Best PhD thesis

The doctoral thesis is a proof of the ability of the PhD candidate to perform independent scientific research. Yearly RIMLS gives an award to the most outstanding thesis.

Group leaders are invited to propose candidates. Thesis should be defended between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020. Nominations must be accompanied with a motivation including a (digital) copy of the thesis.

Previous winners

Year Winner Title of thesis
2019 Guido van Mierlo Viewing pluripotency from a multi-omics perspective.
2018 Mani Diba Development of composite biomaterials with self-healing properties.
2017 Pascal Miesen Untangling the piRNA pathway in the arbovirus vector mosquito Aedes aegypti.
2016 Kalijn Bol Dendritic cell-based immunotherapy in melanoma
2015 Jeroen de Baaij The Distal Convoluted Tubule: the Art of Magnesium Transport 
2014 Ellen van den Bogaard From skin development to disease pathogenesis and therapeutics - The power of 3D skin models
2013 Jurjen Tel Plasmacytoid dendritic cells & immunotherapy of cancer
2012 Theo Plantinga Modulation of inflammation by genetic variation in innate immunity
2011 Jenny van der Wijst New patches in the molecular understanding of renal magnesium handling
2010 Joost Lesterhuis Dendritic cells in cancer immunotherapy
2009 Camiel Boon Hereditary retinal disease, Clinical and genetic studies on the role of the peripherin/RDS gene, the BEST1 gene, and the CFH gene
2008 David Koolen Opy number variation and mental retardation
2007 Lisenka Vissers Molecular karyotyping by array CGH. Linking gene dosage alterations to disease phenotypes
2006 Tom Neijenhuis Epithelial Ca2+ and Mg2+ channels in health and disease
2005 Manon Zweers (shared)
Toni Gabaldon (shared)		 Tenascin-X. Clinical and biological aspects
Origin and evolution of the mitochondrial proteome: applications for protein function prediction in the eukaryotes
2004 Edwin Janssen Not available
2003 Ole Madsen Not available
2002 Anneke den Hollander Not available
2001 Jan Koenderink Not available
2000 Joost Hoenderop Not available
1999 Anne Lenferink Not available
1998 Albert de Roos Not available
1997 Lex Bakker (shared)
Marcel Verbeek (shared)		 Not available
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Research Principles of research Grants and awards

Acknowledging excellence

To acknowledge the excellence of our scientists and to stimulate them to further their career, Radboudumc and its research institutes annually grant several awards and subsidies. Furthermore, our scientists also receive prestigious national and international awards and subsidized grants.

A selection

With over 4,000 researchers at Radboudumc, there is so much happening. Here a selection of the grants and subsidies awarded to our researchers.

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Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO

European Research Council ERC

Spinoza Prize

The NWO Spinoza Prize is known as the "Dutch Nobel Prize". It is a mark of honor and a stimulus for further research. see laureates

Other external grants and awards

Charity foundations

Radboud Institute for Health Sciences

John Graunt Award

Since 2016, the Radboud Institute for Health Sciences honors an outstanding scientist every two years for their extraordinary achievements in one of the population sciences.

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Richard Grol Visiting Scientist Award

The Radboud Institute for Health Sciences honors a foreign researcher or teacher with the Richard Grol Visiting Scientist Award.

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4 year PhD positions

To stimulate innovative health sciences research, a number of PhD positions are annually available within RIHS. In 2020 funding will be made available for 6 Junior Researcher projects.

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RIHS PhD Award

The RIHS PhD Award is annually awarded to the best thesis within the RIHS. 

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RIHS Science Award

The RIHS Science Award is annually awarded to the best peer-reviewed scientific publication within RIHS.

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RIHS Societal Impact Award

The RIHS Societal Impact Award is annually awarded to a RIHS research product with a high impact on society.

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RIHS Supervisor of the year

From 2018 onwards RIHS awards the supervisor of the year.

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Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences

Best Master thesis

Every year, RIMLS gives an award to the most outstanding Master's dissertation.

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Best Master thesis

The Master's thesis is a proof of the ability of a Master's student to perform scientific research and to present his/her findings in a clear and concise manner. Yearly RIMLS gives an award to the most outstanding Master's dissertation.

Nominations must be accompanied with a motivation including a (digital) copy of report. 

