News archive

10 March 2010

Life sciences and medical sciences in evolutionary framework

8 March 2010

NPC Valorisation Voucher for Bobby Florea

8 March 2010

Win € 25,000 with food/biodiversity business plan

8 March 2010

CBSG research has direct impact on R&D Investments

1 March 2010

Minister Van der Hoeven lays first bio-brick BE-Basic

9 February 2010

Participate in Holland Pavilion on the BIO

1 February 2010

NGI scores well at FES

1 February 2010

Avital Lievendag NGI Manager Communications

29 January 2010

Call for nominations Franklin Institute Award

29 January 2010

Free Retreat for NGI Postdocs!

28 January 2010

Life Sciences Pre-Seed Grant

28 January 2010

New Venture round 2

28 January 2010

Investment BioGeneration Ventures in Medisse

27 January 2010

CSG advises on Trend Analysis Biotechnology 2009

27 January 2010

Heck visiting Professor ETH Zürich

26 January 2010

Dies Natalis lecture University of Leiden about human ageing

26 January 2010

Travel stipend for top researchers 2010

25 January 2010

Migraine and depression: shared genetic factors

22 January 2010

TOP grant for research into papilloma virus

21 January 2010

Low thyroid hormone level marker for longevity

21 January 2010

Identification of genetic loci involved in heart disease

20 January 2010

New DNA variants for risk of type 2 diabetes

20 January 2010

Osterhaus, De Vos and Bernards win ERC Advanced Grants

18 January 2010

Biomarker discovery for head and neck cancer

18 January 2010

Announcement: Masterclass BioBusiness 2010

15 January 2010

NPC researchers receive STW Grant for characterization of antibodies

6 January 2010

Call for Proposals on Biotechnology and Health

14 December 2009

MAXAM Medical: Winner Investors Forum, Life Sciences Capitals 2009 congress

10 December 2009

Pluriomics wins the NGI Venture Challenge Fall 2009

9 December 2009

Annemiek Nelis leaves Centre for Society and Genomics

9 December 2009

Dow Energy Award for Jack Pronk

9 December 2009

Queen Wilhelmina Research Prize for Hans Clevers

9 December 2009

Strong interest for Life Sciences Pre-Seed Grant

8 December 2009

NGI sponsors Postdoc Retreat 2010

8 December 2009

VIRGO Consortium has ambitious plans for Valorisation Award

8 December 2009

Prosensa forms alliance with GlaxoSmithKline to fight Duchenne

8 December 2009

Dyadic Netherlands joins Kluyver Centre Industrial Platform

7 December 2009

Institutionalisation of elderly a hurdle to reach their 100th anniversary?

7 December 2009

Therapeutic vaccine against human papillomavirus

7 December 2009

First complete tomato genome release!

4 December 2009

Genetic study offers insight into variation in red blood cell determinants

4 December 2009

CBSG and Indian NIPGR sign collaboration agreement

4 December 2009

Genomics tools are fundamental for understanding zoonotic viral diseases

3 December 2009

Inspiring NCSB symposium was well attended

3 December 2009

NGI Distinguished Visiting Scientist Stipend

3 December 2009

Many applicants for Horizon Breakthrough projects

2 December 2009

NGI backing the winners of iGEM

2 December 2009

ERA-Net Plant Genomics will end in 2010

1 December 2009

Nominations for De Zilveren Zandlopers welcome!

25 November 2009

Breakthrough in bioethanol production from agricultural waste

20 November 2009

Forensic Genomics Consortium kicks off

5 November 2009

The most relevant publication in society & genomics - call open for submissions

23 October 2009

KeyGene delivers sequence-based physical map of the 950 Mb tomato genome to CBSG and the International SOL Consortium

20 October 2009

VIRGO Consortium wins €1 million NGI Valorisation Award 2009

19 October 2009

"Partners in the Polder" - a vision for the Dutch Life Sciences

15 October 2009

NGI Centres participate in Darwin Year activities

15 October 2009

Kick-off Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology

15 October 2009

Kluyver Centre joins Global Sustainable Bioenergy Project

14 October 2009

Imagine in Surinam

14 October 2009

Children’s potato art

13 October 2009

Uncovering stem cell differentiation

13 October 2009

Science for primary education

13 October 2009

Final round of Horizon Breakthrough projects open for submission

12 October 2009

“Bioinformatics for proteomics” wins dynamic lightpaths competition

12 October 2009

Introducing the new CBSG Directors!

12 October 2009

NGI becomes New Venture partner

9 October 2009

Offspring of long-lived people are better glucose-handlers

9 October 2009

Australian Shadow Minister of Ageing visits the Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing

9 October 2009

Investment BioGeneration Ventures in arGEN-X

8 October 2009

Record number of applications NGI Venture Challenge

8 October 2009

Prosensa announces successful phase I/II clinical studies

8 October 2009

First NPC Valorisation Voucher granted

7 October 2009

Stress-responses of human skin cells reflect human longevity

7 October 2009

Study on bone mineral density identifies thirteen new loci

6 October 2009

CGC researcher wins prestigious ERC Starting Grant

6 October 2009

CBSG publications hit the top!

