue, 31 May 2022 13:46:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/over-40-million-for-research-into-living-cells-and-quantum-materials Out of the seven Gravitation grants, two are granted to projects led by Utrecht Faculty of Science researchers: Prof. Anna Akhmanova (cell biology) and Prof. Daniel Vanmaekelbergh (nanomaterials). 116429 Mon, 02 May 2022 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/plant-pathogen-evades-immune-system-by-targeting-the-microbiome A fungus responsible for crop losses appears to evade the plant’s immune system by targeting its microbiome. This discovery may lead to new approaches to curtail the fungus and protect crops. 112181 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:16:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/computer-model-of-root-growth-could-lead-to-more-eco-friendly-cultivation The way plant roots grow turns out to be surprisingly well described by a new computer model. The model could help to cultivate crops that require less fertilisation, pesticides, and watering. 108960 Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:18:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/human-microbiome-could-shed-light-on-higher-morbidity-rate-in-minoritized-populations A new study is the first to explicitly address the gut microbiome as a pathway to understanding how environmental inequities could lead to health disparities. 107459 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:59:00 +0200 Nieuws