11 December 2018
The goal of the stipendium is to enable junior female scientists to perform research abroad and to encourage them to pursue a scientific career in academia.
Nikki Knijn from the department of Pathology, theme Tumors of the digestive tract, has been awarded the Christine Mohrmann stipendium of €5000,- in order to visit the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA, to study subtypes of hepatocellular carcinomas.

The Christine Mohrmann stipendium is awarded yearly to 10 promising female PhD candidates from the different faculties of the Radboud University in Nijmegen.
The goal of the stipendium is to enable junior female scientists to perform research abroad and to encourage them to pursue a scientific career in academia.
Nikki Knijn from the department of Pathology, theme Tumors of the digestive tract, has been awarded the Christine Mohrmann stipendium of €5000,- in order to visit the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA, to study subtypes of hepatocellular carcinomas.
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