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How can we make society healthy beyond the hospital? Klasien Horstman (CAPHRI) has been exploring this question.

Research shows that the muscle blood vessel network is important for healthy ageing. In his doctoral thesis, Milan Betz examined how this blood vessel network affects muscle preservation in older people.

What began as a small group of enthusiastic researchers from the Maastricht Science Programme has grown into a research team that, as of February, became a full member of the LHCb physics experiment at the CERN particle accelerator.

A recent paper from the Department of Translational Genomics, entitled “Small extracellular vesicles: connecting early life exposure outcomes to air pollution during pregnancy to early childhood health” , has been featured in the 2025 Editor’s Choice collection of Environmental Health .

Translational Genomics (TGX) Research Afternoon 13th of March – Please register by March 5th.

The Executive Board has appointed Dr Frank Nellen as Professor of Value Added Taxes and Supply Chain Levies as of 1 March 2026. He succeeds Ad van Doesum, who was appointed Justice in the Tax Chamber of the Dutch Supreme Court as of 1 January 2026.

Maastricht Young Academy ensures that the experiences of “young” academics are also heard. Outgoing MYA chair Jenny Schell-Leugers and her successor Michelle Moerel explain why this is so important.

Held on 29 and 30 January 2026, United in Diversity conference brought together scholars, judges, and practitioners to critically reassess the role and mechanisms of mutual recognition.

Dominik Linz (CARIM) talks about arrhythmias and the upcoming Pulse Day, for which he hopes to collect more than 20,000 digital pulses.

A rectangle incised with diagonal and straight lines, hewn from limestone quarried in France, a thrilling strategy game can look deceptively simple. The Romans used glass, bone or earthenware pieces. Players took turns trying to block each other’s pieces; whoever did it in the least number of moves.