SILS news
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Science Research at UvA-VU: System microbiology
1 Dec 2015
‘We work together because we want to; together, we produce good science. This is not an institutionalised collaboration that was forced upon is, this really is bottom-up.’ Filipe Branco dos Santos was part of Bas ...
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Andreas Angermayr wins H.G.K. Westenbrink prize
30 Nov 2015
Dr. S. Andreas Angermayr has received the H.G.K Westenbrink prize 2014/2015, a yearly award for the best thesis in the area of biochemistry and molecular biology. Angermayr completed his winning PhD thesis ‘Synthetic ...
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Molecular Cytology at the NEMO museum night 2015
19 Nov 2015
Molecular Cytology was invited to contribute to the museum night of 7 November at the NEMO science center. The evening’s theme was ‘light on life’, as part of the 2015 international year of light. Lindsay Haarbosch, ...
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Unravelling the plant immune system: towards healthier and happier plants
13 Nov 2015
Scientists Frank Takken (Molecular Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences) and Martin Cann (School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University) describe a potentially universal mechanism ...
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Towards a vaccine for and faster diagnosis of Candida
6 Nov 2015
Scientists Frans Klis and Stanley Brul (Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safety, SILS) have published a paper in Eukaryotic Cell identifying important proteins secreted by the human pathogen Candida albicans. ...
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Bacterial noses formed by curved proteins
2 Nov 2015
Professor Leendert Hamoen and his Bacterial Cell Biology team (Swammerdam institute for Life Sciences) have discovered that bacterial chemoreceptors localise at the cell poles due to their curved shape. This finding ...
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ABMP grant for Carien Lansink and Guus Smit
30 Oct 2015
The Amsterdam Brain and Mind Project (ABMP) awarded a €250,000 grant to Dr Carien Lansink (Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, UvA) and Dr Guus Smit (VU) for the project entitled: 'Disambiguating similar ...
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ABC talent grant for Eva Naninck
16 Oct 2015
Neuroscientist Eva Naninck (Structural and Functional Plasticity of the Nervous System, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences) received an ABC Talent grant of € 100.000 for her research on ‘Effects of early-life ...
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Amsterdam Brain and Mind Project Grant for Aniko Korosi
16 Oct 2015
Dr Aniko Korosi (Structural and Functional Plasticity of the Nervous System, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences) received an Amsterdam Brain & Mind Project (ABMP) grant of € 240.000 in partnership with Dr Vivi ...
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Giulia de Luca nominated for VIVA400 list
8 Oct 2015
PhD student Giulia de Luca (Molecular Cytology) has earned a spot on the VIVA400 list in the category ‘knappe koppen’ (smart thinkers). With the helpful insights of her supervisor dr. Erik Manders and the lab ...
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Amsterdam Science Talent Scholarship for 14 Faculty of Science students
6 Oct 2015
On Thursday 1 October, fourteen Faculty of Science students received the Amsterdam Science Talent Scholarship from Rector Magnificus Dymph van den Boom. The Amsterdam Science Talent Scholarship was founded by the ...
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Subcellular location determines shape of the cell
5 Oct 2015
Research carried out in the chair group Molecular Cytology (prof. T.W.J. Gadella Jr.) of the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) demonstrates that the subcellular location of signaling proteins affects cell ...
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UvA coordinates sensory mapping of the brain
2 Oct 2015
Researchers Umberto Olcese and Conrado Bosman (Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences) have been awarded a three-year grant by the FLAG-ERA Joint Transnational Call ...
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How the brain represents the world
1 Oct 2015
The neurosciences have made great strides in gaining a better understanding of the brain and its relation to cognitive processes. It is nevertheless striking, especially in these early years of the 21st century, that ...
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Scientific Research at UvA-VU: Systems Biology research group
22 Sept 2015
For a good ten years now, systems biologists at the Zuidas campus have been working together with colleagues at Science Park. The VU researchers work in the Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences department of Molecular ...
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Understanding the effects of salt on plants
16 Sept 2015
It has been known for some time that plants protect themselves from soils with high levels of salinity by rerouting their roots to avoid local high salt concentrations. In a recent review and video abstract published ...
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NWO grant for research into salinity tolerance in crops
31 Aug 2015
Plant physiologist Dr Christa Testerink of the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences is to receive a grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for research into the effects of salinity on ...
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When does a plant flower?
16 June 2015
In a series of YouTube videos, suitable and fun to watch for all ages, a group of young academics illustrate their research on plant development and more specifically flowering. The researchers are part of the ...
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Marten Smidt appointed new director of SILS
15 June 2015
Marten Smidt, professor of Molecular Neuroscience, has been appointed director of the UvA's Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS). He will assume his duties as SILS director effective 1 July 2015, taking over ...
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European funding for sustainable crop production
26 May 2015
Frank Takken and Martijn Rep researchers at the Molecular Plant Pathology group, of the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) awarded a Marie Curie Action programme entailing around 4 million Euro. The grant ...
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