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Spinoza Prize

The Spinoza Prize, offered by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), is the highest scientific research award for top scientists in the Netherlands. The laureates are internationally renowned and know how to inspire young researchers.
Spinoza prize winners receive 2.5 million euros to spend on the research of their choice.

Spinoza Prize laureates Wageningen University & Research

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    prof.dr. J (John) van der Oost
    2018: Spinoza prize for discovering how the CRISPR-Cas-system contributes to the bacterial defense against viruses
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    prof.dr. M (Marten) Scheffer
    2009: Spinoza prize for his groundbreaking contribution to understanding critical turning points in complex systems, varying from transitions in shallow lakes to climate change and the collapse of ancient cultures
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    prof.dr. WM (Willem) de Vos
    2008: Spinoza prize for groundbreaking research into the contribution of microorganisms to our food and health
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    prof.dr. M (Marcel) Dicke
    2007: Spinoza prize for his research in the field of ecology, on the interaction between plants and insects

News

  • 15 June 2018
    Spinoza Prize for Wageningen microbiologist John van der Oost
    - Today, the Wageningen Microbiology Professor John van der Oost will receive the Spinoza Prize presented by Science Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven....

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