On 9 March MCEL member, Professor Lisa Waddington, gave a keynote lecture at the conference Disability Policies and the impact of UNCRPD in the Nordic Region, organised by the Nordic centre for Welfare and Social Issues in Helsinki.
MaCSBio’s Mike Gerards was involved as a senior author in an article entitled “Novel pathogenic SLC25A46 splice-site mutation causes an optic atrophy spectrum disorder.” which was published in “Clinical Genetics”.
Theo de Kok will give his Inaugural Lecture, entitled “Genes in Concert: a Toxicogenomics Hymn towards disease prevention” on Friday 22 April 2016. The lecture will take place at the University Auditorium - MBB. Time: 16:30
PhD-candidate Shauna O’Donovan has won a prize for best poster at the byteMAL Conference held on March 9th in Maastricht. Her poster subject was on improving the muscle insulin sensitivity index using the oral glucose minimal model.
As per 1 March 2016 ITEM director Anouk Bollen-Vandenboorn has been appointed professor of Cross Border Pension Tax Law.
Doctoral research conducted by Esmée Bijnens (Hasselt University/Maastricht University) found that the more exposure to air pollution during pregnancy, the higher the chance of low birth weight in twins.
The Ambassador Lecture Series, in collaboration with the United Nations Student Association (UNSA) Maastricht and the European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Maastricht, proudly present the upcoming event with the title: ‘The Ambassador’s Roadmap to Peace for Israel & Palestine’. H.E. Haim Divon...
On Friday 4 March, Professor Jaap Spier was awarded with the distinction of Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion by Mayor Penn-te Strake for his role in the development of liability law at national, supranational and international level.
The internationally acclaimed artist Florentijn Hofman, known for his Rubber Duck sculpture, created an artwork for the facade of the Brains Unlimited building at Oxfordlaan 55 in Maastricht.
