On Thursday, 28 June 2018, the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law will celebrate its 25th anniversary in the form of a full-day conference at Chateau Neercanne in Maastricht. The anniversary event will feature interesting panels composed of high-level academics discussing the subjects...
This workshop sets out to explore the ongoing quest to create an effective European criminal justice system, which balances the different dimensions of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice through adhering to, and strengthening the rule of law and protecting fundamental rights of individuals.
The aimed output of the symposium is to create the forum for setting up a future research agenda and create opportunities for international and interdisciplinary collaboration amongst multidsciplinary experts in thie field.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains one of the most under‑diagnosed respiratory diseases globally, especially in low‑resource settings where access to routine lung‑function testing is limited.
The European Commission has awarded €23 million to set up a new platform for drug repurposing: the use of existing drugs in diseases other than those for which they were originally developed. In the next seven years UM will develop the platform REPO4EU (precision drug REPurpOsing for Europe) together...
Nearly everyone has something going on. That realisation set medical student Lily Hilt (22) in motion in early 2023. When she saw a call-out from Door Het Geluid, she jumped at the chance. Before she knew it, she’d become a key ambassador for mental health in her own student city.
How do you fix a crack in limestone, such as mergel? Well, simply ask some bacteria to do it for you. In short, this is the goal 11 students from Maastricht University set themselves to do. They succeeded and ended up in the TOP10 best undergraduate projects competing in the iGEM competition. For three...
State-owned sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), like that of FIFA World Cup host nation Qatar, are major shareholders in Western industrial and cultural assets. Is that a cause for concern? FASoS’ Adam Dixon has some answers.
The commonly used diabetes medicine gliclazide appears to have just as high a risk of leading to low blood sugar levels as most comparable medicines for the treatment of adult onset diabetes...