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Alexander Hoogenboom, scientific coordinator at ITEM, is the winner of the Ius Commune Prize of 2016. Alexander Hoogenboom won the 2016 Ius Commune Prize for his paper ‘In Search of a Rationale for the EU Citizenship Jurisprudence’. The prize was awarded at the 15th Ius Commune Conference on 24 November 2016.

Walking, strolling and standing more during the day is better for sugar regulation in diabetics than an hour of high-intensity exercise. 

Migratierecht en -beleid gaan veelal uit van een eenheid: verblijf en ‘bezigheid’ — werk, studie/stage, onderzoek, et cetera — in één land. Maar diezelfde eenheid levert problemen op in de grensstreken. Niet zozeer voor EU-burgers, die het ‘recht op vrij verkeer’ hebben, maar wel voor zogenoemde ‘derdelanders’, grof gezegd mensen zonder EU, EER of Zwitserse nationaliteit.

On 1 November, Maastricht University has appointed Dr Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), as honorary professor on behalf of national research school CaRe (Netherlands School for Primary Care Research).

Patients with metastatic breast cancer have a better life expectancy if they are treated with hormone therapy (MUMC+ news).

VitaK Innovation develops new medical diagnostics device TransCare (Brightlands news).

Study published in Cell Metabolism by University Maastricht/Maastricht UMC+ reveals increase in inflammatory response of immune cells due to HDL.

People who travel to distant destinations often import multidrug-resistant intestinal bacteria known as ESBL-producing bacteria, which are resistant to common antibiotics.

Data science is playing an increasingly important role in research, education, business, society and medicine (appointment André Dekker).

Long-term improvement for the majority of participating children with overweight or obesity (MUMC+ News).