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What does the corona crisis to your brain? Cognitive Neuroscience investigator Marie-José van Tol explains(Dutch only).

Functional diversity between HSP70 paralogs due to variable interactions with specific co-chaperones. Despina Serlidaki,  Maria A. W. H. van Waarde,  Lukas Rohland,  Anne S Wentink,  Suzanne L Dekker,  Maarten J Kamphuis,  Jeffrey M Boertien,  Jeanette F Brunsting,  Nadinath B. Nill

DNAJB6, a Key Factor in Neuronal Sensitivity to Amyloidogenesis Thiruvalluvan A, de Mattos EP, Brunsting JF, Bakels R, Serlidaki D, Barazzuol L, Conforti P, Fatima A, Koyuncu S, Cattaneo E, Vilchez D, Bergink S, Boddeke EHWG, Copray S, Kampinga HH. Mol Cell. 2020 Mar 25. pii: S1097-2

The 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

‘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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Liesbeth 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

Bacterial Peptidoglycan as a Driver of Chronic Brain Inflammation Jon D. Laman,* Bert A. ’t Hart, Christopher Power, and Roman Dziarski TRMOME 1521, 2020. Pdf

Rob 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.

Neodymium 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.