Updates
- Winners announced of Heineken Young Scientists Awards 2012 19-06-2012
- The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has selected five outstanding young scientists to receive the Heineken Young Scientists Awards on 27 September 2012. This is the second time this biennial prize has been awarded.
- Brill Publishers to take over KITLV Press15-06-2012
- As part of our effort to ensure the future of KITLV and in particular our Research and Collection departments, KITLV will discontinue KITLV Press as an in-house operation while ensuring the continuation of KITLV Press as a world-class publisher in Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies.
- Brain tissue for research into psychiatric disorders13-06-2012
- The Netherlands Brain Bank and five university research groups are to receive a major grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to set up a national infrastructure for collecting brain tissue from deceased patients with psychiatric brain disorders. The new infrastructure will make it possible to conduct more research, both in the Netherlands and abroad, on the causes of and possible treatments for such disorders, which are still largely misunderstood.
- Outgoing Academy President Robbert Dijkgraaf knighted05-06-2012
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has made outgoing Academy President Robbert Dijkgraaf a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte made the announcement today during a special annual meeting of the Academy. In his address, the prime minister also praised the quality of Dutch science and scholarship. Research Director Emmo Meijer of FrieslandCampina was awarded the 2012 Academy Medal, and Hans Clevers was installed as the new Academy president. - Neuroscientists reveal connection between touch and emotion 04-06-2012
- A heterosexual man may experience a caress by a woman as divine and the same caress by a man as frightening. How does that work in the brain?
- Dutch research makes major contribution to sustainable development 31-05-2012
- The contribution of Dutch scientists to sustainable development is considerable, notes the Academy in its report Beyond RIO+20. The Netherlands is prominent in a wide variety of disciplines, including water management, agriculture, nutrition, environmental science and earth sciences. But the real strength of the Netherlands lies in its ability to make connections. Dutch researchers are skilled at international and multidisciplinary collaboration.
- William Beaumont Prize in Gastroenterology for Hans Clevers23-05-2012
- Hans Clevers has been awarded the William Beaumont Prize in Gastroenterology by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). Hans Clevers is director of the Hubrecht Institute KNAW. On 1 June 2012 he will succeed Robbert Dijkgraaf as President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
- Sleep deficiency affects children?s brains differently 10-05-2012
- The prestigious journal Psychological Bulletin published the results of a major study this week on the importance of sleep for children. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN-KNAW) and Leiden University analysed all the research on this subject carried out in the past one hundred years . Children who get less sleep have more behavioural problems, underperform at school, and have trouble carrying out complex tasks.
- 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.
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