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‘Drinking beer and brainstorming together’

On April 6th, Korean couple Hoon Suk Rho (38) and Yoonsun Yang (34) will obtain their doctoral degrees from the UT. Both carried out their PhD research using lab-on-a-chip technology. A few questions.
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IGS PhD Networking Day

The first ever IGS PhD Networking Day took place today in the DesignLab at the University of Twente. The event, initiated purely by PhD students for PhD students, was aimed at strengthening the PhD network and it involved interactive seminars, lectures and speed dating.
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Combining management with neuroscience

What do cognitive neuroscience and social entrepreneurship have in common? At the very least, they are both important parts of Raja Singaram’s PhD research. ‘How to support social entrepreneurs that start new business ventures?’ That was the question Singaram asked himself before moving from Silicon Valley to the University of Twente.
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BE COOL! Design moon houses

Gifted pupils in primary schools mostly read textbooks or work on individual assignments. But not children participating in BE COOL!-project. Those students get to design moon houses. The project introduces a new type of learning method built on collaboration and Alieke van Dijk is there to design and research this new educational approach.
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Pakistaanse promovendus ‘een inspiratie’

Van een Pakistaans bergdropje naar nanolab MESA+. Yawar Abbas is de eerste promovendus van zijn geboortegebied in de Himalaya, en nu onderzoeker van vakgroep BIOS, Lab-on-a-Chip. ‘De struggle in het leven is belangrijk.’
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PhD Day 2015: Academia vs. Industry

This year´s edition of the annual PhD Day is focused on preparing PhD students for the future. It will take place on the 15th of October 2015 and it aims to introduce the participants to all the different career paths they can take after acquiring their PhD.
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Detecting cancer from urine

His aspiration was to save lives, and so he decided to switch from engineering to nanotechnology. The place to do that was the UT, where Dilu George Mathew now works on ‘Early Stage Cancer Detection Sensor’, a device able to detect cancer from patients’ urine. ‘This technique could not only save lives, but also a lot of money.’
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Treatment of type 1 diabetes

It all started with a simple optical microscope she got as a child and used to examine the structure of paper or leaves. Now she is working on developing abioactive scaffoldto treat type 1 diabetes. ‘I love chocolate, it adds sweetness to life and I want everybody to be able to enjoy it!’ says Elahe Hadavi, PhD candidate from the Developmental BioEngineering group.
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Analysing groundwater in Botswana

Water is essential to all life on Earth, but some areas have fewer water supplies than others. ‘We need to know what resources there are, in order to use them efficiently,’ says Moiteela Lekula, who is researching groundwater storage in his home country of Botswana.
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'Promovendi zouden meer plezier moeten hebben'

Promovendi klagen op een discussiemiddag van de KNAW over de hevige concurrentie en de druk om te publiceren. Hoogleraren snappen dat niet helemaal: 'Als je het niet leuk vindt, zit je op de verkeerde plek.'
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PhD ontmoet 70 Nobelprijswinnaars

Elk jaar komen zeventig Nobelprijswinnaars bij elkaar in Duitse Lindau, waar zij een week lang lezingen geven en in gesprek gaan met jonge wetenschappers. UT-PhD Prosper Ngabonziza (33) kreeg de uitnodiging om van 28 juni tot 3 juli bij de prestigieuze Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting aanwezig te zijn. ‘Dit is heel speciaal, ik ben erg trots.’
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Unraveling urban bike myths

There may be nine million bicycles in Beijing, but Enschede also has a sufficient number of bikes to need a solid policy on how to accommodate them best. Sander Veenstra is developing an application to support the city council in their decision making.
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