Vici grant for Ynte Ruigrok
Ynte Ruigrok has been awarded a prestigious Vici grant (€1.5M) to investigate sex-specific mechanisms underlying brain aneurysms. Combining genetics, imaging and patient-derived cells, her team aims to identify blood-based markers for early risk detection. The may pave the way for improved prevention and treatment of this life-threatening condition. Read more on the website of the UMC
Recent publications by UBC members
Below, you can find an overview of publications by UBC principal investigators during the period from December 2025 – February 2026. Benchmarking fungal species classification using Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read ITS metabarcodes Fungal Genetics and Biology, Vol.181 , December 2025 Abigail Graetz et al. (With Duong Vu) Matthews correlation coefficient-based feature ranking in recursive ensemble […]
Open Science NL Grant for Duong Vu
UBC member Duong Vu has been awarded funding from Open Science NL, together with co-applicants Jos Houbraken and Wieland Meyer. Their project will build an open, central hub connecting fungal collections and datasets from the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute with international resources. By integrating morphology, genomics, ecology and more, the platform will support fungal identification, AI-driven research, […]
NWO ENW-XS grant for Vivek Bhardwaj
UBC member Vivek Bhardwaj has received an NWO Open Competition ENW-XS grant to pursue bold, innovative research on identifying and studying the rarest cells in the human body using microfluidics and genomics. These fast-track grants support breakthrough ideas with up to €50,000 in funding. Read more about the nine UU and UMC researchers awarded this grant here
Real-Time view of DNA repair
Tuncay Baubec and Richard Cardoso da Silva have developed a fluorescent probe that lets researchers watch DNA damage and repair unfold in real time inside living cells and even in whole organisms. The tool offers a much clearer view of how cells maintain their genomes and enables experiments that were not possible before. Their paper was recently […]