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International research collaboration aims to personalise prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases
International research collaboration aims to personalise prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases
Tears of scientific happiness
Marlies Gijs is doing pioneering work in the booming field of tear-fluid research. The analysis of tear fluid is a promising alternative to more invasive examination methods, which can be both painful and risky. And it is proving its worth in neurological research, with the tears of Alzheimer’s...
Designing solidarity
EU immigration and asylum law are plagued by disharmony and dysfunction. Lilian Tsourdi, assistant professor of International and European Law, is investigating how to improve the situation.
Life and death and glaciers
From a small room in a quarantine hotel in New Zealand, UM alum Moniek Mestrom discusses the importance of emergency medicine and her experiences as a ship physician. Never has she felt so free as during expeditions to the Antarctic and Greenland.
How are family businesses getting through the crisis?
Do family businesses have greater resilience in times of crisis than non-family businesses? And why is that? Dr Anita Van Gils looked at existing research into these questions, which was primarily carried out after the previous (financial) crisis in 2008.
European cooperation in times of crisis
“What does the EU have to offer?” is the question the EU needs to answer now more than ever, according to professor of Contemporary European History and European Integration Mathieu Segers.
Many medals make a muddle
“Fairtrade labels are meant to safeguard our values and turn them into verifiable standards,” explains Ceren Pekdemir from UM’s International Centre for Integrated assessment and Sustainable development (ICIS). “They have an effect on the wages and training farmers receive – but not to the extent...
Feeling fit, not insufficient
Like last year, UM’s Executive Board has allocated €75,000 available to support initiatives that support diversity and inclusivity.
(A last) Hooray for books!
23 April is UN World Book and Copyright Day. While we are going digital, there is still space for print books at UM.