22 Utrecht-based researchers receive Veni grant

Z. Jack Li - Twenty-two promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (DRC). This will allow them to further develop their own research ideas over the next three years. Five Veni grants will go to the Faculty of Science, one to Veterinary Medicine, two to Humanities, four to Geosciences, two to Social and Behavioural Sciences, six to the UMC Utrecht and two to the Prinses Máxima Centre. Below is a summary of all research projects. Bringing molecules together: Photoredox chemistry squeezed into small pores. "Catch me if you can!", says cell-surface ribonucleic acid (RNA). RNA is an important biomolecule with many functions in the cell. Recent research suggests the presence of these molecules on the outer surface of living cells.