We warmly invite you to the AMS Annual Meeting on Thursday March 18, 2021! In connection with the current Covid situation the whole meeting will be online in GoMeet. GoMeet is an online campus environment where the participants can follow the organized events, use it to expand their network or just have a nice chat. We are proud to present professor dr. Annemieke Buizer (Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc) and mountaineer Jelle Staleman as this year’s keynote speakers. The AMS program directors will give an update from their various research programs, and there are two online poster sessions with pitches and new research results. Note the registration deadline of March 14, 2021, and be sure to register on time. The AMS Annual Meeting has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). In connection with the Annual Meeting inspiring workshops are organized, the next one is about RNA-seq analysis using the Amsterdam UMC core facilities: from the test-tube to functional interpretation. The other workshops are ‘Room for everyone’s talent’, ‘Research Integrity’ and ‘Automated video-based movement analysis using machine learning’, and finally ‘An Introduction to Bayesian Statistics with JASP’. Read the workshop abstracts.
Click to get the overview of the poster presentations and access the Book of Abstracts.
Richard Jaspers per February 9, 2021,appointed professor Molecular and Translational Exercise Physiology
As head of the Myology Laboratory, Richard Jaspers has extensive expertise in both basic and applied research on musculoskeletal tissue function and adaptation. His research spans multiple biological levels, from cell to organ to the whole body and translates mechanistic insights into strategies to improve movement performance in rehabilitation and sport. Throughout his career, Richard has demonstrated the ability to successfully collaborate in multidisciplinary teams. During the FGB New Year’s event he gave the Waterink lecture, entitled: Muscles make the man you can watch it here.
5 million Euro NWA-ORC grant awarded to hDMT researchers
The ambition of the hDMT researchers is is to provide game-changing technology to address presently intractable conditions of the immune system using three tissues as exemplars that will lead the way towards the identification of novel pathways for organs while reducing animal use.The lymphatic system plays a crucial role in our immune system, for example by regulating the immune response to pathogens. Lymphatic dysfunction underlies many diseases, and could determine the effectiveness of therapies, whether drug or stem-cell based. The LymphChip consortium will receive a total of almost 5 million Euros from the Dutch Research Agenda Research on Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC) for this purpose. With the contribution from the patient organizations, foundations and companies the total amount comes to 5.6 million Euro. The project is led by Dr. Valeria Orlova (LUMC), Prof. Christine Mummery (LUMC) and Prof. Sue Gibbs (VUMC).
ClimApp wins WMO International Weather Apps Award
ClimApp is a European project by Hein Daanen (AMS), Mireille Folkerts and Nicola Gerret in collaboration with colleagues from Danish and Swedish universities. The ClimApp is an advanced mobile phone app that integrates weather forecast data into human thermal balance models. It is a personalized app that predicts body reactions and takes individual factors into account. ClimApp can be downloaded for free from the App Store and Google Play. Read more.
News
NWO Revised Integral Call Planning Published in the Week of March, 15, 2021
At the moment, NWO's network is not accessible. The servers have been hacked. Currently, all efforts are focused on fixing the problem as soon as possible. A revised integral call planning will be published in the week of March 15, 2021. Until then, it will not be possible to reply to individual enquiries regarding specific calls. An update with the revised integral call planning will be published on the website.
One-stop shop for biobanks
If you want to set up a biobank or use materials from one of the biobanks for research, your application will first be assessed by the Toetsingscommissie Biobank (TcB) of the VUmc location or by the Biobank Toetsingscommissie (BTC) of the AMC location. From March 1, 2021, the procedure has been simplified and all applications run through a single counter (Research Manager) with the same application procedure. The portal makes submitting research files for testing easier. Data and documents can be filled in and uploaded completely digitally. More information and link to portal.
Meetings
VvBN symposium 'Moving as medicine'
"Moving as Medicine" is the title of the online VvBN (Vereniging voor Bewegingswetenschappen Nederland) Symposium, which includes the presentation of the 2020 VvBN dissertation prize, with three AMS candidates! Speakers: prof. dr. Hans Zwerver, UMC Groningen, SportsValley Hospital Gelderse Vallei, prof. dr. Richard Jaspers: VU Amsterdam, dr. Adrie Bouma, UMC Groningen. Prior to the online symposium the ALV of the VvBN will take place. Date: March 26, 2021. More information. Register.
PhD Acivities
Online Breakfast infosession 2021 Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
Are you interested in getting your own personal grant? Join the online online breakfast while learning whether the Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships are an option for you. These prestigious grants, aimed at postdocs or last year PhD students, are a great first option to consider. There are many possibilities and you might be eligible. April 8, 2021, 9:30-10:30. More information and registration.
Website PhD and courses for VU PhD candidates is live
Since February, all information for VU PhD candidates can be found on the renewed VUweb PhD. Furthermore, there is an overview of all courses for PhD candidates that have been made available by Graduate Schools, Faculties and Research Institutes. From Courses, Application, admission and funding to Dissertation submission & defense and from Doctorate regulations to Hora Finita and the Beadles Office: you will find everything you need and more.
Calls
The Amsterdam Science & Innovation Awards 2021 Do you have a research-based idea for a product, service or innovation with the potential to create impact in society? Register your idea for the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award (AmSIA) and have a chance to win one of three prizes of €10,000! The Award has 3 categories, inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Society, Health or Environment & Climate. AmSIA is an inclusive competition open to ideas from all research disciplines and domains. Deadline: April 5, 2021. More information and registration.
Academy Van Leersum Grant Are you looking for funding for a research project or a work visit abroad that will make an innovative contribution to neurological, radiological or pharmaceutical research in the Netherlands? The KNAW Academy Van Leersum Grant might be of interest. The research project or work visit abroad must be for a minimum of one and a maximum of four consecutive months. Subject to certain conditions, the fund will cover travel expenses (round trip), accommodation abroad and a cost-of-living allowance. Eligible applicants are PhD students or researchers who got their PhD no more than four years ago. Master students are not eligible. Deadline: May 1, 2021. More information.
Upcoming PhD Dissertations
24/3/2021: Gabriëlle Dijksteel (Faculty of Science): Potential novel antimicrobial therapies for burn wounds: peptides and cold plasma | online | Livestream; 11:45;
29/3/2021: Amir Kachooei (Faculty of Science): Sequelae Of Injuries Of The Lateral Compartment Of The Elbow Assesment And Possible Solutions | Agnietenkapel | UvA | 14:00;
