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Mandrills can keep track of how many days have passed in order to allow them to be the first to gather the food. This has been demonstrated by a team of researchers from the University of Amsterdam, Leiden University ...
Biodiversity in Europe: IBED involved in new pan-European monitoring project
2 Dec 2020
A new EU-funded project aims at developing a transnational system for monitoring biodiversity and ecosystems in Europe, including the UvA researchers Daniel Kissling and Judy Shamoun-Baranes from the Institute for ...
New study shows rights-based conservation is crucial to achieve global biodiversity agenda
1 Dec 2020
Historically snubbed by exclusionary conservation, Indigenous and local communities’ role is integral to achieving the United Nations ambitious 2030 global biodiversity agenda. Over 1.65 billion Indigenous Peoples, ...
Young Talent awards for five UvA students
30 Nov 2020
On November 30, five UvA students received a Young Talent Incentive Award of 500 euros from the Royal Holland Society of Sciences (KHMW).
New NWO Team Science award for Amsterdam Science Park Study group
30 Nov 2020
Dutch funding agency NWO has established five new awards, intended to reward scientists who develop special initiatives outside their research. The first Team Science awards were presented on Monday, November 30. One ...
A multi-million grant to investigate the biological clock in our modern day society
26 Nov 2020
Dutch researchers are joining forces with a series of societal partners to conduct research into how to keep our biological clock healthy in the modern 24-hour society. The BioClock consortium will receive a research ...
Molecular vibrations of water predict global distributions of photosynthetic organisms in lakes and oceans
9 Nov 2020
Why have cyanobacteria and algae evolved a wide variety of photosynthetic pigments, and how are these pigments distributed geographically? Scientists from the University of Amsterdam and Roscoff (France) give an ...
The DNA of Life at its Limits
9 Nov 2020
Scientists have unraveled the complete genome of the tomato russet mite, which is considered one of the smallest animals on our planet and known as a destructive agricultural pest. The genome is the smallest reported ...
Veni grants for 25 UvA and Amsterdam UMC researchers
5 Nov 2020
No fewer than 25 researchers from the UvA and Amsterdam UMC have been awarded Veni grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The grants amount to a maximum of 250,000 euros per project. ...
NWO Vidi grants for 10 experienced UvA and Amsterdam UMC researchers
4 Nov 2020
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to ten researchers from the UvA and the Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA, part of Amsterdam UMC). The recipients are: Camiel Boon, ...
Methodology published for quality improvement in genetic database
26 Oct 2020
Scientists, including Biological Sciences alumnus Thijs van den Burg, have published a standard method for checking the quality of data in the global genetic database, GenBank. Using amphibians as a case study, they ...
Natuurmonumenten and University of Amsterdam investigate effects of chronic drought on nature
26 Oct 2020
We have now had three dry summers in a row, the consequences of which were very clear: brown grass, trees dying or dropping their leaves far too early, dead heather and forbs with curled leaves. What is the effect of ...
Climate change causing irreversible shifts in unique Asian ecosystem
9 Oct 2020
Thirty-four million years ago, sudden climate change caused ecological breakdown in Central Asia. Deserts spread across the lowlands, and biological diversity was permanently affected. These are the findings by an ...
Willem Renema appointed professor by special appointment of Marine Palaeobiodiversity
7 Oct 2020
Dr Willem Renema (1972) has been appointed professor by special appointment of Marine Palaeobiodiversity at the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The chair was designated on behalf of the ...
Extinction of mammals affects the future of tropical palms
29 Sep 2020
The loss of large mammalian frugivores as seed dispersers in tropical ecosystems will have severe consequences for many rainforest plants. This is the conclusion from a study using empirical data and simulations of ...
Ocean's canaries have survived previous perturbations in the Earth's carbon cycle
25 Sep 2020
Pteropods, abundant aragonitic calcifying plankton, are the equivalent of "canaries in the coal mine" for our acidifying oceans. Their sensitivity to high CO2 levels and limited fossil record has led to the widely ...
Solution to water shortage
24 Sep 2020
Globally, there is an imbalance between water availability and water demand. The main cause of this mismatch is agricultural irrigation, which accounts for about 70% of freshwater withdrawal. At the same time, ...
Humans have eroded 2 million km2 of wilderness since 2000
22 Sep 2020
New research reveals that 2 million km2 of intact wildlife habitat has been lost since 2000. The international research team, including biologist James Allan from the University of Amsterdam, mapped areas across ...
What we can learn from bird behavior
17 Sep 2020
Why do some animals easily adapt to humans and why do other animals suffer when humans invade their habitat? IBED professor Judy Shamoun-Baranes is immensely fascinated by birds and their behavior, especially bird ...
Dams in the upper Mekong river transform nutrient release downstream
17 Sep 2020
Hydropower is the world’s largest source of energy generation. It is commonly assumed that hydropower reservoirs retain nutrients, and this nutrient reduction significantly reduces primary productivity, fishery ...
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