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Sabine van Rijt receives ERC Grant for research on biomaterials

06 February 2023
Congratulations to Sabine van Rijt who has received a prestigious ERC Consolidator grant of two million euros for her research project Nano4Bone! Her team is developing biomaterials for use in the t…
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Sangita Swapnasrita receives Kolff+ grant from Dutch Kidney Foundation

20 January 2023
Congratulations to Sangita Swapnasrita who received a Kolff+ grant from the Dutch Kidney Foundation. The project focuses on the development of a device that should enable a new wa…
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It's Christmas time again at MERLN!

16 December 2022
After two years of pandemic, the traditional MERLN Xmas lunch is back again! During this potluck lunch dishes from around the world are prepared by our researchers who apparently are excellent chefs…
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Bioprinting in space with Pathfinder grant received by Lorenzo Moroni

16 December 2022
MERLN has recently obtained an exciting new grant from the Horizon Europe 2027 program of the European Community, under the Pathfinder Open scheme that will bring new bioprinting technologies to the…
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Maastricht Young Academy grant awarded to Niloofar Tahmasebi

14 December 2022
We would like to congratulate Giuditta Perversi from the Faculty of Science and Engineering and Niloofar Tahmasebi Birgani who won this year’s Maastricht Young Academy Interdisciplinary Grant…
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Clemens van Blitterswijk 2023 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal Recipient

12 December 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Clemens van Blitterswijk who is the recipient of the 2023 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal. This award recognizes demonstrated leadership in the field of Science and Engine…
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Aurélie Carlier promoted to Associate Professor

06 December 2022
Congratulations to Aurélie Carlier who has been promoted to Associated Professor in MERLN! As a newly appointed associate professor in a mixed education-research profile, Aurélie would like to conti…
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Erik Vrij receives NWO Open Competition XS grant

17 November 2022
Congratulations to Erik Vrij who has received an NWO Open Competition Grant for his project entitled "A force for fertility". The research will focus on the use of synthetic hydrogels to investigate…
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CSI: Maastricht - Solving crimes!

25 October 2022
MERLN turned into a crime scene investigation lab again last week! We invited two classes from primary school Scharn in Maastricht to help us out with investigating a murder that took place in the ME…
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