The annual meeting is planned for Thursday March 18, 2021, and in connection with the current Covid situation the whole meeting will be online.
We are proud to present professor dr. Annemieke Buizer (Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc) as one of the keynote speakers! There will be online poster presentations and discussions, as well as updates from the five AMS research programs. Finally we have several new awards for talented young academics (see below), and we encourage you to take part! Accreditation has been requested. Registration is now open, register here.
Call for posters!
We invite all AMS researchers to submit their poster for the online poster session. Find the criteria here.
Call for papers!
We invite AMS PhD candidates and MA-students to submit their best paper for the ‘AMS Outstanding Paper Award’, click here to find the criteria.
Prize Societal Outreach talents
As of 2021 AMS will award a prize in the field of societal outreach activities, to highlight the importance of these activities and to encourage young academics to participate in societal outreach activities. Consult our criteria and note that the list is not exhaustive.
Note the deadline for application for all papers, posters and prizes are February 1, 2021.
Workshops
In connection with the 4th AMS Annual Research Meeting we offer monthly workshops on various subjects within the movement theme, of interest to both senior and junior researchers.The workshops are (mainly) planned for the last Thursday of the month, starting at 16:00 hrs.
The first workshop is on February 18, 2021 and is by the Amsterdam Bone Center: a multidisciplinary clinical and research initiative presenting and brainstorming about apparently insolvable bone defects. The workshop will focus on hard-to-treat large bone defects. In the workshop, presented by a multidisciplinary team, innovative developments are highlighted and open questions are discussed. From a clinical to research perspective and back! Register now! Save-the-Date: February 18, 2021, 16:00 - 17:30.
Program:
16.00-16.20 When fractures not heal: Prof dr. Peter Kloen, Orthopedic Surgery;
16.20-16.40 Clinical Considerations regarding Treatment of segmental bone defects: Jan Maerten Smit, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery;
16.40-17.00 Large craniofacial reconstructions using 3D printing technologies: current practice and future options. Marco Helder, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery;
17.00 Discussion, followed by Closure.
MSH Seminar on Low Back Pain
You are all warmly invited to the MSH seminar on Low Back Pain. Speakers: Professor Chris Maher and Professor Jaap van Dieen. Professor Maher’s research interests centre on management of musculoskeletal conditions in primary care, and he is one of the highest ranked researchers in this field. He is director at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health. Chris presents some of his recent work on low back pain in the emergency department (ED) and he shares his experience of conducting the SHaPED tial (n= 4,625 patients!!) across four EDs in New South Wales, Australia. Professor Van Dieen’s research interests concentrate on the effects of ageing, musculoskeletal and neurological disorders on human movement with as main focus the stability of posture and gait. Jaap is head of the department of Human Movement Sciences, FGB, VU Amsterdam. He presents future ideas on an ambitious research proposal for the NWA (National Dutch Research Agenda).
The Program Board of the AMS Program Tissue Function and Regeneration cordially invites you to participate in an online round table meeting on February 4, 2021. There will be a discussion on the three main themes of muscle and tendon, soft connective tissue and mineralized tissue. Finally there will a discussion on how to set up translational research projects with a multi-disciplinary team.
Advance registration (Note registration deadline of January 22, 2021).
AMS News
New AMS Website!
On December 16, 2020 a new website was launched for AMS. The aim of the website is to share different aspects of the AMS research community, such as the research member profiles, the research highlights and the five research programs. All five AMS research programs are presented with their program boards and research highlights, and all affiliated researchers. The website is a tool to showcase the cooperation between the different parties VU and Amsterdam UMC. Furthermore the annual reports are available to download, including the 2019 annual report. The website has an excellent search engine, if you are looking for experts on a specific topic. AMS researchers can present their research focus and highlights via their Pure profile where new publications are added automatically. An up-to-date personal page provides clear visibility for you as AMS researcher and should help others find you.
All AMS researchers asked to please complete or update your personal profile via Pure. Amsterdam UMC researchers can visit intranet for information about how to get started with Pure. If there are queries about your personal page, please contact the web team of Amsterdam UMC. Note that an incomplete personal page on the website is due to an incomplete profile in Pure, and the system needs 24 hours to update any profile changes. VU researchers can find instructions for managing their Pure profile on the VU website. For Pure related questions, VU researchers can contact the UBVU PURE support.
News
Annual Report AMS available We are proud to present the AMS Annual Report for 2019. The report gives a great impression of the outstanding research carried out by AMS researchers at ACTA, Amsterdam UMC and VU University Amsterdam. Visit the AMS website to scroll through the report.
