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Three researchers active in the medical sciences are to receive funding from the KNAW Van Walree Fund to pursue innovative activities that support sustainable, peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing. The three researchers are Joyce Browne (Utrecht University Medical Centre), Malon Van den Hof (Amsterdam University Medical Centre/Statistics Netherlands) and Veerle Heesters (Leiden University Medical Centre), who will each receive up to EUR 10,000 in funding.
Read moreDamage to the human heart, for example due to a heart attack, is not repaired and is therefore permanent. The regenerative capacity of heart muscle cells is lost soon after birth, when these cells transition to their adult form. Researchers from the Van Rooij group have identified ARID1A as an important protein in regulating this transition.
Read moreTen researchers have been awarded an Academy Early Career Partnership to organise an interdisciplinary event. This will enable them to explore innovative ideas or methods for research. Each researcher will receive EUR 10,000.
Read moreWilma de Koning will be leaving as Director General at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. She will become the new vice-president of the Tilburg University Executive Board as of 15 November 2023, succeeding Paulina Snijders.
Read moreFrom 25 June - 30 June 2023, over six hundred young scientists from more than eighty countries and nearly forty Nobel laureates gathered in Lindau, Germany, for knowledge exchange and inspiration.
Read moreConsumers shouldn’t be the only ones responsible for the shift to sustainable food consumption, Academies advise European Commission. A group of renowned scientists nominated by European academies through the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism, have advised Commissioners on how to transform European food consumption to become healthier and more sustainable.
Read moreToday, June 15, is 'Be Open About Animal Research Day 2023'. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) is pleased to announce its first participation in the annual 'Be Open About Animal Research Day'.
Read moreIf climate change, biodiversity loss and other environmental changes continue unabated, billions of people will face serious health risks by the end of this century resulting from heat stress, flooding, food shortages, infectious diseases, migration and conflicts. Research examining the connection between such environmental changes and human health (the field of study known as Planetary Health) is still in its infancy. In a report published today, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) reviews existing scientific knowledge in this area and offers a list of questions for researchers to address.
Read morePatients with MS show structural abnormalities in their white matter even before MS inflammation develops. This is the conclusion of a new study by the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) in Amsterdam and the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen (MPI). Could this finding be a target for a new treatment to prevent MS inflammation?
Read more"Natural gas is no cleaner than other fossil fuels, and using it instead of coal or oil involves the risk of little or no reduction in the effects of greenhouse gases." That is the conclusion of the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) in its new report on "The Future of Gas".
Read moreMolecular cell biologist Geert Kops will become the new director of the Academy's Hubrecht Institute as of 1 September 2023.
Read moreResearchers from the Hubrecht Institute and UMC Utrecht have developed a biobank with organoids derived from patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). They used this biobank to validate known HNC biomarkers and found that treatment responses in the organoids matched those seen in patients.
Read moreThe Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has selected 18 new members. The approximately 600 members of the Academy are leading scientists and scholars from all disciplines. Membership is for life. The new members will be installed on Monday 30 October.
Read moreCarla Hollak, Professor of Metabolic Diseases, in particular hereditary metabolic diseases, at the University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC, will receive the KNAW Academy Medal on 30 May. Hollak is a leading figure in the field of socially engaged medicine and an inspiration for a new generation of physicians. She is also a driving force behind the debate around the accessibility and affordability of medicines. The Academy awards the Medal every two years to an individual who has made a special contribution to Dutch science.
Read moreDutch knowledge institutions and research funders are taking a new step forward in the Recognition & Rewards programme. This will involve the publication of a road map of concrete plans for the immediate future, including new career and development paths for academics.
Read moreMore than 600 young scientists from more than 80 countries and nearly 40 Nobel laureates will be meeting in Lindau (Germany) this summer to share knowledge and inspiration. The 600 include seven top young scientists from the Netherlands.
Read moreIn a new report, scientists from National Science Academies express concern about Member States and industry using loopholes in EU pesticide regulations to allow the continued use of banned insecticides.
Read moreIt is important and urgent for the planning agencies to systematically evaluate the effects of investment in science using a different range of tools than at present. The current model-based approach is unsuitable. The value of investment in science is therefore not systematically included in the methods used for the evaluation of policies or party programmes. Investment in science is consequently wrongly viewed as a cost item. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (the “Academy”) states this in a new advisory report on The Value of Science – Observe, Know and Measure [Waarde van Wetenschap – Observeren, weten en meten].
Read moreHorizon Europe is one of the world’s largest international funding programme for science and innovation. With a total budget of €95.5 billion over seven years, Horizon Europe is indispensable to European science.
Read moreMedical mycologist Prof. Wieland Meyer will be the new director of the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands, an Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Read moreMarieke van Erp, head of the DHLab of the KNAW Humanities Cluster will receive a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant of 2 million euros. This funding will allow Van Erp to start the TRIFECTA project.
Read moreThe war in Ukraine has laid bare obstacles for refugee scholars that have already existed for a considerable time. The Young Academy sets out the problems faced by knowledge institutions in this regard, and makes recommendations for structurally improving the situation for all refugee scholars in the Netherlands.
Read moreLeading virologist Ron Fouchier awarded Academy's M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize. The €35,000 monetary award and a medal will be presented at the Dutch Annual Virology Symposium (DAVS) on 10 March 2023. On the same occasion, virologist Daniel Hurdiss will receive the €25,000 Beijerinck Premium for Young Virologists.
Read moreThe Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) condemns the Taliban's exclusion of women from higher education in Afghanistan and endorses the statements by both the International Science Council and the International Human Rights Network. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences is a member of both those organisations.
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