1,700 New Proteins Expand the Human Proteome
Sebastiaan van Heesch and PhD candidate Leron Kok contributed to the discovery of 1,700 previously unknown microproteins, published in Nature. By making these proteins accessible through public databases, the researchers are opening new opportunities to study their role in diseases such as childhood cancer and identify future therapeutic targets. The discovery also underpins the newly launched ORFeus training […]
€4 Million grant for new AI research into sustainable agriculture
Our Daily Board member Ronnie de Jonge has secured a €4 million European grant to develop AI tools that support more sustainable agriculture. The project will use artificial intelligence to predict the best combinations of beneficial soil microbes, helping crops become more resilient while reducing the need for chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Researchers from five […]
Early Career Researcher Seed Grants awarded
Six interdisciplinary research teams have received a 2026 Utrecht Life Sciences Early Career Researcher Seed Grant to launch innovative collaborations across Utrecht Science Park. The €10,000 grants support promising projects ranging from AI and cancer research to hearing, kidney disease, antibiotic resistance and nanoplastics. Read more about year’s award-winning collaborations on ULS’s LinkedIn page. Read […]
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, […]