Can medication for burn patients be useful for COVID-19 sufferers? Paul van Zuijlen of the Burn Center in Beverwijk is investigating whether a medication for burn patients can also be used to treat Covid-19 patients. This involves alkaline phosphatase, which reduces the risk of inflammation in burn patients. In order to "balance" the immune system of burn patients and minimize the risk of complications, they are given alkaline phosphatase. Read more on the AMS website.
NWO Take-off Grant for Richard Jaspers
The Take-off grant has been awarded for the project 'Sound Tomics'. Imaging and measuring organs and anatomical structures is of great importance for adequate diagnosis and to be able to follow effects of treatments. To do this properly in the case of muscles, the availability of a 3D image is important. This is possible with MRI, but apart from the fact that this technique is too expensive for a physiotherapist, there is also a limitation in the position in which it can be measured. Read more abut this on the AMS website.
NWO Take-off Grant for David Mann
The development of athletes in team sports can be accelerated by the use of virtual training tools. These training tools are especially promising for the improvement of tactical skills. In this project a virtual 3D room (VROOM) is developed to enable tactical training within soccer by using an extended reality (XR) training tool that displays soccer situations in a 3D space. The VROOM tracks the position of the soccer player and has custom algorithms that allow computer-generated avatars to interact with the athlete in real time, thus providing an interactive individualized learning environment. More information (in Dutch).
PhD Acivities
Training PhD success and personal efficacy
As a starting PhD candidate, you have to become familiar with your area of research in a short time, and learn how to determine the path you will follow. In this training, you learn to set your own goals, to develop a strategy for realizing them and to communicate about them.The training will take place within a period of approx. 6 weeks and consists of 3 modules of 2 days each. The training covers the following:Time and project management, Communicating convincingly with others, including supervisor, and Presenting to different types of audiences.This intensive training is largely based on practical exercises.The training is meant for VU PhD graduates. Dates and more information.
Explore entrepreneurship Are you curious about entrepreneurship and do you want to know what it takes to start your own company? Sign up for the Explore Entrepreneurship program: a three-day event initiated by VU, Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (IXA) and executed by ACE Incubator (ACE). The program offers a unique opportunity to learn the basics of venture creation and to explore ways to transform your innovation into a business idea. The program is open to PhDs at VU and teams will be formed during the program. The course is open to VU, ACTA and VUmc PhD candidates.Dates: February 17, 19 & 26, 2021, 13.00-17.30 (approximately). Location: online.
Calls
Third Poster Prize vPPTR Congress 2020 for Puck Alkemade
Puck Alkemade is a PhD candidate of Environmental Exercise Physiology at the department of Human Movement Sciences, VU Amsterdam. She won the prize at the virtual 8th International Conference on the Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation (vPPTR 2020). The purpose of the vPPTR 2020 meeting is to bring together scientists with an interest in temperature regulation and pharmacology in various species, across a broad range of themes. The title of her poster is: Body dimensions influence the magnitude of heat acclimation adaptations by Alkemade, P., Gerrett, N., Eijsvogels, T., Daanen, H.
Meetings
BioBusiness Winter School 2021
Are you interested to pursue your career in the European Life Sciences industry and do you want to gain more insight in important business topics?The 3 day program taking place online on is a balance between theoretical sessions focusing on key knowledge of main business topics and interactive sessions with business leaders giving their insights in the world of European Life Sciences companies. A great way for MScs, PhDs and postdocs considering a career switch from academia to industry. Dates: 3-5 February 2021. More information. Registration deadline January 22, 2021.
Vacancy
Vacancy for RDM consultant / developer AI
Amsterdam UMC is hiring a Research Data Management consultant / developer Artificial Intelligence. In this new position, you will support AI researchers and contribute to raising awareness for and implementation of the importance of RDM in AI-research. Aim is to generate reproducible and reusable data and software, according to the FAIR principles. You will do this in close collaboration with RDM colleagues, the Centre for High Performance Computing & AI and the department of Medical Informatics. More information.
Upcoming PhD Dissertations
25/1/2021: Carolina H.Y. Ling (FGB): Sarcopenia: Its pathophysiology, diagnosis, risk factors and associated mortality outcome | Zoom Meeting | 9:45;
27/1/2021: Abdelali Bentohami (Amsterdam UMC, location AMC):Fractures of the distal radius; epidemiology, treatment and outcome | Zoom Meeting | 10:00;
29/1/2020: Elisabeth Nyasha Mutubuki (Faculty of Science): The economics of low back pain | Zoom Meeting | 13:45;
5/2/2021: Markus Rieger (FGB): To fall or not to fall? A question of pertubation training. | Zoom Meeting | 9:45.
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