Cell & Systems Biology
The Research Theme 'Cell & Systems Biology' focuses on the chain of events all the way from modulation of gene expression up to the resulting phenotype in cells.
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Microbiology
The Microbiology theme studies the molecular mechanisms involved in the processes, works on techniques to prevent microbial pathogens, and develops novel ways to employ microbes for biotechnological applications.Read more -
Green Life Sciences
Research in Green Life Sciences aims at understanding at the molecular level how plants deal with biotic and abiotic constraints, how they interact with insects (herbivores, pollinators), microbes and other organisms ...Read more
News
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NL-BioImaging receives 15 million euros from the NWO National Roadmap programme
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) announced on 20 February that the NL-BioImaging consortium will receive major funding from the National Roadmap programme. The Leeuwenhoek Center for Advanced Microscopy (LCAM), a ... -
Water pores in leaves proven to be part of plant's defence system against pathogens
How do plants defend themselves against pathogenic micro-organisms? This is a complex puzzle, of which a team of biologists from the University of Amsterdam has solved a new piece. The team, led by Harrold van den ... -
More maize, less witchweed: new crop could save African harvests
Millions of people in Africa depend on maize for their livelihoods. But there is a plant that continually jeopardises maize harvests: the parasitic witchweed Striga. But now a research team led by UvA plant ... -
Horizon Europe grant for HappyMums
A large Horizon Europe consortium including neurobiologist Aniko Korosi from the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS-UvA) received a €10 million grant for the project HappyMums. With this grant they will aim ... -
ZonMW grant for large dementia consortium
Parties in the dementia field have joined forces within the new Dementia Research Programme. ZonMw honours four multidisciplinary research consortia, one of them is MODEM where our neuroscientists from the Swammerdam ... -
Epigenetics offers a new view on cancer treatment
Why does one cell in our body respond to a treatment, while another does not? The answer to this question could offer a breakthrough in the treatment of pathological, deregulated cells, as in the case of tumours. -
Science Park Open day: a report
On Saturday 1 October the halls were buzzing with excitement, wonder and enthusiasm on science! A regular day at Science Park, you'd say. Nothing was less true: it was the Science Park Open Day, part of the Weekend ... -
ERC Proof of Concept grant to control witchweed infection in maize
Plant Biologist Harro Bouwmeester from the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS-UvA) received a Proof of Concept Grant funded by the European Research Council (ERC) for the project LGSMAIZE. With this grant ... -
How do the first lineage decisions of cells take place during early embryogenesis?
A consortium studying how do the first lineage decisions of cells take place during early embryogenesis has recently been awarded an NWO ENW XL-grant. Renée van Amerongen and Thijs van Boxtel from the Swammerdam ... -
Camel feces diarrhea myth debunked
A story about the history of fecal transplantation that is often cited in the scientific and popular literature states that German soldiers in the Second World War treated dysentery with camel feces. A team of ...
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Research spinn-offs
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Education at the institute
SILS staff contributes to various Bachelor and Master programmes and is involved in supervising projects in the field of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Biomedical Sciences and Earth and Environmental Sciences.Read more
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