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  • Astrid Boeijen new CEO of Brightlands Chemelot Campus

    Astrid Boeijen will be the CEO of Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen. Currently the CEO of the Brightlands Smart Services Campus in Heerlen, she will be transferring to the Brightlands Chemelot Campus on July 1. Astrid succeeds Bert Kip who held this position for eleven years.

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  • Independent inquiry exonerates Professor Machteld Marcelis

    Professor Machteld Marcelis can continue her work at Maastricht University, the university’s Executive Board has determined. An independent inquiry commissioned by the board and conducted by the agency BING found no evidence of an unsafe social environment within the Psychiatry section of the UM...

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  • New animal research facility Maastricht in existing location

    Maastricht University's Executive Board has approved the plan to renew the animal research facility for UM and Maastricht UMC+ at the existing location at Universiteitssingel 50 (UNS50). A new building is therefore off the table.

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  • Metabolism-based personalised diet better for health

    For the first time, there is scientific evidence that a personalised diet based on a person's metabolic profile leads to better health. This is an important step towards more effective nutritional interventions aimed at improving health and preventing chronic diseases.

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  • UM and the political debate on internationalisation

    Internationalisation of education, and specifically the intake of international students, is a hot topic in Dutch politics. This will also be the case in early 2023. As the most international university in the country, UM follows developments closely and, in the interest of the university and the...

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  • The lifecycle of SARS-CoV-2

    What happens if a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus enters your lung? This molecular animation visualises how the virus particle can take over the host cell and turns it into a virus factory. Eventually, the host cell produces so many viral particles that it dies and releases numerous new virus particles.

  • When the most unknown organ must be removed

    An organ that disappears almost completely after puberty, but in rare cases can regrow in size and even harbor a tumor: the thymus, also known as the thymus. Physician-researcher Florit Marcuse, affiliated with Maastricht University's Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, examined this...

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  • Better chances for cancer in the liver

    Our liver is a special organ: if you cut away part of it, in most cases a new piece of liver will grow back. If someone has cancer in the liver, the affected part of the liver can be surgically removed. But you can only do this if at least 30% of the liver remains. For many patients whose remaining...

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