Amsterdam Science

27/10/2020

Editorial board meeting Amsterdam Science Magazine during the pandemic. As you can see, we are super excited and happy about our new submissions, but we can still feature more awesome Amsterdam-based science! Submit soon through www.amsterdamscience.org

22/10/2020

We are looking for new submissions for Amsterdam Science issue 12! Did recently publish exciting work that you want to share with a broader audience? Find the submission form here:

Submitting your work to Amsterdam Science is as easy as 1, 2, 3: 1. Right-click here to download the submission form to your own computer. 2. Fill out the form. 3. E-mail the form to amsterdamscie…

28/09/2020

We hope that this message reaches you in good health! Despite some delays due to the pandemic, our Issue 11 is out now!
Read all about cosmic flashlights, animals' responses to climate variation and insect recovery here:
https://amsterdamscience.org/home/current-issue/

06/01/2020

Do you want to see your own research in the next issue of Amsterdam Science? Please submit your proposal right here before January 31st! An editor will contact you after we have discussed your proposal!

Submitting your work to Amsterdam Science is as easy as 1, 2, 3: 1. Right-click here to download the submission form to your own computer. 2. Fill out the form. 3. E-mail the form to amsterdamscie…

11/12/2019

10th Anniversary issue of Amsterdam Science Magazine is out!

Amsterdam Science issue 10 is out now!!

Find out everything about memory traces, durable enzymes and penguin poo in our newest magazine. You can find it here!

https://amsterdamscience.org/home/current-issue/

11/12/2019

Amsterdam Science issue 10 is out now!!

Find out everything about memory traces, durable enzymes and penguin poo in our newest magazine. You can find it here!

https://amsterdamscience.org/home/current-issue/

10/07/2019

Drones observe rapid erosion of permafrost coastline in the Arctic.
An international team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh, University of Exeter, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Alfred Wegener Institute and GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, flew drones for high-resolution surveys to observe erosion on Qikiqtaruk, (Inuvialuktun for Herschel Island), Canada to investigate coastal erosion events.

https://www.vu.nl/en/news-agenda/news/2019/apr-jun/drones-observe-rapid-erosion-of-permafrost-coastline-in-the-arctic.aspx

08/07/2019

Postdoc Athira Menon of the UvA Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy won the Dutch final of FameLab on 9 May. FameLab is a pitch competition for young researchers, in which they have only three minutes to explain their research to the general public.

Here's the video of the national final:

This is "2019_BC_FAMELAB_v2A" by British Council Netherlands on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

12/06/2019

Event Amsterdam Science Now
12 June 20:00-21:30
Spui25 Amsterdam

Are you interested in science and wondering what makes scientist in Amsterdam tick? Amsterdam Science Now gives the stage to three contributors to the ninth issue of Amsterdam Science Magazine.

1) In I feel you, therefore I help you, Selene Gallo (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience) discusses her research on our willingness to help others, when specific areas of our brains our stimulated.

2) Using new telescope technology, Jakob van Eijnden (University of Amsterdam) was able to observe neutron stars that emit jets: powerful bursts of gas.

3) Jan-Berend Stuut, Senior Scientist at NIOZ - Texel & Associate professor (UHD) at VU Amsterdam, about mysterious long-distance transport of giant mineral dust particles.

More information and sign up:

Are you interested in science and wondering what makes scientist in Amsterdam tick? Amsterdam Science Now gives the stage to three contributors to the ninth issue of Amsterdam Science Magazine.

05/06/2019

SYNGO, a collaboration of 15 expert labs worldwide and the Gene Ontology (GO) Consortium, released a public knowledge base www.syngoportal.org , which aims to represent the current scientific knowledge about synapses in structured frameworks, called ontologies. The release of SYNGO 1.0 is supported by the first scientific publication in the leading journal Neuron, led by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam scientist Frank Koopmans.

https://www.vu.nl/en/news-agenda/news/2019/apr-jun/brain-researchers-worldwide-assemble-knowledge-of-synapses-online.aspx