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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

Rapidly Progressive Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is Associated with Microglial Reactivity and Small Heat Shock Protein Expression in Reactive Astrocytes. Gorter RP, Stephenson J, Nutma E, Anink J, de Jonge JC, Baron W, Jahreiβ MC, Belien JAM, van Noort JM, Mijnsbergen C, Aronica E, Amor S.. Ne

  Modelling in miniature: Using Drosophila melanogaster to study human neurodegeneration Roald Lambrechts, Anita Faber & Ody Sibon Drug Discovery Today: Disease Models Oct 15 2018:

Probing aggrephagy using chemically-induced protein aggregates. Janssen AFJ, Katrukha EA, van Straaten W, Verlhac P, Reggiori F, Kapitein LC. Nat Commun. 2018 Oct 12;9(1):4245. 

Galectin-4, a Negative Regulator of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation, Is Persistently Present in Axons and Microglia/Macrophages in Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Charlotte G H M de Jong, Mirjana Stancic, Tineke H Pinxterhuis, Jack van Horssen,  Anne-Marie van Dam,  Hans-Joachim Gabius, PhDWia B

  Loperamide, pimozide, and STF-62247 trigger autophagy-dependent cell death in glioblastoma cells. Zielke S, Meyer N, Mari M, Abou-El-Ardat K, Reggiori F, van Wijk SJL, Kögel D, Fulda S. Cell Death Dis. 2018 Sep 24;9(10):994.  Pdf

Impression commemoration “… and they put their bodies at the disposal of science”, 22 September 2018 On Saturday 22 September 2018, the Anatomy section organized its annual commemoration “… and they put their body at the disposal of science”. The commemoration tog