Students design a smart bandage
This year in early November, another team of University students will be participating in the international iGEM competition, where students attempt to build the best biological ‘machine’ using synthetic biology. Cells are modified so they can serve other useful purposes. Two years ago, the University of Groningen team became world champions. This year’s team has designed a bandage that helps heal burn wounds and prevents infection.
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23 August 2019
Opening of the Academic Year 2019-2020
Programme
4 to 5.30 p.m.- Opening speech by Prof.dr. Cisca Wijmenga, Rector Magnificus
- Musical interlude
- Award Ceremony Ubbo Emmius Penning (Scientific)
- Award Ceremony Alumnus of the Year 2018 Christiaan Triebert, MA
- Musical interlude
- Academic speech...
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13 August 2019
Eat, sleep, recycle
The 51st edition of KEI week is devoted to the theme of sustainability. On Monday 12 August, around 6,000 KEI participants and KEI leaders were handed cloth bags instead of plastic ones and a KEI wristband with a chip enabling digital payments. A vegetarian...
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12 August 2019
Cold winters not caused by Arctic climate change
Recent studies into the relationship between decreases in sea ice in the Arctic and ice-cold winters in the mid-latitudes, like the Polar Vortex cold waves in North America, seem to suggest that such a connection does indeed exist. However, the mechanisms...