28 Mar Improved course Advanced R
We recently improved our Advanced R course for Master’s students and PhD candidates. The course now lasts for one week, ...
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14 Feb Honory Doctorate for bioinformatician Peer Bork
The Utrecht Bioinformatics Center is very proud to announce that Professor Peer Bork will be receiving an Honorary Doctorate on the occasion of Utrecht University’s Anniversary Day. A pioneering bioinformatician Peer Bork is a pioneering bioinformatics researcher. He has developed widely used bioinformatic tools and databases. These tools...
16 Dec Breaking Science: four UBC participants on 20 March
Four UBC members participate in the Breaking Science competition and have a shot at winning 1500,00. Come and support them while pitching their bioinformatics research on Monday 20 March in Café Hoffmann (Janskerkhof, Utrecht). What is Breaking Science? Increasingly, researchers are asked to explain their research in...
08 Dec Netherlands eScience Center grants two projects to UBC scientists
This year, the Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC) awarded two out of five ASDI projects to scientists from the Utrecht Bioinformatics Center. The proposals submitted by Jeroen de Ridder and Alexandre Bonvin will each receive € 500,000; 50% in direct funding and 50% in in-kind funding...
21 Nov Virtual reality meets proteins
Prospective students were offered a virtual reality (VR) experience allowing them to “dive” into a protein structure in 3D. During the open days of Utrecht University (November 18/19) this was a new experience for most of the teenagers. Inside and from the outside The task for the...