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Vici grant for fytopathologist Martijn Rep

Martijn Rep, researcher at the UvA Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, has been granted a Vici grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

Sensor protein uncovered

Using sophisticated computer simulations, chemists at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have managed to shed light on the unfurling process of a sensor protein.

Systems biologists from the University of Amsterdam produce world’s brightest cyan fluorescent protein

Researchers in the UvA’s Molecular Cytology Research Group have produced the world’s brightest cyan fluorescent protein. The results of their research were recently published in the scientific journal Nature Methods.

Most Characteristic Soil of The Netherlands presented to Minister Plasterk

As part of the 75th anniversary of the Dutch Soil Science Society (NBV), on 8 March 2010 IBED scientist and NBV President Dr. Boris Jansen will officially present the ‘Most Characteristic Soil of The Netherlands’ to the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Dr. Ronald Plasterk.

Computer simulations reveal how tumour growth is controlled

Computational scientists and oncologists working for the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have discovered that cancer stem cells control how tumours grow. The study may help improve the treatment of cancer patients.

Focus on research: molecular biologist Frans Klis

Frans Klis offers an apology as he opens a PowerPoint presentation to illustrate his research with a few pictures. ‘We'll skip the worst of these, he says, clicking past photographs of a white tongue, a red baby bottom and severely infected fingernails. All fungal infections, and mainly caused by Candida albicans, the subject of Klis' research.

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