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NWO Veni 2018

80 researchers were awarded the NWO Veni in 2018, across 9 countries.

Most-funded institutions

  • Utrecht University14
  • Radboud University Nijmegen8
  • University of Twente5
  • Australian National University3
  • Delft University of Technology3
  • University Medical Center Groningen3
  • University of Groningen3
  • Wageningen University & Research3

Recipients

  • Martina Prazeres

    Evolutionary significance of the microbial assemblages of large benthic Foraminifera

    Naturalis Biodiversity Center · NL

  • Denise Tönissen

    Economies of scale in recoverable robust maintenance location routing for rolling stock

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

  • Marit J. van Gils

    Short Communication: Protective Efficacy of Broadly Neutralizing Antibody PGDM1400 Against HIV-1 Challenge in Humanized Mice

    Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NL

  • Andrew Heathcote

    Dynamic models of choice

    University of Tasmania · AU

  • Erwin Krikken

    Amide chemical exchange saturation transfer at 7 T: a possible biomarker for detecting early response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

    University Medical Center Utrecht · NL

  • Kristiaan Wouters

    RAGE deficiency does not affect non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and atherosclerosis in Western type diet-fed Ldlr−/− mice

    Maastricht University Medical Centre · NL

  • Alexandra van der Geer

    Changing invaders: trends of gigantism in insular introduced rats

    Naturalis Biodiversity Center · NL

  • Thomas Koelewijn

    Pupil Responses of Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury During Processing of Speech in Noise

    Amsterdam Neuroscience · NL

  • Maël Lebreton

    Two sides of the same coin: Monetary incentives concurrently improve and bias confidence judgments

    Amsterdam Neuroscience · NL

  • David Terburg

    The Basolateral Amygdala Is Essential for Rapid Escape: A Human and Rodent Study

    University of Cape Town · ZA

  • Linda G. Rikkert

    Centrifugation affects the purity of liquid biopsy‐based tumor biomarkers

    University of Twente · NL

  • Abdel R. Abdelgabar

    Action perception recruits the cerebellum and is impaired in spinocerebellar ataxia patients

    Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience · NL

  • Wolf M. Mooij

    Modeling water quality in the Anthropocene: directions for the next-generation aquatic ecosystem models

    Netherlands Institute of Ecology · NL

  • Dimitra Sakoula

    The draft genome sequence of “Nitrospira lenta” strain BS10, a nitrite oxidizing bacterium isolated from activated sludge

    Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

  • Marleen Damman

    Partners’ adjustment to older workers’ retirement: testing the role of preretirement expectations in a 10-year panel study

    University Medical Center Groningen · NL

  • Stan J. J. Brouns

    CRISPR-based DNA and RNA detection with liquid-liquid phase separation

    Wageningen University & Research · NL

  • Nadine van Engen

    Do consistent government policies lead to greater meaningfulness and legitimacy on the front line?

    Erasmus University Rotterdam · NL

  • Lyubov V. Amitonova

    Fourier conjugate adaptive optics for deep-tissue large field of view imaging

    University of Twente · NL

  • Bertwin M. de Groot

    A low-cost device for measuring local magnetic anomalies in volcanic terrain

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Zhilei Gao

    Protists: Puppet Masters of the Rhizosphere Microbiome

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Steef Kurstjens

    Increased NEFA levels reduce blood Mg2+ in hypertriacylglycerolaemic states via direct binding of NEFA to Mg2+

    Radboud University Medical Center · NL

  • Evgeny A. Pidko

    The Nature and Catalytic Function of Cation Sites in Zeolites: a Computational Perspective

    ITMO University · RU

  • Niko Wanders

    Development and Evaluation of a Pan-European Multimodel Seasonal Hydrological Forecasting System

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Suzanne Jak

    Cross-Level Invariance in Multilevel Factor Models

    University of Amsterdam · NL

  • Vikas Soekhai

    Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics: Past, Present and Future

