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UvA spin-off Plantics and NoWa Kitchen debuts with eco-friendly kitchen
The Dutch company NoWa Kitchen presented its newest kitchen featuring only bio-based materials and a sustainable cradle-to-cradle design. A key enabler for the kitchen are plant-based polymers and materials brought to market by the University of Amsterdam’s spin-off company Plantics, stemming from a discovery made by chemists at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular […]
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Biotech Booster’s CEO Nettie Buitelaar about the exciting biotech valorisation opportunities in Amsterdam
In the race to a sustainable and healthy future, the benefits of biotech innovations are key. Both biotech academics and entrepreneurs must continue to turn knowledge into social and commercial successes. Nettie Buitelaar, Biotech Booster ‘s CEO, answers five questions in order to tell us how to boost new biotech innovations. The Biotech Booster programme […]
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A decade of innovation: Celebrating Innoseis’ 10-year journey
Innoseis recently marked a significant milestone – a decade of pioneering work in seismic sensing. The company, a spin-off of VU and the National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Nikhef, uses precision motion sensing for seismic and guidance applications. We sat down with CEO Mark Beker and CTO Jo van den Brand to learn more about […]
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Amsterdam UMC spin-off inSteps launches as company
inSteps, born as a spin-off from the University of Amsterdam, is now taking its official form as inSteps B.V.. The company employs in-silico modelling technology, aimed at propelling advancements in the treatment of severe strokes. After participating in the Proefdiervrij Venture Challenge 2022 last year and finishing its preparatory phase with seed funding, inSteps looks […]
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IXA Amsterdam UMC as the one central office for medical valorisation
As a logical consequence of the VU Medical Centre and the Amsterdam Medical Centre merging, also IXA’s business developers have moved under one roof. Under the new name of IXA Amsterdam UMC, the combination of formerly IXA VUmc and IXA AMC, has been officially operational since the beginning of 2023. The merged team of IXA […]
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Vote your favourite innovative idea to the AmSIA stage!
Which innovative ideas will make it to the stage during the finale of the AmSIA ’23? You vote, you decide! On 21 November, the AmSIA’s expert jury will award € 10,000 to the 3 best ideas in the categories of Society, Health and Environment & Climate.
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Call for Amsterdam UMC TKI-grants is now open!
We are very happy to announce that the call for Amsterdam UMC TKI-grants is now open. Deadline for the pre-application is November 10.
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Advanced Microbiome Interventions receives funding from Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland for drug development for type 1 diabetes
AMI BV, spin-off of Amsterdam UMC, researches and develops innovative drugs for type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.
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DBugIT’s Innovative Software Testing Platform Secures NRO and NWO Grants
DBugIT, an innovative platform for software testing, has received a significant boost with the award of both an NWO Take-off grant and an NRO grant. Developed at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) as part of the VU-BugZoo project, DBugIT aims to transform software testing by engaging users in a captivating bug-hunting game, replacing traditional assessments. Funding […]
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Revolutionary Design for Quantum Gates in Trapped Ions Quantum Computers
Researchers Dr. Arghavan Safavi-Naini, Dr. Robert Spreeuw, Dr. Rene Gerritsma and Matteo Mazzanti (Institute of Physics of the University of Amsterdam) have patented a groundbreaking design for quantum gates in trapped ions, resulting in cheaper and simpler quantum computers. Quantum computers can do complex calculations at very high speeds which will be groundbreaking when used […]
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