by Mark Wijzenbroek | Feb 8, 2010 | News
A research team led by Louis Vermeulen from the AMC and Prof. Peter Sloot from the Science Faculty of the UvA revealed how recently discovered Cancer Stem Cells play a crucial role in fundamental properties of tumors. In the latest issue of the renowned Cancer...
by Mark Wijzenbroek | Jan 26, 2010 | News
A five year NWO VIDI grant of about € 800,000 was awarded to Marten Postma on November 2009. A five year NWO VIDI grant of about € 800,000 was awarded to Marten Postma on November 2009. The personal grant allows Marten Postma -who will be the project leader- to...
by Mark Wijzenbroek | Dec 2, 2009 | News
The University of Amsterdam will receive a 4-CPU vector supercomputer (SX-8) from NEC to stimulate computational research and education at the UvA. This machine will be specifically used for computer simulations to improve our understanding of two major diseases:...
by Mark Wijzenbroek | Nov 9, 2009 | News
Peter Sloot has best succeeded in bringing the results of ICT research to the attention of the general public. For this he has received the “I/O Award” at SIREN 2009. Peter Sloot received the I/O Award 2009 for the media attention that he generated for his...
by Mark Wijzenbroek | Oct 29, 2009 | News
Virolab (www.virolab.org) is a distributed computer system that provides decision support for Medical Doctors when deciding in what drugs to use for HIV/AIDS patients. Peter Sloot leads the project and talks about the spectacular results obtained. Friday June 29h:...
by Mark Wijzenbroek | Sep 30, 2009 | News
Carlos Tamulonis received the Best Poster Award for his poster entitled “Morphometrics & mechanics in Nematostella gastrulation” during the International Workshop on the evolution of multicellularity: insights from Hydra and other basal metazoans at...
