Recent nieuws
VU and World Wide Web foundation win prestigious news price
12-09-11With a project proposal to facilitate journalism in rural Africa through a combination of Web, mobile telephony and voice services, the VU won the International Press Prize. http://www.ipinewscontest.org
Prof. dr. Piet Mulders and Prof. dr. Beatriz Noheda elected to APS fellowship
12-02-11Council of the American Physical Society has eleceted Prof. dr. Piet Mulders, Theoretical Physics, and Prof. dr. Beatriz Noheda, former Postdoc at Condenced Matter group, to APS Fellowship.
DAS4 Performs Excellent on GRAPH500
11-30-11At the yearly top conference on Supercomputing in Seattle (12-18 November) it was announced that the DAS-4 cluster computer of the VU Computer Science department scores an honourable 16th place in the new Graph500 list. The DAS-4 cluster is only topped by machines that have much more CPU power and memory available, which indicates that DAS-4 is a very efficient platform for research on graphs.
Enade Istyastono wins Henk Timmerman Award
11-25-11PhD student Enade Istyastono of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry obtained the prestigious Henk Timmerman Award for his research on computational medicinal chemistry. The Henk Timmerman Award honors outstanding young Indonesian researchers who are working in the area of pharmaceutical sciences.
Honorary doctorate for FEW professor Nico Vermeulen
11-24-11Honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen for research into side-effects of drugs
Concrete construction makes gastric flu virus so strong
11-21-11Physicists from the VU University Amsterdam and the FOM Foundation have discovered where the gastric flu virus gets is exceptional strength from. The virus has a prestressed structure. That is the same principle used to reinforce concrete constructions: the metal wires of the reinforcement are stretched so that tension develops, which in turn pulls together the entire structure. The tension counteracts external forces that try to stretch the concrete. Knowledge about the mechanical structure of the gastric flu virus opens up possibilities for new anti-viral drugs and extra strong artificial nanoparticles.
Therapeutic nanobody discovered by VU Medicinal Chemists enters clinical trials
11-07-11Researchers from the VU Division Medicinal Chemistry (led by Prof. Martine Smit and Prof. Rob Leurs) and the Belgian Biotech company Ablynx have discovered the first llama-derived single chain antibody (nanobody) targeting the CXCR4 chemokine receptor, a protein that plays a key regulatory role in hematopoietic stem cell trafficking. Ablynx has developed and initiated a Phase I clinical trial in healthy volunteers with the therapeutic nanobody ALX-0651, for use in stem cell mobilisation. ALX-0651 is the first Nanobody in clinical trials targeting a GPCR, a target class that has proven to be difficult to address with conventional antibodies.
Nico Vermeulen in 'The International Year of Chemistry 2011'
10-31-11Interview with Nico Vermeulen for the 'The International Year of Chemistry 2011'
iGEM-team Amsterdam wins competition
10-31-11The iGEM-team Amsterdam (students of VU University and UvA) has won the iGEM jamboree.
Celebrating 30 Years of Informatics Education in Amsterdam
10-25-11A joint meeting of VU University Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam on December 2nd 2011.
Andy Tanenbaum Doctor Honoris Causa of Petru Maior University
10-11-11Professor Doctor Andy Tanenbaum was awarded an honorary doctorate of the Petru Maior University in Romania on friday the 7th of October for his lifetime achievements in the field of computer science. The title of Doctor Honoris Causa is the highest distinction to be offered by an academic institution.
Dr. Maarten Honing appointed Professor in Drug Discovery Analytics
10-10-11The Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (CPS) at VU University Amsterdam has appointed Dr. Maarten Honing at the Special Chair ‘Drug Discovery Analytics’. With this special chair the department is aiming at reinforcement of new initiatives in research and education programmes of the Department in areas covered by Analytical Chemistry and Drug Discovery, Development and Safety.
Proof of Content grant for Davide Iannuzzi
10-07-11The ERC Proof-of-Concept grant is a new funding scheme reserved to ERC grant holders who want to investigate the innovation potential of ideas arising from their ERC-funded frontier research projects. Dr. Davide Iannuzzi (Physics and Astronomy) is selected for granting for a budget of €150.000.
Proof of Concept grant for Andy Tanenbaum
10-07-11Prof. Andy Tanenbaum recieved a Proof of Concept grant from the European Research Council for his project about moving the MINIX 3 system (www.minix3.org) to the ARM processor. The Proof of Concept grant is for 150.000 euro.
