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Physicist Davide Iannuzzi awarded ERC PoC grant for project involving cervical cancer screening device
Davide Iannuzzi, a physicist at VU Amsterdam, has been awarded a Proof of Concept grant by the European Research Council (ERC), for the DIADEPH project. He plans to use this €150,000 research grant to explore ways of commercializing a new, non-invasive gynaecological device that can improve population screening for cervical cancer by excluding cancer before […]
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Slimme bokszak wint Dutch Sports Innovation Award 2020
VU startup Sports-f(x) is uitgeroepen tot winnaar van de 12e Dutch Sports Innovation Award 2020. Oprichter Nilas van Woersem ontving de prijs uit handen van jurylid Jan Hoefnagels voor de NextRound Boxing Bag, een slimme bokszak die direct feedback geeft. De Dutch Sports Innovation Award is de stimuleringsprijs voor een innovatief en kansrijk product of […]
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LUMICKS and LAVA Therapeutics enter collaboration to characterize its tumor-specific γδ T-cell engagers
In their quest of creating safe and effective immunotherapy cancer treatments, VU spinoff LUMICKS and Amsterdam UMC spinoff LAVA Therapeutics joined forces. The partnership aims to evaluate the efficacy of various tumor-specific γδ T-cell engagers based on the resulting binding strengths (cell avidity) between T cells and tumors, measured with LUMICKS newly installed z-Movi® Cell […]
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High Tech NL visiting IXA online
On December 9, IXA organized an online event in which the members of High Tech NL, the branch organization of High Tech companies and organizations, visited spin-off initiatives in the area of sensors and AI in the Amsterdam region, like Optics11 (Spin-off VU, that uses his knowledge in fiber optics and acoustics in various applications) […]
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Plantics develops chair that absorbs more C02 than it emits
The sustainable chairs are developed by UvA spin-off Plantics in collaboration with furniture manufacturer VepaDrentea. The seat is made of hemp and resin, both of which are completely organic, platy and recyclable. UvA researchers Prof. Gadi Rothenberg and Dr. Albert Alberts accidentally found a sticky mass in their search for a biofuel from biological waste […]
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Exploring societal impact: “You need to listen and be flexible.”
Springer Nature Group is interviewing researchers about their experiences of creating societal impact through research. Read the interview with Jutka Halberstadt, assistant professor at the Department of Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and the Dutch national project manager of Care for Obesity. She works on the improvement of care for children with obesity in order […]
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Amsterdam UMC TKI-PPP call closed: 50 applications received
In September 2020 the call for the Amsterdam UMC TKI grant 2021 opened. The pre-application closed on November 20. Knowing that applying requires a serious effort of the researchers, we were very happy and proud to receive a total of 50 applications. There is an amount of 8 – 9 million euros available to be […]
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Humanities Bootcamp succesvol
Eind november hebben studenten van VU en UvA de Humanities Bootcamp succesvol afgerond, een initiatief van Humanities Lab, ACE en IXA. In een intensief programma leerden de beginnende ondernemers de basics over het starten van een eigen bedrijf. Winnaar van de pitchwedstrijd aan het einde van de week is UvA student muziekwetenschappen Sydney Schelvis die […]
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New physics2market projects funded
The physics2market fund has awarded 10 to 35k euros to five astonishing projects. The projects cover gas sensing in stables, a laboratory facility, SMIs, COVID-19 virus and 3D-printing. The physics2market fund will enabling researchers to make a first step in collaborating with an industrial partner. Gas sensing in stables Marcel van der Horst (HvA) has […]
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Stairway to Impact Award and Rabo Sustainable Innovation Award for Chris Slootweg & SusPhos
Chemist Chris Slootweg of the University of Amsterdam receives the very first Stairway to Impact Award from Dutch funding agency NWO. Slootweg developed a process to recover phosphate from waste streams, such as sewage, and upcycle it so it becomes suitable for high-end industrial applications. SusPhos has only been around since 2019, but the start-up […]
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