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MERLN Develops the First Model for Monozygotic Twinning

09 April 2024
Scientists at Maastricht UMC+ and the MERLN Institute have succeeded in growing an embryo structure of human identical twins purely from stem cells, bypassing the need for egg or sperm cells. This ad…
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'Collaborative Horizons:​ Shared Discoveries in Regenerative Medicine' Conference

30 March 2024
This autumn, the MERLN Institute will celebrate its 10th anniversary. For this special occasion we are organizing an international conference to celebrate our science together with key opinion leader…
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Berta Cillero-Pastor receives a grant from NWO and Dutch Arthritis Society

29 February 2024
We are happy to announce that Berta Cillero-Pastor received a prestigious grant from NWO and the Dutch Arthritis Society for the project CircBioCare: Circulating epigenetic a…
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Rald Groven wins Column Prize

07 February 2024
Last month, PhD Candidate Rald Groven won a prize for his column for the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery. In the column Rald described the combination of scientific work with clini…
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Sabine van Rijt elected as TERMIS EU Council Member

06 February 2024
On the 16th of January, the TERMIS President Tony Weiss announced their newly elected Officers and Council members. MERLNs Principal Investigator Sabine van Rijt will be supporting the TERMIS-EU Coun…
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Obituary Prof. Klaas de Groot

23 January 2024
Very sad news has reached us on the passing of Professor Klaas de Groot on the 15th of January. Klaas is a founding father of the Biomaterial field and has contributed in so many ways to br…
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Lorenzo Moroni elected as Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering

13 December 2023
Last week, our Scientific Director Prof. dr. Lorenzo Moroni was elected as “Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE)”. This is the highest honor the global biomaterials community can bes…
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Interview about brand-new bachelor in Regenerative Medicine and Technology

01 November 2023
Since September 2023, Maastricht University offers a bachelor in Regenerative Medicine and Technology. Coordinator of the new bachelor Jurica Bauer and Lab Manager Timo Rademakers share their enthusi…
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Martijn van Griensven elected as president of the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery

01 November 2023
Martijn van Griensven has been elected as president of the section basic research from the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery (Sektion für Grundlagenforschung der Deutschen Gesellscha…
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