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The Reggiori group obtained a Corona: fast-track data grant.10 Apr. 2020The Reggiori group obtained a Corona: fast-track data grant. The goal of the project is to identify lead molecules that specifically target a highly conserved interaction between two coronaviral proteins, which the group has recently shown to be vital for coronaviruses. A miniaturized assay to
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NWO Grant awarded for public-private LIFT proposal (Ben Giepmans group)02 Apr. 2020‘Google biomaps’ on a square nanometre Lead applicant: Dr Ben Giepmans (University Medical Center Groningen) Consortium: University Medical Center Groningen, Delft University of Technology, Delmic BV The researchers collaborating in this project will use novel microscopy techniques to better
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Restrictions body donation program due to the Coronavirus16 Mar. 2020For more info see our Dutch body donation program page.
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NWO groot consortium grant to Liesbeth Veenhoff (+ cross disciplinary team Steven Bergink and Harm Kampinga)03 Mar. 2020Liesbeth Veenhoff received the NWO groot consortium grant and will study the ‘Guardians of Protein Disorder’ with a cross disciplinary team of cell biologists, Steven Bergink and Harm Kampinga (UMCG), and physicists, Patrick Onck (ZIAM) and Cees Dekker (TuDelft). Guardians of protein disorder In
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Published in Trends in Molecular Medicine by Jon Laman group - Feb 202026 Feb. 2020Bacterial Peptidoglycan as a Driver of Chronic Brain Inflammation Jon D. Laman,* Bert A. ’t Hart, Christopher Power, and Roman Dziarski TRMOME 1521, 2020. Pdf
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Cheque received by Rob Coppes group from zwem- en poloclub "Steenwijk 34"06 Feb. 2020Rob Coppes received a cheque from the zwem- en poloclub “Steenwijk 34” which had been swimming 200 km to sponsor a KWF project. The club chose Rob Coppes’ project “Increasing therapeutic window of proton therapy in brain, head and neck cancer” to donate the cheque to.
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Safer staining for EM by Jeroen Kuipers et al.- Feb 202004 Feb. 2020Neodymium as an alternative contrast for uranium in electron microscopy. Kuipers J, Giepmans BNG. Histochem Cell Biol. 2020 Feb 1. doi: 10.1007/s00418-020-01846-0.
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Published in Journal of Virology by Reggiori group - FEB 202004 Feb. 2020Nucleocapsid Protein Recruitment to Replication-Transcription Complexes Plays a Crucial Role in Coronaviral Life Cycle Yingying Cong, Mustafa Ulasli, Hein Schepers, Mario Mauthe, Philip V’kovski, Franziska Kriegenburg, Volker Thiel,Cornelis A. M. de Haan, Fulvio Reggioria. February 2020 Volume
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Published in Journal of Parkinson's Disease by Kampinga/Bergink group - JAN 202004 Feb. 2020Protein Quality Control Pathways at the Crossroad of Synucleinopathies. De Mattos EP, Wentink A, Nussbaum-Krammer C, Hansen C, Bergink S, Melki R, Kampinga HH. J Parkinsons Dis. 2020 Jan 24. doi: 10.3233/JPD-191790. Pdf
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Two PhD students from the Section Molecular Neurobiology received a Grant from Stichting MS Research.17 Dec. 2019Jacomien Jongsma received the Monique Blom-de Wagt Grant to visit the lab of prof. Ernst Wolvetang in Brisbane, Australia for 6 months next year. His research group is specialized in iPSC technology and Jacomien will examine whether the interplay between neurons and oligodendrocytes is dysregulated