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A brain scan that allows you to see what sound a person has heard. Researchers from Maastricht University have recently achieved a world first by reconstructing heard sound based on a person’s brain activity.

Three students of Maastricht University have received the NWO Research Talent funding: Miriam Heynckes, Shanice Janssens and Eveline Vandewal – all three research master’s students in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

On Saturday 13 May, the sixth edition of the largest interfaculty medical contest in the Netherlands was being held: the RFC. Team Maastricht placed first, winning the title of best medical faculty.

Friday 19 May, three teams of the Health Food Innovation Management master’s programme (UM’s Campus Venlo) took first, second and third place in the preliminary round of the Ecothophelia competition: a Europe-wide competition between student teams of both universities and colleges.

Maastricht University is proud of the nomination of Dr. Michelle Moerel, assistant professor and researcher at the Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology (MaCSBio), for New Scientist Talent 2017. 

Societal appreciation for primary and secondary school teachers has deteriorated, particularly in the last ten years.

Researchers at Maastricht University (UM) have discovered a protein that could make a significant contribution to a potential treatment for heart failure in people with diabetes.

Prof. dr. Wiebe Bijker and Prof. dr. Valentina Mazzucato have recently been appointed chair and member, respectively, of the NWO-WOTRO Steering Committee.

A jury consisting of Nick Bos, Prof Marja van Dieijen-Visser, Prof Jan Cobbenhagen, Theo Thuis, and Gerda Baltis-Paridaen selected Bart Spronck as the recipient of the Valorisation Award 2016, handed out during the Maastricht University Dinner.