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Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica (FNWI) van @UvA_Amsterdam. Nieuws & actualiteiten uit de bèta- en levenswetenschappen. NL & English.
Science Park 904, Amsterdam
Joined November 2011
UvA-onderzoekers proberen taalmodellen transparanter, betrouwbaarder en menselijker te maken: https://t.co/wVFwHD74UL
@UvA_Science @illc_amsterdam @wzuidema
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For technical reasons we are not able to connect with researchers from our faculty on LinkedIn using the company page. So if you have a post there that you believe may be interesting to spread on the faculty page, please mention us!
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What can you expect there? - our latest science news - stories about & from our research(ers) - updates on important faculty-wide developments - events for the broader scientific community & general audiences - nice pictures of our great campus at the Amsterdam Science Park 😄
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As you may have noticed, we have not been very active on X lately. For various reasons we have decided to phase out our presence here & switch to LinkedIn. So if you want to stay engaged with what's going on at our Faculty, please follow us there:
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UvA Faculty of Science | 2,073 followers on LinkedIn. Connecting science in a changing world | Researchers and students at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Science are fascinated by every...
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UvA zet nieuwe stap om quantum-ambities @UvA_Science en @IoP_UvA te kunnen realiseren en kiest ontwerp van architectenbureau cepezed voor nieuwbouw LabQ @AdamSciencePark👇 https://t.co/luFSjvKazV
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Het architectenbureau cepezed heeft de aanbesteding gewonnen voor het ontwerp van de nieuwbouw van het innovatieve LabQ van de UvA .Een grote stap voor de quantum-ambities van de FNWI en partners.
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❓"Waarom gapen we?" 🥱vroeg Karl (28) De aan de @UniLeiden afgestudeerde Cognitieve gedragsbioloog Evy van Berlo van de @UvA_Amsterdam gaf antwoord 🩶 @BerloEvy @UvA_Science @AmsterdamBrain @kennisstad071 #gapen #slaap
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Onderzoekers van @IBED_UvA hebben gemeten op welke afstand van boerderijen stikstof neerslaat. Zo'n 10% slaat neer binnen een sttraal van 100 meter; de rest komt in de 'stikstofdeken'. Dit is in lijn met eerder onderzoek en de modellen van het RIVM.
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In opdracht van het Mesdag Zuivelfonds hebben onderzoekers van de Universiteit van Amsterdam gemeten in welke cirkel rond melkveebedrijven de uitgestoten stikstof neerkomt. Verreweg het grootste deel...
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Highlighted vacancy: @UvA_Science (FNWI) is looking for a Full/Associate Professor in AI and Computational Technologies for Science. More information: https://t.co/2780Ii89bU Deadline: Sept. 27, 2023
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In case you missed this news last August, for sustainability reasons the UvA will stop offering disposable cups for coffee and tea as of today. We'll be giving away free reusable cups to students this week. Employees can read more on our intranet:
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A warm "welcome back" to all staff & students on this first day of the new academic year! We rolled out the traditional red carpet for you, and there's free barista coffee for everyone at the stand next to our main entrance :)
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'Het gezegde "alle kleine beetjes helpen" gaat niet op bij klimaatverandering' Artikel van Gadi Rothenberg, hoogleraar @UvA_Science over de #energietransitie in @Chem2W van maart 2023.
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This discovery grabbed quite a bit of headlines last week: a new type of star gives clues to the mysterious origin of magnetars. Great work by, amongst others, @Tomer_Shenar of @uva_api
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Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the Universe. These super-dense dead stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields can be found all over our galaxy but astronomers don’t know exactly how they form....
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Nieuw soort ster geeft aanwijzingen over mysterieuze oorsprong van magnetars. Onderzoek van Tomer Shenar (@uva_amsterdam) in @sciencemagazine. Nieuwsbericht met links: https://t.co/4rUN4HHdmX Beeld: (c) @ESO/L. Calçada Cc: @uva_api @uva_science
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Congratulations to Jay Armas @jay_jacome for winning this prestigious and well-deserved prize!! @UvA_Amsterdam @UvA_Science
This afternoon at #epshep23 in Hamburg, Jacome (Jay) Armas of @IoP_UvA @UvA_Amsterdam received the prestigeous EPS HEP outreach prize from @EuroPhysSoc for Science and Cocktails! Fantastic achievement, congratulations Jay! (And sorry for the poor picture)
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In order to combat ever worsening environmental crises, modern-day chemists need to broaden their horizon and consider the effects of chemistry beyond the lab, argue Hannah Flerlage and @ChrisSlootweg in a recent comment in Nature Reviews Chemistry:
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In a comment in Nature Reviews Chemistry, PhD student Hannah Flerlage and associate professor Chris Slootweg of the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences argue that...
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Rothenberg and his colleague Albert Alberts were actually on a quest to develop a new biofuel when they stumbled upon a 'sticky mess' that turned out to be a 100% biobased plastic. In 2021 the first furniture created with their material saw the light:
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‘Such a thing doesn't exist,’ UvA researchers Gadi Rothenberg and Albert Alberts repeatedly heard when they accidentally discovered 100% bioplastic in 2010. Now ten years later, in collaboration with...
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UvA spin-off company Plantics has enabled the development of a highly sustainable, 'no-waste' kitchen. Created by NoWa Kitchen, the cradle-to-cradle design uses a 100% plant-based polymer discovered by Gadi Rothenberg of @HimsUva :
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The Dutch company NoWa Kitchen presented its newest kitchen featuring only bio-based materials and a sustainable cradle-to-cradle design. A key enabler for the kitchen are plant-based polymers and...
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Congratulations to Esther Alarcón Lladó @3dPV_group @_amolf on being named professor by special appointment in Nano-electrochemistry and Renewable Energy Materials. https://t.co/t1kRilKbkD
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Dr Esther Alarcón Lladó (1982) has been named professor by special appointment in Nano-electrochemistry and Renewable Energy Materials at the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam (UvA)....
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Harrold van den Burg is named professor by special appointment in Phytopathology @SILS_UvA. Van den Burg is VP Innovation for Crops at KeyGene. The chair was established to bridge the gap between academic research & the international agrifood business:
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Harrold van den Burg, VP Innovation for Crops at the plant research company KeyGene, has been appointed professor by special appointment of Phytopathology, with a special focus on plant virology at...
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The Dutch National Growth Fund has earmarked €200 million for a new consortium led by Marten Smidt of @SILS_UvA. Tens of public & private partners will work together within this consortium to study the holomicrobiome:
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For the first time, a research collaboration between education and private and public partners will conduct large-scale research into the way in which fungi, bacteria and viruses affect the entire...
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