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VU:Sci is an online magazine that is created by and for our Life Sciences Master and PhD student community at VU Amsterdam. As an editorial team, we aim to share news about our study experiences and recent research with fellow early scientists in training. We especially welcome your contributions to our magazine if you are studying or researching in the fields of Neurosciences, Biomolecular or Biomedical Sciences on campus at VU. We aim to immerse our readers in new developments and debates taking place in the wider life sciences community.

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After every party comes what we dread the most - the clean-up. How does the clean-up process work for our brain? Who’s in charge of this? According to the glymphatic system model, astrocytes serve as an active cleaning crew operating in the brain tissue. Want to know more about how this works? Read our new article by @rosaliazeep ! [Link in bio]

UPDATE:

🚀 Last call! The deadline for applications for the next ACE Incubation Program is only a few days away.

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), is a rare, genetic disorder where extra bone formation develops outside the body’s skeleton. Read more in our newest article (link in bio).

The clothes we wear can be very harmful for the planet. But how can we make the fashion industry more sustainable? Turns out solutions for reducing the carbon footprint start in a petri-dish! Interested in how researchers are trying to make one of our favorite fashion items greener? Read all about it in our newest article!

Our parents used to say that screens would give us square eyes. That was not true, but screens do affect our internal body clock. Wondering how this works and what to do about it? Read all about it in our newest article! [Link in bio]