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Recap PhD Day 2026

08 October 2026
On 14 September, MERLN hosted its fifth PhD Day. This year’s symposium opened with an inspiring keynote talk by Barend Mons, Professor Emeritus at Leiden University and Founding Director of LIFES Ins…
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Sabine van Rijt appointed professor of Inorganic Nanomaterials for Regenerative Medicine

25 September 2026
This month, we celebrated the appointment of Sabine van Rijt as professor of Inorganic Nanomaterials for Regenerative Medicine at the faculty of Health, Medicine and life Science at Maastricht Univer…
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Dominik Schauenburg receives the NWO Open Technology Grant

24 September 2026
We are very happy to announce that MERLNs principal investigator Dominik Schauenburg has received the NWO Open Technology grant of €917,000. Together with Kevin Neumann of Radboud University he will…
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Virginie Joris received a ON/EORS Education Grant

24 September 2026
We are happy to announce that Virginie Joris received a ON/EORS Education Grant from the On Foundation at the at the 34th EORS Conference in Madrid.
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Celebrating the Emeritus of MERLN’s Founder, Clemens van Blitterswijk

11 September 2026
This September, MERLN will celebrate the emeritus of and the founder of the MERLN Institute, an inspiringscientist and entrepreneur: Clemens van Blitterswijk. Clemens is one of the leading…
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How MERLN creates biomedical magic

30 April 2026
2026 marks the 50th anniversary of Maastricht University. To celebrate this milestone, the MERLN community has been highlighted in a special feature on their website. Eight MERLN members show the div…
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TERMIS PhD Award for Sophia Dalfino and Carlos Peniche Silva

29 April 2026
We are happy to share that both Sophia Dalfino and Carlos Peniche Silva have each received the TERMIS-EU Doctoral Award 2026  for their thesis.  The TERMIS-EU Doctoral Award…
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Martijn van Griensven receives the ‘Career Achievement Award’ at TERMIS

22 April 2026
We are extremely proud to announce that Martijn van Griensven received the ‘Career Achievement Award’ at the TERMIS-EU 2026 Conference in Palma de Mallorca. During the award ceremony, Martijn share…
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David Kilian receives grant from NWO and the National Growth Fund

31 March 2026
We are proud to share that a consortium led by David Kilian has been awarded a research grant from NWO and the National Growth Fund’s Cellular Agriculture (CA) program for his project 'MeatUp –…
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