The KNCV has organised the Gouden Spatel award for the best higher education thesis in the field of chemistry every year since 1982. During an official award ceremony, the winner receives the award and a prize of € 1,000. Two second prizes are also awarded, consisting of a certificate and € 250 each.
The finalists for the 'Gouden Spatel 2024' are known!
After extensive deliberation, the jury has chosen three finalists from all entries. We will announce the winner at the 'Avond van de Chemie' on 10 October in Amersfoort. The three finalists, in alphabetical order, are:
- Kylian van Haarlem, Hogeschool Utrecht
'Method Development of Multiplex qPCR for Quantification of Host Cell DNA in Lentivirus Vector' - Mitan Kadir, Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
'Development of a Lipidomic Workflow to Identify and Quantify Phospholipids using Electron-Activated Dissociation and Liquid Chromatography Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry' - Femke Volker, Hogeschool Utrecht
'Do Obesity-Associated MRAP2 Variants Modulate the MRAP2 Function in MC4R or GHSR1a Signaling'
The winner of the 'Gouden Spatel 2023' is Roy Blom (Zuyd Hogeschool, Heerlen).
Roy did a research entitled 'Extending the Scope of Peptiligase'
The second prizes were for:
- Jennifer Monteiro Fortes, Hogeschool Utrecht
'Molecular sex differences in the entorhinal cortex in cognitively intact individuals with preclinical Alzheimer’s disease' - Layla Rahiem, Avans Hogeschool
'Subtyping kidney allograft biopsies with DSA+/C4d+ and DSA-/C4d- CA ABMR using NanoString nCounter Technology®'
This prize is made possible by de Gemeente Oss.
More information on the 'Gouden Spatel':