Is your surgeon a gamer?

A laparoscopy game
The University Medical Center of Groningen and Medical Center Leeuwarden have teamed up with game developer Grendel Games to produce a laparoscopy game simulator that has almost nothing to do with laparoscopy. Sounds interesting? Google thinks alike.

Bruker announces collaboration with UMCG

Bruker and the University Medical Center Groningen will collaborate within the new European Network for the Rapid Identification of Anaerobes (ENRIA). This was announced at the 22nd ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) in London. 

Healthy Ageing Campus iPhone app

The official Healthy Ageing Campus Netherlands iPhone app is now available in the App Store. Stay up to date with the latest news and coming events.

Prestigious ERC Grant for Scientific Director ERIBA

The European Research Council has awarded an Advanced Investigator Grant to Prof. Peter Lansdorp. This prestigious grant is intended for top researchers doing excellent and innovative research. Lansdorp is professor of the biology of ageing and Scientific Director of the new European Research Institute on the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA) of the University Medical Center Groningen and the University of Groningen.

[Dutch] Nieuwe directeur Stichting Business Generator Groningen

Jan Sikkema is per 1 januari 2012 benoemd als directeur van Stichting Business Generator Groningen (SBGG). Sikkema volgt dr. Dirkjan Masman op die SBGG sinds 2007 leidt.

Start Centrum voor Valorisatie en Ondernemerschap Groningen

Minister Verhagen van het Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw & Innovatie heeft een symbolische cheque van € 5 miljoen overhandigd aan het Centrum voor Valorisatie en Ondernemerschap Groningen. Deze handeling betekent ook het officiële startsein voor het CVO Groningen. 

SYNCOM Receives Pfizer Route Design Innovation Award

Syncom announced today that it has been selected by Pfizer as the winner of the 2nd Route Design Innovation Award, which recognizes excellence and creativity in chemical process research and development. Syncom’s contribution has been judged as being the most innovative proposal received in the challenge.  

DSM and UMCG announce Healthy Ageing cooperation

DSM and UMCG have signed an agreement and will cooperate in research projects on the role of micronutrients, in particular vitamins, in healthy development and longevity.

LifeLines-onderzoek boekt eerste resultaten

Het LifeLines-onderzoek, waarin het Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen de gezondheid van in totaal 165.000 inwoners van Noord-Nederland volgt, heeft zijn eerste resultaten geboekt.

Hamburg meets Groningen: Drug discovery and development

Healthy Ageing Campus Netherlands and Healthy Ageing Network Northern Netherlands present april 21 2011 two major initiatives from Hamburg: NEU² and European ScreeningPort.