Updates
- Royal Academy selects fourteen new members09-05-2012
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has selected fourteen new members. The Academy?s membership is made up of prominent researchers active in every field of science and scholarship. New members are nominated by existing Academy members and by external parties.- Conference 'Water management issues in Africa'03-05-2012
- From 28 to 31 March 2012, a conference was held in Réduit, Mauritius, called 'Water Management Issues in Africa'. The Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), the Academy and Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences, organised this successful conference at which a total of 85 African researchers and policymakers came together to discuss in detail specific African subjects relating to water management.
- Learning mechanism of the adult brain revealed26-04-2012
- They say you can?t teach an old dog new tricks. Fortunately, this is not always true. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN-KNAW) have now discovered how the adult brain can adapt to new situations. The Dutch researchers? findings are published on Wednesday in the prestigious journal 'Neuron'. Their study may be significant in the treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders such as epilepsy, autism and schizophrenia.
- Visit from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences24-04-2012
- On 19 April 2012 professor Wang Weiguang, executive vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, visited the KNAW in Amsterdam.
- Royal Academy awards for Ewine van Dishoeck and Peter Hagoort04-04-2012
- The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has awarded the Academy Professor Prize to Ewine van Dishoeck, Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden University, and Peter Hagoort, Professor of Cognitive Neurosciences at Radboud University Nijmegen.
- New Academy President selected: Hans Clevers succeeds Robbert Dijkgraaf 26-03-2012
- Geneticist and physician Hans Clevers (born in 1957) will succeed Robbert Dijkgraaf as President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) on 1 June. Clevers is currently the Director of the Academy?s Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research and Professor of Molecular Genetics at University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMCU). The official hand-over will take place during the annual Academy Afternoon Session on Tuesday 5 June.
- Descartes-Huygens Prize for François Hammer and Ieke Moerdijk 19-03-2012
François Hammer and Ieke Moerdijk will be awarded the Descartes-Huygens Prize on 3 April 2012. They are receiving the prize for their outstanding research and their contribution to Franco-Dutch relations. The Descartes-Huygens Prize (EUR 23,000) is intended to cover the cost of their research residence in the Netherlands and France respectively. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded the first annual Descartes-Huygens Prize in 1995. - Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine awarded to Hans Clevers 15-03-2012
At the interface between stem cells and cancer- Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences awarded to William Laurance15-03-2012
A passion for nature conservation and scientific research- Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History awarded to Geoffrey Parker15-03-2012
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