Albert Heck receives American Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry Award
Professor Albert Heck has received the prestigious Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry Award from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. The international honour recognises his pioneering work on viruses, antibodies and other complex biological systems, as well as his contributions to advancing proteomics and biomolecular mass spectrometry. Read more on the website from Utrecht University
Westerdijk Institute secures two major grants
The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute has secured two major grants that will strengthen data-driven fungal research. Funding from Open Science NL and the new national FUNGI-NL initiative will support the development of FAIR fungal data infrastructure, open digital resources and collaboration across the Netherlands, helping accelerate research into fungi’s role in health, agriculture, biodiversity and […]
Research Infrastructure in the Age of genAI and Cloud: Reflections from the UBC Think Tank
Can AI tools and cloud computing coexist with the principles of open, reproducible science? That was the question driving a UBC think tank on 7 May. While the afternoon didn’t produce easy answers, by bringing together researchers, bioinformaticians, and data management professionals in the same room, it generated insights that none of these groups would […]
Recent publications by UBC members
Below, you can find an overview of publications by UBC principal investigators during the period from February 2026 – July 2026 gplasCC: classification and recovery of plasmids from short-read sequencing data for any bacterial species.NAR genomics and bioinformatics, 2026Paganini JA et al. (With Anita Schurch) Regulatory grammar in human promoters uncovered by MPRA-based deep learning.Nature, […]
UBC Seminar 8 September 16:00 – 17:30tbd Free registration Join us on 8 September from 16:00-17:30 for the next UBC seminar, featuring talks by dr. Ernest Diez Benavente and a second speaker to be confirmed soon!There will be an opportunity to ask questions and network during drinks afterwards. We hope to see you there! Dr. […]