    Erasmus MC · NL

  • Celia R. Berkers

    The Influence of Metabolism on Drug Response in Cancer

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Annemarie Boleij

    Bacterial Zombies and Ghosts: Production of Inactivated Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Species with Preserved Cellular Morphology and Cytoplasmic Content

    Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

  • Milou Straathof

    A systematic review on the quantitative relationship between structural and functional network connectivity strength in mammalian brains

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Koen V. Haak

    Genetic influence on contrast sensitivity in young adults

    Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

  • Laura Rose

    Small RNA molecules and their role in plant disease

    Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DE

  • Patrick A. Forbes

    Sensorimotor Manipulations of the Balance Control Loop–Beyond Imposed External Perturbations

    Delft University of Technology · NL

  • Florian T. Muijres

    Carrying a logger reduces escape flight speed in a passerine bird, but relative logger mass may be a misleading measure of this flight performance detriment

    Wageningen University & Research · NL

  • Maxime M. Bos

    Associations of sleep duration and quality with serum and hepatic lipids: The Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity Study

    Leiden University Medical Center · NL

  • Andrea Sangiacomo

    Modelling the history of early modern natural philosophy: the fate of the art-nature distinction in the Dutch universities

    University of Groningen · NL

  • Erik van Schaik

    Changes in surface hydrology, soil moisture and gross primary production in the Amazon during the 2015/2016 El Niño

    Wageningen University & Research · NL

  • Joris A. Elshout

    Human V2A: A map of the peripheral visual hemifield with functional connections to scene-selective cortex

    Radboud University Medical Center · NL

  • Martin Harterink

    Local microtubule organization promotes cargo transport in <i>C. elegans</i> dendrites

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Anna Vangone

    Large-scale prediction of binding affinity in protein–small ligand complexes: the PRODIGY-LIG web server

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Maria Bolsinova

    Modeling Nonlinear Conditional Dependence Between Response Time and Accuracy

    ACT · US

  • Maria Bolsinova

    Modeling Nonlinear Conditional Dependence Between Response Time and Accuracy

    ACT · US

  • Stephanie E. van Gijn

    TPX2/Aurora kinase A signaling as a potential therapeutic target in genomically unstable cancer cells

    University Medical Center Groningen · NL

  • Jesmin Lohy Das

    Population Pharmacokinetics of Artemether, Dihydroartemisinin, and Lumefantrine in Rwandese Pregnant Women Treated for Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

    Uppsala University · SE

  • Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld

    ACBD3 is an essential pan-enterovirus host factor that mediates the interaction between viral 3A protein and cellular protein PI4KB

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld

    ACBD3 is an essential pan-enterovirus host factor that mediates the interaction between viral 3A protein and cellular protein PI4KB

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld

    ACBD3 is an essential pan-enterovirus host factor that mediates the interaction between viral 3A protein and cellular protein PI4KB

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld

    ACBD3 is an essential pan-enterovirus host factor that mediates the interaction between viral 3A protein and cellular protein PI4KB

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Javier Alonso–Mora

    Distributed multi-robot formation control in dynamic environments

    Delft University of Technology · NL

  • Maartje Houben

    Potential permeability enhancement in Early Jurassic shales due to their swelling and shrinkage behavior

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Laura W. Wesseldijk

    Do Parental Psychiatric Symptoms Predict Outcome in Children With Psychiatric Disorders? A Naturalistic Clinical Study

  • Leonie M. Kamminga

    Gene expression profile of a selection of Polycomb Group genes during zebrafish embryonic and germ line development

    Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

  • Fleur Zeldenrust

    Neural Coding With Bursts—Current State and Future Perspectives

    Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

  • Colin Veenstra

    Spatially confined quantification of bilirubin concentrations by spectroscopic visible-light optical coherence tomography

    University of Twente · NL

  • Colin Veenstra

    Spatially confined quantification of bilirubin concentrations by spectroscopic visible-light optical coherence tomography

