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On Sunday August 30, the ESC Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science will hand over the Outstanding Achievement Award 2015 to Professor Stephane Heymens (Dept. of Cardiology).

The Heerlen-based dr. ir. J.H.J. van de Laar Foundation for Scientific Biochemical Research has made a sum of €400,000 available to the Limburg University Fund (SWOL).

Sally Wyatt, professor of Digital Cultures in Development, has been appointed to NWO’s new Permanent National Committee for Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructure.

The newly created Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM) has been successful in attracting support from the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme (2015-2018).

On Monday 31 August, Maastricht University will celebrate the opening of the 2015/16 academic year with a symposium and an official ceremony.

Minister Bussemaker has appointed Professor Marc Groenhuijsen as a member of the Maastricht University Supervisory Board for a period of four years, starting on 1 September 2015.

Brown adipose tissue, which is thought to have a positive effect on weight loss, among other things, can be activated in both test animals and humans with the administration of bile acids in pill form.

UM researchers Tamar Sharon and Yasin Temel have been nominated for the 2015 New Scientist Research Talent.

Increased awareness for the consumption of essential fatty acids during pregnancy may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in children.