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Myopathy associated BAG3 mutations lead to protein aggregation by stalling Hsp70 networks Melanie Meister-Broekema, Rebecca Freilich, Chandhuru Jagadeesan, Jennifer N. Rauch, Rocio Bengoechea, William W. Motley, E. F. Elsiena Kuiper, Melania Minoia, Gabriel V. Furtado, Maria A. W. H. van Waarde

An ATG16L1-dependent pathway promotes plasma membrane repair and limits Listeria monocytogenes cell-to-cell spread Joel M. J. Tan, Nora Mellouk, Suzanne E. Osborne, Dustin A. Ammendolia, Diana N. Dyer, Ren Li, Diede Brunen, Jorik M. van Rijn, Ju Huang, Mark A. Czuczman, Marija A. Cemma, Amy M. W

  ALW Open Program awarded to Ody Sibon: Identification of the microbiome species and their kinases required fora n inter-organismal Coenzyme A synthesis pathway. (3 year postdoc and benchfee)  

Brain researcher Marie-José van Tol will join the Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The Academy organises activities in the fields of science and society, interdisciplinarity and science policy. In total, ten talented scientists from different disciplines w

Astrocytic expression of the chaperone DNAJB6 results in non-cell autonomous protection in Huntington’s disease Matteo Bason, Melanie Meister-Broekema, Niels Alberts, Pascale Dijkers, Steven Bergink, Ody C.M. Sibon, Harm H. Kampinga Neurobiology of Disease. Volume 124, April 2019, Pages 108-11

Effect of dentin matrix components on the mineralization of human mesenchymal stromal cells. Petridis X, Beems BP, Tomson P, Scheven B, Giepmans B, Kuipers J, van der Sluis L, Harmsen MC. Tissue Eng Part A. 2018 Nov 16. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2018.0192. 

On November 11th 2018, the European Cooperation in Science & Technology organization has accepted the COST Action Proposal Innovation with glycans: new frontiers from synthesis to new biological targets (Innogly). This network brings together European scientists with diverse and specific expert

Patiënten met een bewegingsstoornis hebben een besturingsfout in de hersenen. Hierdoor maken zij andere bewegingen dan zij willen. Dit heeft veel invloed op hun dagelijks leven. In het Expertisecentrum ‘zeldzame bewegingsstoornissen’ van het UMCG proberen we bewegingsstoornissen beter te begrij

At the Huntington Meeting, 9th of November, 2018 in Amsterdam. Suzanne L Dekker (Steven Bergink’s group) received the poster prize.

On the september 12 2018 Wandert Schaafsma defended succesfully his thesis Long-term regulation of microglia: Role of epigenetic mechanisms, inflammatory events and diet in front a commitee of established scientists. His supervisors were prof. dr. Erik Boddeke and prof. dr. Bart Eggen. After a shor