Increasing Bioinformatics expertise and interest in Utrecht
Utrecht Bioinformatics Center aims to increase the expertise and interest in the field of bioinformatics in Utrecht. Attracting talent is one way to expand the number of bioinformatic researchers in Life Sciences. Training at all levels is also essential in order to meet the enormous and growing demand for bioinformatics expertise. Bioinformatics education is one […]
European Open Science Cloud portal
The European Open Sciene Cloud (EOSC) offers a new virtual environment with open services for storage, management, analysis and re-use of research data. EOSC expects that 1.7 million European researchers and 70 million professionals in science and technology will use the portal, that supports Open Science and FAIR data use. Open Science and FAIR data […]
Defining Quality Virus Data(sets)

Nature Biotechnology publishes standards paper with guidelines and best practices for characterizing uncultivated viruses
€5,7 million towards future-proof lettuce varieties

The LettuceKnow project, led by Utrecht University Professor Guido van den Ackerveken, has attracted a 4 million euro Perspectief grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Six major seed-breeding companies have topped up this sum with an additional 1.7 million euros to ensure the project’s viability. Thanks to the work done in the […]
Transforming HPC Research with AI Approaches
To investigate the enhancement of traditional HPC simulations, SURFsara selected four scientific use cases spanning very different scientific domains. Prof. Alexandre Bonvin decided to work with SURFsara as they bring domain-specific expertise in choosing the right AI tools and approach along with the ability to help specify and train the proper neural network to assist […]