6 October 2009

Kluyver Centre collaboration with China started

21 August 2009

Ecogenomics programme - call open for submissions

19 August 2009

Pre-Seed Grant now Life Sciences Broad

22 July 2009

Imagine Life Sciences is looking for new project proposals

3 July 2009

ZonMw Pearl for successful cultivation of human skin

25 June 2009

FarmaScreen wins NGI Venture Challenge 2009

23 June 2009

Colja Laane: Life Sciences vision taking shape

23 June 2009

Valorisation Advisory Board gives advice

23 June 2009

NGI and yels.net bundle their strengths

23 June 2009

Art Project “Reboot” - the first female genome

23 June 2009

Winners Imagine 2009: orange peels for Colombian economy

23 June 2009

Kluyver Centre launches Global Biorenewables Research Society

22 June 2009

Stipends for exchange of top scientists

22 June 2009

31 researchers granted Horizon Breakthrough Project

22 June 2009

DNA based prediction of eye colour

22 June 2009

‘Rank Prize for Nutrition’ for Frits Koning

22 June 2009

Increased control over preventing diabetes

22 June 2009

Genetic risk for joint destruction in Rheumatoid Arthritis

22 June 2009

Predicting complex diseases by DNA

22 June 2009

New genetic targets for ageing

22 June 2009

CBSG initiates collaboration with India

22 June 2009

Kluyver Centre organises international conference

22 June 2009

Province supports NTC Business Case

22 June 2009

Apply for NPC Valorisation Vouchers!

22 June 2009

Agendia opens genomics lab

22 June 2009

Magazine genomics@work is available!

16 June 2009

2.5 million for research into biological networks

14 April 2009

50.000th high school student participates in DNA labs on the Road

26 March 2009

Screening of athletes’ genes on the sports agenda

26 March 2009

Recommendations to European Parliament on sustainable biofuels

26 March 2009

Strong interest in Horizon grant

26 March 2009

Clear effect of probiotics in the gut of healthy adults

26 March 2009

€ 22,5 million grant for Dutch biobank consortium

26 March 2009

Noninvasive MR spectroscopy in living mouse brain

26 March 2009

Loci influencing lipid levels and coronary heart disease risk in European cohorts

26 March 2009

Healthy purple tomatoes gain massive global attention

26 March 2009

Systems Biology approach reveals the extent of hidden variability in plants

26 March 2009

New spin-off Kluyver Centre makes exclusive antifungal substances

26 March 2009

Danone strengthens Industrial Platform of Kluyver Centre

26 March 2009

New chip for simplified analysis of phoshopeptides

26 March 2009

Prosensa raises € 18 million financing

25 March 2009

Enthusiasm still strong for start-up companies in Life Sciences

25 March 2009

BioGeneration Ventures announces new investments

25 March 2009

Colja Laane: NGI in sign of FES (Structural Economic Reinforcement Fund)

11 March 2009

ERA-Net Plant Genomics funds 12 transnational research projects through second joint call

4 March 2009

CBSG director Willem Stiekema to Amsterdam

13 February 2009

Beat the flu virus

13 February 2009

NGI Pre-Seed Grant is now open for submissions

12 February 2009

Participate in the NGI Venture Challenge 2009!

30 January 2009

Festive opening of Kluyver Centre 2008 - 2012

19 November 2008

NGI Genomics Centres from Leiden win 1M€ NGI Valorisation Award 2008

7 November 2008

NGI stimulates breakthroughs in genomics research - Horizon grant

6 November 2008

October Month of Knowledge – Crack the code

5 November 2008

NGI awards NBIC €12,5 million and NPC €20 million for second phase, 2009 - 2012

21 October 2008

New composition NGI Supervisory Board

1 October 2008

ERASysBio - 2nd Call open for submission

2 September 2008

NGI Pre-Seed Grant open for submissions

8 July 2008

Colja Laane: ‘Valorisation is the name of the game'

8 July 2008

The fellowship of the genes

8 July 2008

700,000 spots from 13,000 genomes

8 July 2008

Breakthrough in protein research

8 July 2008

Unravel the code

8 July 2008

NERO: focus on ecogenomics

7 July 2008

For the first time in history a women’s entire genome is unravelled

7 July 2008

Researchers identify genes involved in cancer development

7 July 2008

NGI Valorisation Award 1 M€

7 July 2008

Agendia’s MammaPrint® wins prestigious Innovation Platform award

5 July 2008

Stuck between Proof of Concept and Venture Capital?

4 July 2008

35.000th pupil participates in Mobile DNA lab

30 June 2008

Participate in NGI Venture Challenge 2008!

20 May 2008

First NGI Venture Challenge for promising start-ups

24 April 2008

Colja Laane appointed new Director of NGI

14 April 2008

NGI Valorisation Network visits Technology Transfer Office of Leuven Catholic University

10 April 2008

Minister Van der Hoeven meets NGI at ‘Life Science and Health’

31 March 2008

Second generation sequencer boosts plant research

13 March 2008

Mobile DNA labs win "Zilveren Zandloper"

4 March 2008

Colja Laane appointed new Director of NGI

25 January 2008

BioGeneration Ventures announces new investments

25 January 2008

Diederik Zijderveld from NGI to TNO

5 November 2007

Change in the NGI Management team

17 October 2007

NGI announces Business Plan 2008 – 2012

18 September 2007

Dutch Cabinet awards NGI € 271 million

10 September 2007

BioGeneration Ventures Fund announces its first investment

25 July 2007

Change in the NGI team

5 June 2007

Change in the NGI Management team