By a symposium visitor: ”On the 28th of November we have had the pleasure of attending the second symposium of the academic year, this time the topic was animal testing. There were 4 speakers of very different backgrounds and therefore they gave quite divergent talks. We started with a PhD student who talked about her…

On the 1st of November the first reception of this academic year took place. There were a lot of self-made snacks, including Halloween cookies. The SHA room was good-looking decorated in the spooky vibe and even some of the reception committee members were  make-upped in the Halloween theme.

Written by a symposium attendee: ”Some friends and I went to the symposium on music, not knowing what to expect. How do you organize a symposium on a topic that seems so specific, for an audience so diverse? But with topics on treatment with music therapy as medicine or as stress reduction, the computer science…

On Monday the 18th of June, the postponed symposium on food took place with three speakers covering the broad subject. Dr. Laura Meulenbroek from Danone opened the evening with a talk about cow’s milk allergy management. This talk revealed how the general opinion of exposure at a young age shifted from avoidance to stimulating tolerance….

On May 31st, some of the brightest minds the SHA has to offer bundled all the interdisciplinary knowledge they had of our little ‘frog country’ at the ‘SHA I love Holland’ night. Screams of the 12 provinces could be heard throughout the Uithof, famous (Dutch) commercials were recalled and exploding boxes were hastily passed around….

On Monday the 4th of June, the symposium on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the poster presentations of the interdisciplinary project took place. The evening started off with Karlijn Hasaart, from the Prinses Máxima Center. She spoke about the use of CRISPR/Cas9, a technique used for genetic modification, in organoids for cancer research. Next was…

In February, the first Masterclass of this year took place. It’s subject: journalism of science. The lecturer himself is a science journalist and provided us with insights in the media point of view on this. We learned how a scientific discovery can be interpreted differently in every step on it’s way to the newspaper. A…

On Tuesday June 6th, the SHA symposium took place at the Koningsberger building. This symposium consisted of several plenary speakers and the poster presentation from the students who participated in the SHA interdisciplinary projects. The evening started off with the first speaker, René van Roij, professor in soft-Matter theory at the institute for theoretical physics…

Ever listened to a presentation of a classmate or a professor and thought; this is so incredibly boring? Well Hans van de Water who instructed the Masterclass “Pitching your research” on Thursday the 18th of May had the same thought. He was “sick and tired of listening to bad research presentations”. Together with Toon Verlinden…

On Friday April 21st a group of around 20 students went to Groningen to visit PRA Health Sciences. We left Utrecht station at 10:30 by train. Once we arrived in Groningen, we ate our lunch and then our tour started. First, we got some general information about PRA Health Sciences. It is a company specialized…