Earlier this year the AMS research program ‘Ageing & Vitality’ announced an open call aimed at PhD candidates and Postdoc researchers in need of financial support to enable a conference visit.

The aim of the call was to contribute to conference visits, travel and accommodation costs for young researchers on projects and conferences directly linked to the Ageing & Vitality research program.

A total of € 9.000 was awarded to the following researchers as a contribution to visit the conference of their choice:

  • Yunxin Chen, PhD candidate, Oral Cell Biology, ACTA,
  • Romain Collet, PhD candidate, Epidemiology and Data Science, VU Amsterdam,
  • Juul van Grootel, PhD candidate, Rehabilitation Medicine, AUMC,
  • Bram Hoogerheide, PhD candidate, Human Movement Sciences, VU Amsterdam,
  • Eva Hoogendoorn, PhD candidate, Human Movement Sciences, VU Amsterdam,
  • Jelle Huijts, PhD candidate, Human Movement Sciences, VU Amsterdam,
  • Marijke de Leeuwerk, PhD candidate, Rehabilitation Medicine, AUMC,
  • Laura Ventura, PhD candidate, Human Genetics, AUMC,
  • Lisa Vossen, PhD candidate, Rehabilitation Medicine, AUMC,
  • Suzanne Wiertsema, Early Career Researcher, Rehabilitation Medicine, AUMC.

We congratulate!