Updates
- Academy Professor Indonesia receives Indonesian research prize 201213-09-2012
- Professor Yunita Winarto, the first Academy Professor Indonesia in the Social Sciences, received an honourable mention in the prestigious competition for best researcher of Universitas Indonesia (UI) in 2012.
- Alexander van Oudenaarden appointed Director of the Hubrecht Institute31-08-2012
Alexander van Oudenaarden has been appointed Director of the Hubrecht Institute as of 1 September. He replaces Hans Clevers, who resigned when he succeeded Robbert Dijkgraaf as President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in June.- Fungal infection strategy lies in the genes24-08-2012
An international consortium of researchers discovered a direct link between gene equipment, its activation and infection strategy, and lifestyle of plant pathogenic Colletotrichum fungi. The study, to which researchers from the The Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS-KNAW) and the University of Amsterdam made an important contribution, was just released online in the journal Nature Genetics.- Supporting science in the field of education26-07-2012
- The Academy Board has awarded seven universities funding in support of their 'Science Node'. The one-off grant is financed in part by the National Science and Technology Platform.
- Electrical charges cause brain to devour energy 02-07-2012
- Our brains consume about twenty per cent of all the calories that we eat. Brain researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN-KNAW) have investigated why the brain consumes so much energy. For the first time ever, they have succeeded in measuring brain metabolism and have shown that the brain not only consumes a large amount of energy but that its consumption is also variable.
- Research on fungi explains wood decay29-06-2012
- An international team of scientists has discovered key differences between mushroom-forming species of fungi. The report has been published in the latest edition of Science. Researchers from the Fungal Biodiversity Centre (CBS-KNAW) made an important contribution to the study.
- Royal Academy plans major investment in humanities institutes28-06-2012
- The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences plans to invest an extra EUR 15 million in its humanities institutes in the coming years.
- Academy spin-off Cergentis developing revolutionary technology for DNA and gene sequencing 28-06-2012
- This week saw the launch of Cergentis, a spin-off of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Hubrecht Institute, one of the Academy?s research institutes. The company has developed a revolutionary technique for genetic analyses that promises to make an important contribution to genetic diagnostics and personalised medicine.
- Harvard and IISH to launch a partnership25-06-2012
- Harvard University and the International Institute of Social History (IISH), one of the seventeen institutes of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, will be working together intensively. In this partnership, Harvard has set up the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History (WIGH), a centre dedicated to assembling a worldwide network of research institutes.
- Tenth anniversary of Scientific Programme Indonesia-Netherlands 20-06-2012
- The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences announced yesterday that it is launching nine projects involving collaboration between Indonesian and Dutch researchers.
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