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Sangita Swapnasrita receives MDR Young Talent Incentive

19 July 2021
Congratulations to Sangita Swapnasrita who is is one of three recipients of the MDR Young Talent Incentive! The goal of the incentives MDR program is to shape future Regenerative Medicine leade…
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Paul Wieringa receives NWO Demonstrator grant

08 July 2021
Congratulations to Paul Wieringa for receiving an NWO Demonstrator grant for his FiberCyte project!  The FiberCyte project aims to further showcase a recently developed scaffold templating appr…
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MERLN Outreach: Regenerative medicine lecture at Bernardinuscollege

29 June 2021
MERLN was invited to give a lecture on regenerative medicine at the Bernardinuscollege in Heerlen. During their Academic Skills Day, high school students followed lectures and workshops fr…
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Mor Dickman and Vanessa LaPointe receive ZonMw Open Competition grant

18 June 2021
Congratulations to Mor Dickman and Vanessa LaPointe who, together with Jo Huiqing Zhou from Radboud University, have received the ZonMw Open Competition grant for their CorneaRegID project. The…
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Vanessa LaPointe featured in Observant article on Recognition and Rewards

03 June 2021
Vanessa LaPointe was interviewed for the Observant, Maastricht University's independent weekly newspaper, on the Recognition and Rewards strategy that MERLN applies to its tenure track. Thi…
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MERLN visits Porta Mosana high school for guest lecture on regenerative medicine

28 May 2021
In our ongoing partnership with the Porta Mosana high school in Maastricht, the MERLN outreach team organized a guest lecture for students in the 5th year of VWO. In the lecture, Floor Ruit…
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Vanessa LaPointe elected to University Council as part of LEAD party

27 May 2021
Congratulations to Vanessa LaPointe who has been elected as a representative of academic staff in the UM University Council. She participated in the elections as a member of the new party LEAD (Leade…
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Rodolfo de la Vega Amador receives ASGCT travel award

07 May 2021
Congratulations to Rodolfo de la Vega Amador who received the Underrepresented Minority Travel Award from the American Society of Gene + Cell Therapy (ASGCT). The award consists of a travel…
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Sangita Swapnasrita received her PhD!

03 May 2021
Sangita Swapnasrita has successfully defended her research thesis at the University of Bremen on April 30 and has now officially obtained her PhD degree! Her thesis entitled "Direct Simulation Monte…
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