Access high-tech facilities

IXA is your gateway to state-of-the-art equipment, laboratory and technical facilities and the scientific expertise at the Amsterdam universities.

Spark904lab

If you are a research-intensive business, Spark904 is your research partner for chemical analysis and spectroscopy. This is University of Amsterdam’s spin-off company providing R&D services from an ever-expanding state-of-the-art research infrastructure.

Tech Labs VU & UvA

The Tech Labs facilitate any kind of research focused on the use and effects of technology by and on humans. It consist of several different high-tech laboratories on the VU Amsterdam campus and the UvA Science Park campus, all working together making it easy to find exactly what you need.

Research Facilities Amsterdam

We invite industry, SMEs, public organisations, entrepreneurs and researchers to become a member of the community at Research Facilities Amsterdam. As a member of this matchmaking platform, you gain access to a broad array of instruments and facilities for measuring, testing, analysing, printing and more.

Providing partners are Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amolf, CWI, Nikhef and Amsterdam Science Park.

 

Max Nieuwdorp’s innovative research on gut microbes: a path to combat fatty liver disease

Internist Max Nieuwdorp, of Amsterdam UMC, discovered a few years ago that the microorganisms in the intestines of many overweight people produce alcohol to an increased extent. Breaking down excessive alcohol leads to fatty liver disease, which in turn poses a risk of serious conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Nieuwdorp has now received an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 million euros for a major study into the underlying causes of this excessive alcohol production.  

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Funding from KWF for palliative cancer patients in meaning-making at home

The diagnosis of incurable cancer profoundly disrupts patients’ lives, often causing existential crises and a sense of lost purpose. The KWF-funded project “In Search of Stories” (ISOS) aimed to support these patients by partnering them with spiritual counsellors and professional artists. This co-creation process proved highly beneficial. New funding from KWF Dutch Cancer Society supports […]

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Impact in education and beyond: VU researcher Laura Rupp secures Comenius Leadership Fellow grant

Laura Rupp has been awarded the Comenius Leadership Fellow grant for a three-year period. This grant of 500,000 Euros, will fund a project titled “Global English and International Dutch on the VU Campus”. Over the years, Rupp has successfully reached more than 100,000 people online worldwide, teaching how to understand diverse English accents and speak […]

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