On this page, you can read the latest news from and about the campus: stories about partnerships, new projects, companies and initiatives on and around the campus.
A spin-off from Wageningen University has recently landed at Campus Groningen with a clear mission. ChainCraft, the innovative biotech company that converts organic waste streams into valuable fatty acids, has recently established itself in the Chemistry & Engineering Innovation Center on Zernike Campus. Not only to be closer to their collaboration partner Avebe, but also to invest in the future.
Three researchers at the UMCG have received a prestigious Dekker Grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation. Campus Groningen congratulates them on this important recognition and support for groundbreaking heart research. Read the full UMCG article here.
Student housing Proxima at Zernike Campus is once again offering peak accommodation this year. International students who do not yet have permanent housing at the start of the academic year can stay here for three months. During that time, students can look for permanent housing.
With a grant of over 2.2 million euros from the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF Kankerbestrijding), the UMCG will treat patients with rare T-cell cancers using CAR-T cells that have been fully developed at the UMCG, on the Healthy Ageing Campus.
At first glance, algae farming seems simple: just grow algae in a tank of water. But behind that green promise lies a technological marvel. At Campus Groningen, the startup Algy Cultivator is developing a unique solution at Innolab Engineering to grow microalgae year-round, day and night, under controlled conditions.
The biomedical startup Bioprex Medical, based at Campus Groningen, is developing a promising technology to significantly reduce infection risks associated with medical implants. “We want to make medical implants safer for patients,” says Jurr van Ramshorst, COO of Bioprex Medical.
During the finals of the Self Driving Challenge 2025, held on Thursday, June 12 at the RDW Test Center in Lelystad, student teams from the northern Netherlands made a strong impression on the event. The team from the Hanze Digital Society Hub took first place in the closed category. The team from the University of the North earned an impressive second place in the open category. Fontys University of Applied Sciences ultimately won this category convincingly.
Future Tech Ventures proudly announces its investment in Flux Robotics, a MedTech startup that’s redefining endovascular surgery through magnetically steered guidewires. The investment is part of a broader round co-led with NextGen Ventures, accelerating Flux Robotics’ mission to make complex peripheral vascular procedures more effective and globally accessible.
The Groningen-based startup IMChip is making significant strides with groundbreaking technology that fundamentally changes how chips operate. With a recent investment from Future Tech Ventures (FTV), the young company is accelerating the development of energy-efficient in-memory chips designed to make artificial intelligence (AI) more accessible and sustainable.