Previous winners:

Year Winner Title of report
2019 Julia Verhoef CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing of pantothenamide resistance genes in Plasmodium Falciparum
2018 Eline van Houtum Glycoengineered molecules to target the sialic acid-siglec axis in tumor immunology
2017 Anouk Becker Novel strategy for targeted nanovaccines for cancer immunotherapy
2016 Marilen Benner Differential effects of microbes on endometrial lymphocytes. Analysis of endometrial and placental lymphocytes and the possible role of the local microbiome
2015 Felix Fennemann Site-directed antibody functionalization for targeted vaccination
2014 Bart van Beusekom Re-refinement in protein structure validation
2013 Sarah Weischer Blocking Aberrant Sialylation in Cancer Cells -A Sweet Way to Augment Anti‐Tumor Immunity
2012 Margo Dona Dissecting the function of ninl and c20orf12 using Danio Rerio as a model organism. Two players of the Usher protein network
2011 Pascal Miessen (shared)
 
Christian Büll (shared)		 A novel microRNA inhibitor in mouse cytomegalovirus is veiled as microRNA target
Acute Inflammatory Response to Mannan Provides an Activating Environment for Arthritogenic SKG T-cells
2010 Veronika te Boekhorst Control of cancer cell invasion and nuclear deformability by nuclear lamins
2009 Anna Haeger The role of (local) cellular NAD+-levels during glioma growth and migration
2008 - -
2007 Hanneke Wittgen Application of a rapid, reversible and tunable protein regulation method to regulate the expression of the Ca2+ channel TRPV5
2006 Anneke Navis Characterisation of RPGRIP1 interacting proteins
2005 Elisa Börger The development of signet ring cell differentiation in mucinous carcinomas
2004 Stanley Hato Not available
2003 Sophia Bruggeman Not available
2002 Mike de Bruijni Not available
2001 - -
2000 Pascal Duijf Not available
1999 Christiaan de Kock Not available
1998 Manon Zweers Not available
1997 Erik Vossenaar Not available

Best PhD thesis

Every year, RIMLS gives an award to the most outstanding PhD dissertation.

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Best publication

RIMLS awards a prize for the best peer-reviewed publication annually. The publication should relate to a major scientific "breakthrough" that advances scientific understanding.

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Best publication

RIMLS awards annualy a prize for the best peer-reviewed publication. The publication should relate to a major scientific "breakthrough" that advances scientific understanding.

Submission motivation & publication title and abstract should be

Previous winners

Year Winner Title of publication
2019 Bas van der Schoot, et al.  Functional diversification of hybridoma-produced antibodies by CRISPR/HDR genomic engineering.
2018 Florian Wimmers, et al.  Single-cell analysis reveals that stochasticity and paracrine signaling control interferon-alpha production by plasmacytoid dendritic cells.
2017 Tania Crişan, et al. Uric acid priming in human monocytes is driven by the AKT-PRAS40 autophagy pathway.
2016 de Winde, C.M. et al Tetraspanin CD37 protects against the development of B cell lymphoma.
2015 Weren, R. et al A germline homozygous mutation in the base-excision repair gene NTHL1 causes adenomatous polyposis and colorectal cancer
2014 Cheng, S.C. et al mTOR- and HIF-1α-mediated aerobic glycolysis as metabolic basis for trained immunity
2013 Habibi et al Whole-Genome Bisulfite Sequencing of Two Distinct Interconvertible DNA Methylomes of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
2012 Bronkhorst, E. et al The DNA virus Invertebrate iridescent virus 6 is a target of the Drosophila RNAi machinery
2011 van de Veerdonk, F. et al STAT1 mutations in autosomal dominant chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

RIMLS Image Award

Images made with a MIC microscope.

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RIMLS Image Award

To participate submit an image and a short explanation 

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Travel grant

RIMLS “travel” grants are available for a work-related event (e.g. online events, conferences, workshops, work placements, etc) expenses.

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Travel grant

RIMLS “travel” grants are available for a work-related event (e.g. online events, conferences, workshops, work placements, etc) expenses.

Submissions for the travel grants of 2020:

