Cell & Systems Biology
The Cell and Systems Biology theme studies the dynamic and multi-scale complexity of living systems.
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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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Rubicon grants for three UvA researchers
Three young researchers from the UvA and Amsterdam UMC will receive Rubicon grants from NWO and ZonMW, it has been announced. The grants will allow them to further their research at an institution abroad. -
Harrold van den Burg named professor by special appointment in Phytopathology
Harrold van den Burg, VP Innovation for Crops at the plant research company KeyGene, has been appointed professor by special appointment of Phytopathology, with a special focus on plant virology at the University of ... -
National Growth Fund reserves €200 million for Holomicrobiome research consortium
For the first time, a research collaboration between education and private and public partners will conduct large-scale research into the way in which fungi, bacteria and viruses affect the entire Dutch food system, ... -
National Growth Fund reserves €200 million for Holomicrobiome research
For the first time, a research collaboration between educational and private and public partners will conduct large-scale research into how fungi, bacteria and viruses affect the entire Dutch food system, from field ... -
NWO Vidi grants for 13 UvA and Amsterdam UMC researchers
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants worth a maximum of €800,000 each to 13 researchers from the UvA and Amsterdam UMC. The grants will enable the laureates to develop their own innovative lines ... -
Architects of their own destruction: why do tobacco hornworm caterpillars attract their own predators?
The relationship between caterpillars and plants is incredibly complex and can give rise to fascinating mysteries. One such conundrum involves tobacco hornworm caterpillars and their interaction with the plants on ... -
OrganoidNL 2023
On March 31st, 2023, the first OrganoidNL Symposium was organized at the AMOLF institute in Amsterdam. This one-day event brought together researchers from across the Netherlands with an interest in embryo-like ... -
NWO Rubicon grants for two talented UvA researchers
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced Rubicon grants for two researchers who recently obtained their PhDs at the UvA. Matthijs Oude Lohuis and Steef Smit both obtained their doctorates in 2022 at the Faculty ... -
Eight Marie Curie Fellowships from European Commission for research at the UvA
Eight talented academics will receive Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Fellowships from the European Commission to conduct research at the UvA, it has been announced. -
UvA biologists develop new record bright red fluorescent protein
Fluorescent proteins are widely used in biological research to make all kinds of cell types or structures visible. Think of, for example, stem cells or proteins related to cancer. A research team from the University ...
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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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