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The surface of lipid droplets constitutes a barrier for endoplasmic reticulum residential integral membrane proteins Rasha Khaddaj, Muriel Mari, Stéphanie Cottier, Fulvio Reggiori, Roger Schneiter J Cell Sci jcs.256206

Membrane supply and remodeling during autophagosome biogenesis Rubén Gómez-Sánchez, Sharon A. Tooze, Fulvio Reggiori Current Opinion in Cell Biology. Volume 71, August 2021, Pages 112-119; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceb.2021.02.001

What kind of knowledge does a bachelor student in medicine need to become the best possible practitioner? A solid theoretical basis on diagnostics and treatments of major diseases? Practical experiences through care internships? Yes to both, but equally important is the knowledge about how dise

Without our brains we are nowhere: Our brains determine our behavior. And that is why research into brains and behavior is the spearhead of Brain & Cognition, a research institute of the UMCG. It would be a shame to keep that knowledge of the brain locked-up and that is why rese

Almost 1 million Euro for research on an ultra-rare disease The Horizon 2020 European Joint Program on Rare Diseases awarded EUR 932.000 to an international consortium led by UMCG professor Sven van IJzendoorn (department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems) to develop an antioxidant

FOXO1 controls protein synthesis and transcript abundance of mutant polyglutamine proteins, preventing protein aggregation Gabriel Vasata Furtado, Jing Yang, Di Wu, Christos I Papagiannopoulos, Hanna M Terpstra, E F Elsiena Kuiper, Sybille Krauss, Wei-Guo Zhu, Harm H Kampinga, Steven Bergink Hum

Genome instability and loss of protein homeostasis: converging paths to neurodegeneration? Anna Ainslie, Wouter Huiting, Lara Barazzuol and Steven Bergink 21 April 2021 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.200296

WDR45, one gene associated with multiple neurodevelopmental disorders Yingying Cong, Vincent So, Marina A J Tijssen, Dineke S Verbeek, Fulvio Reggiori, Mario Mauthe Autophagy,  2021 Apr 12;1-16. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2021.1899669. Online ahead of print.

Testen kan helpen om meer fysiek onderwijs in de toekomst weer mogelijk te maken. ln het lab van de afdeling Biomedical Sciences doen ze hier sinds begin maart al ervaring mee op. Zo’n 25 studenten laten zich wekelijks twee keer testen. ‘De studenten verdienen een groot compliment’, zegt a

Brainwash talks Praatprogramma NPO 2 11 April 2021 13:40 – 14:00 Programma dat aansluit op het Brainwash Festival. De meest verrassende en invloedrijke denkers uit binnen- en buitenland formuleren samen met het publiek nieuwe ideeën voor de grootste persoonlijke en maatschapp