Medicine and Life Sciences
Making homes more sustainable leads to better health for children
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Less protein, less nitrogen: what does that mean for methane?
Does feeding less protein over a longer period not only reduce nitrogen losses, but also affect methane emissions? Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) investigated this in a multi-year study with dairy cows, funded by the Vereniging Diervoederonderzoek Nederland (VDN), LVVN and the Melkveefonds.
Microbial ancestor of complex life was more sophisticated than previously thought
The molecular building blocks that make up the cells of humans, animals and plants so sophisticated appear to be older than scientists previously assumed. They were already present in our single-celled ancestor that lived 2.5 billion years ago.
Paternal mitochondria turn out to be less rare than thought
Mitochondria in plants can be inherited from the father more often than expected. The findings come from Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPIMP) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
Early interactions between siblings shape social skills
Photo: Jaime Culebras How young animals interact with their siblings during their first months of life determines their social skills later on. This is shown by experimental research on the tropical freshwater fish Neolamprologus pulcher, published in PNAS.
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Postdoc on Marine Pollution, Mixture Toxicology and One Health Modelling Utrecht University
PhD candidate on Interprofessional Learning and Team Resilience through the Electronic Health Record Maastricht University
PhD Position Monitoring and Control of Bench-scale CHO Cell Culture Delft University of Technology
Project Coordinator with QM responsibility (80–100%) CK-CARE AG, Davos Wolfgang
Promovendus voor het project Digitale zelfzorg bij mensen met ernstige psychische kwetsbaarheid Maastricht University
Research Assistant on Development of Human Communication at the Donders Centre for Cognition Radboud University
Vici Grant for Esther Aarts to study how the gut shapes the brain in overeating
Jeannette Hofmeijer awarded ¤1.5 million Vici grant for coma recovery research
Sanne Boesveldt awarded Vici grant to study how smell influences health and eating behaviour
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