Year Winner Journey
2020 Inge Wortel € 1,000 to visit a conference in Montreal, Canada
2020 Farid Keramati € 300 to visit symposium in Lyon, France 
2020 Charlotte Hoogstraten € 950 to visit a Toxicologie meeting in Aneheim, California
2020 Quan Xu € 250 to visit a bioinformatic conference in Leuven, Belgium
2020 Noa van den Brink € 1,000 to visit a symposium in Pennsylvania, USA
2020 Mariya Chernyavaska € 500 for a work visit Zürich, Switserland 
2020 Sofie Tolmeijer € 950 for a work visit in Vancouver, Canada
2020 Sanne van Lith € 1,000 to visit a conference in Buffalo, USA
2019 Cenna van Manen € 500 for a work placement at Karls university of Tuebingen, Germany
2019 Remco van Cruchten € 450 to visit the International Myotonic Dystrophy Consortium meeting, Sweden
2019 Lisanne Gommers € 1,000 to visit the conference Keystone Symposia Microbiome: Chemical Mechanisms and Biological Consequences, Canada
2019 Elke Muntjewerff € 1,000 to visit th annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists in May 2019, San Diego, USA
2019 Daan Panneman € 1,000 to visit the Gordon Conference on Mitochondrial Dynamics and Signaling, USA
2019 Eva-Leonne Göttgens € 465 to visit the 38th ESTRO meeting in Milan
2019 Georgina Flórez-Grau  € 400 for a work placement at the Immunology Institute in Marseille, France 
2019 Jorge Dominquez Andres € 500 to visit the Conference: 2nd Human & Translational Immunology, Greece
2018 Edyta Swider € 500,- to visit the ISMRM conference in Paris, France
2018 Jos Smits € 1000,- to visit the International Investigative Dermatology meeting in Orlando, Florida, USA
2018 Vera Dunlock € 700,- to visit the conference “Tetraspanin scaffolds in cancer and infectious disease” in Arizona, USA
2018 Nicole Visser € 1000,- for a work placement at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, USA
2018 Daphne Lobeek € 400,- to visit the 8'n international Symposium Sentinel Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Cancer - Consensus Meeting in London, UK
2018 Hanna Niehues € 1000,- to visit the International Investigative Dermatology meeting in Orlando, Florida, USA
2018 Martijn van den Bosch € 500,- to visit the OARSI 2018 World Congress in Liverpool, UK
2017 Marilen Benner Keystone symposium: "Maternal‐Fetal Cross" Washington D.C., USA
2017 Carlijn Bruggeling Work placement at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, USA
2017 Amelieke Cremers Work placement at the Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
2017 Andreas Kompatscher Experimental Biology Meeting 2017, Chicago, USA
2017 Svenja Mennens Symposium EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
2017 Nelleke Spruijt Keystone Conference: Hematopoiesis. Banff, Alberta, Canada
2017 Laurens van de Wiel European Human Genetics Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016 Brooke Latour Keystone Symposium: Ubiquitin Signaling (X3), Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler, Canada
2016 René Marke The American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference 2016 in San Diego, USA
2016 Pascal Miesen Keystone symposium. Small RNA silencing: Little Guides, big biology, Keystone Resort, Colorado USA
2016 Wouter Touw Work visit, Imperial College, London, UK
2016 Lotte de Winde 7th European Conference on Tetraspanins, Sheffield University Medical School, UK
2016 Jenny van der Wijst 60th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting (in combination with a work visit to the lab of Dr. Yifan Cheng), Los Angeles, USA
2015 Christian Büll Glyco23, 23rd International Symposium on Glycoconjugates, Croatia
2015 Alex Garanto Iglesias Work placement, Iowa, USA
2015 Kirsten Kuipers Pneumococcus congress, Oxford, UK
2015 Marije Sloff TERMIS World Congress, Boston, USA
2015 Sophieke van der Steen 19th Biennial Meeting of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology, France
2015 Florian Wimmers EFIS/EJI Immunology Summer School, Porto Cervo, Italy
2014 Michele Fedecostante IRB-PhD retreat, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Tessa van der Geest IRB-PhD retreat, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Lisanne van Oppen IRB-PhD retreat, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Rocio Acuna Conference European Society for Human Genetics, Milan, Italy
2014 Jeroen de Baaij ISN Forefronts, Boston, USA
2014 Ellen van den Bogaard 8th Georg Bajka Int symp on atopic dermatitis (ISAD), Nottingham, UK
2014 Arthur Kuipers Gordon Conference Barga Lucca, Italy

Supervisor of the year

Excellence is shown in many ways, and excellent supervision is something we should all strive for!

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Supervisor of the year

Is your supervisor your superhero? Inscribe him or her to compete for the “Supervisor of the year” title! All you need to do is fill in your supervisor’s name and 3 reasons why he or she is a source of inspiration. The name of the submitter will remain anonymous. Three nominees will be announced in advance. The winner will be chosen by online public vote and will be announced at the RIMLS Award Festival. Be creative and participate, they deserve it!


Previous winners:

Year Winner Theme
2019 Iris Nagtegaal Tumors of the digestive tract
2018 Matthijs Kox Infectious diseases and global health
2017 Ronald van Rij Infectious diseases and global health
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 


 

 

Funding and support

Funding and support

Are you a researcher at Radboudumc and do you wish to obtain a grant, national or international, for your research group or as an individual? To help you get started, we offer an overview of some of the available grants including some funded by Radboudumc. see overview