    University of Twente · NL

  • Garabet Kazanjian

    Impacts of warming on top-down and bottom-up controls of periphyton production

    Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries · DE

  • Marjolijn J. A. Christianen

    Megaherbivores may impact expansion of invasive seagrass in the Caribbean

    University of Groningen · NL

  • Elaine Yeung

    A stress recovery signaling network for enhanced flooding tolerance in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Casper J. van der Kooi

    Functional significance of the optical properties of flowers for visual signalling

    University of Groningen · NL

  • Harold D. MacGillavry

    Functional organization of postsynaptic glutamate receptors

    Utrecht University · NL

  • Martijn Baart

    Recalibration of vocal affect by a dynamic face

    Tilburg University · NL

  • Max Radermacher

    Behaviour of subtidal sandbars in response to nourishments

    Delft University of Technology · NL

  • Maikel Boot

    Accelerating Early Antituberculosis Drug Discovery by Creating Mycobacterial Indicator Strains That Predict Mode of Action

    Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc · NL

  • Raphaël Duivenvoorden

    Efficacy and safety assessment of a TRAF6-targeted nanoimmunotherapy in atherosclerotic mice and non-human primates

    Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NL

  • Mangala Srinivas

    Customizing poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) particles for biomedical applications

    Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

  • Jakko van Ingen

    Treatment outcome definitions in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: an NTM-NET consensus statement

    Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

  • Beste İşleyen

    Turkey’s governance of irregular migration at European Union borders: Emerging geographies of care and control

    University of Amsterdam · NL

  • Jaromír Kovářík

    Learning in network games

    Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute · CZ

  • Tom van Meerten

    Identification of relevant drugable targets in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma using a genome-wide unbiased CD20 guilt-by association approach

    University Medical Center Groningen · NL

  • Caroline Figueroa

    The measurement of cognitive reactivity to sad mood in patients remitted from major depressive disorder

    Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NL

  • Wojciech I. Dzik

    Coordination of 3‐Methylindole‐Based Tripodal Tetraphosphine Ligands to Iron(+II), Cobalt(+II), and Nickel(+II) and Investigations of their Subsequent Two‐Electron Reduction

    Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics · NL

  • Aleksandra Gąsecka

    Randomized controlled trial protocol to investigate the antiplatelet therapy effect on extracellular vesicles (AFFECT EV) in acute myocardial infarction

    Medical University of Warsaw · PL

  • Marjolein Bulk

    Quantitative comparison of different iron forms in the temporal cortex of Alzheimer patients and control subjects

    Leiden University Medical Center · NL

  • Maksim V. Baranov

    The Phosphoinositide Kinase PIKfyve Promotes Cathepsin-S-Mediated Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Antigen Presentation

    Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences · NL

  • Maksim V. Baranov

    The Phosphoinositide Kinase PIKfyve Promotes Cathepsin-S-Mediated Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Antigen Presentation

    Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences · NL

  • Daniela J. Kraft

    Colloid supported lipid bilayers for self-assembly

    Leiden University · NL

  • Amée F. Wolters

    Resting-state fMRI in Parkinson's disease patients with cognitive impairment: A meta-analysis

    Maastricht University Medical Centre · NL

  • Bart Mennink

    Key Prediction Security of Keyed Sponges

    Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

  • Luc E. Coffeng

    Predicted short and long-term impact of deworming and water, hygiene, and sanitation on transmission of soil-transmitted helminths

    Australian National University · AU

  • Luc E. Coffeng

    Predicted short and long-term impact of deworming and water, hygiene, and sanitation on transmission of soil-transmitted helminths

    Australian National University · AU

  • Luc E. Coffeng

    Predicted short and long-term impact of deworming and water, hygiene, and sanitation on transmission of soil-transmitted helminths

    Australian National University · AU

  • Linda G. Rikkert

    Centrifugation affects the purity of liquid biopsy‐based tumor biomarkers

    University of Twente · NL