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  • Synthetic data: a dangerous sense of certainty

    Dani Shanley and Joshi Hogenboom on synthetic data, the pains and gains of interdisciplinarity, and why AI likely won’t release us from having to study the world we live in.
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  • Bridging the gap between technology and clinical practice

    Lee Bouwman, a vascular surgeon and endowed professor of Clinical Engineering, specialises in the implementation of groundbreaking healthcare technologies. The key to success, he says, lies in the collaboration between engineers and clinicians. This approach has already resulted in a range of...
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  • UM professor and vascular surgeon Michael Jacobs looks back on his career of 40 years

    The surgeon who, defeated, leaves the operating room after hours of surgery, to tell the relatives that, unfortunately, the patient did not make it. This role, which most people only know from films and TV series, was one that vascular surgeon Michael Jacobs had to play more often in his career than he...
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  • Nanne de Vries Professor's Fund: "It wasn't my idea"

    The Nanne de Vries Professor's Fund, formerly known as the Professor's Fund, has been renamed in honour of Nanne de Vries. In an interview, he discusses its origins, mission, and his dedication to supporting young scientists. Despite recent retirement and a battle with cancer, De Vries remains active...
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  • Sustainable steaks and healthy hearts – synthetic meat and regenerative medicine

    Having won the prestigious Perspectief grant, the MERLN-led FAB4FUTURE project develops a toolbox for the scalable production of stem cell-based tissue for medical purposes and cultured meat. Project leader Lorenzo Moroni and principal investigator Matt Baker on the creative synergy addressing weak...
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  • How psychological stress leads to intestinal inflammation

    Interview with Dr Zlatan Mujagic, MUMC+ gastroenterologist and liver physician. An international research consortium, including NUTRIM researcher Zlatan Mujagic, has investigated the effects of stress on the gut.
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  • How do we imagine? ERC Advanced Grant for Prof. dr. Rainer Goebel (FPN)

    FPN’s prof. dr. Rainer Goebel has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of € 2,5M for his research project Reading the Mind’s Eye: AI inspired personalised brain models of mental imagery . Goebel is among 255 researchers (out of 1829 applications in all domains) in Europe to receive the grant, and he is...
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  • GREENER TOGETHER: More meeting places and greenery in the neighbourhood

    After a sunny start to spring, the weather on this third Saturday in March is a disappointing 10 degrees Celsius, if that. Not that this dampens the enthusiasm of the gardening volunteers from SamenGroenerMaastricht, a foundation aimed at making neighbourhoods greener and promoting social interaction...
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