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Toby Kiers receives Ammodo Science Award 2019

Toby Kiers, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the Faculty of Science of the VU, is one of the winners of the Ammodo Science Award 2019.

NRF-Nuffic Doctoral Fellowship for Theoretical Chemist Bryan P. Moloto

Bryan P Moloto has been awarded an NRF-Nuffic split-site doctoral fellowship for a joint research project between the groups of Professor Matthias...

Applying simple models for understanding complex systems

VU physicists Antonio Costa, Greg Stephens and colleague Tosif Ahamed from the University of Okinawa, Japan, investigated how simple models can be used as...

Philip Ward appointed Full Professor of Global Water Risk Dynamics

Philip Ward, researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies-VU (IVM-VU), has been appointed Full Professor of Global Water Risk Dynamics at the...

European grants for test method development to identify endocrine disruptors

The department Environment & Health of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam receives over 3 million euros from the European Research and Innovation programme...

Novel genetic risk factors discovered for Alzheimer’s disease

A large-scale international study discovered novel genetic risk loci for Alzheimer’s disease.

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