The EmbRACE consortium, coordinated by CARIM, has awarded three fellowships, including two to CARIM researchers.

Tim van de Wiel, Dr Magdalena Harakalova, and Dr Rogier Veltrop (Dept of Biochemistry) have been awarded an NWO grant for large-scale high-performance computing time.

Two international research teams involving CARIM researchers have received an International Cardiovascular Research Partnership Awards from a collaboration between the Dutch Heart Foundation, the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (DZHK, Germany), and the Lefoulon-Delalande Foundation (LDF, France).

Dr Sam Heuts (Dept of Cardiothoracic Surgery) and Dr Floor Heubel-Moenen (Dept of Internal Medicine) both received a grant from the MUMC+ Academic Fund 2026.

During the Dutch Society of Cardiology (NVVC) Spring Congress held on April 16 and 17, the Durrer Prize was awarded to Anouk Achten (Dept of Cardiology).

Participate in one of our cardiovascular courses and become acquainted with the latest scientific developments in the field of cardiovascular disease.

The project ‘The vicious circle of protein modification-induced chronic inflammation’ by Dr Marleen van Greevenbroek (Dept of Internal Medicine) and Prof. Leendert Trouw (LUMC) received k€ 800 funding from ZonMw through its Open Competition Programme.

Dr Hongxing Luo (Department of Physiology) has been awarded an NWO Faculty of Impact grant of €201,000 for the project Smartphone-Measured Heart Sounds for Remote Heart Failure Monitoring.

Yesterday, we held the 1st Anna Maria van Schurman Symposium at CARIM - and what an afternoon it was.

During the SEOHS symposium on January 23, Lia Bica, PhD candidate at CARIM+HVC, received the Prof. Dr. Klopper Award from the Foundation for Scientific Research by Assistants in Surgical Specialties.