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MYO5B, STX3 and STXBP2 mutations reveal a common disease mechanism that unifies a subset of congenital diarrheal disorders: A mutation update. Dhekne HS, Pylypenko O, Overeem AW, Ferreira RJ, van der Velde KJ, Rings EHHM, Posovszky C, Swertz MA, Houdusse A, van IJzendoorn SCD. Hum Mutat. 2017 Dec

PI’s of Cell Biology were at a scientific retraite. Science only, but there was also a not so common workshop “Get the Max out of your skills”. The results are being shown in the picture. Harrie Harmfull Kampinga Sven Go-Sven van IJzendoorn Ben Bennie Giepmans Fulvio Folvis Reggi

  ALW Open Program application entiteled: “Tri-dimensional exploration of membrane assembly during autophagosome biogenesis” has been awarded to Muriel Mari.

Identification of seipin-linked factors that act as determinants of a lipid droplet subpopulation. Eisenberg-Bord M, Mari M, Weill U, Rosenfeld-Gur E, Moldavski O, Castro IG, Soni KG, Harpaz N, Levine TP, Futerman AH, Reggiori F, Bankaitis VA, Schuldiner M, Bohnert M. J Cell Biol. 2017 Nov 2

Jacomien Jongsma and Pauline van Schaik (Baron group) and Melissa Schepers (University of Hasselt, Belgium) received a price for the Best Proposal for a MS Research Grant during the MS Research Days 2017. They now may develop and submit the proposal and from then on are in the running for winning th

    On World Thrombosis Day (13 october), the Dutch Thrombosis Foundation will kickoff a crowdfunding action to support research in the van IJzendoorn group. Check out the ‘Algemeen Dagblad’ coming friday, or see the article already here.  

Alzheimer Research UK pathfinder grant (~55.000 Euro) awarded to Prof. dr. Harm H. Kampinga & Dr. Steven Bergink for the project “Targeting DNAJB6 to prevent amyloidosis in polyglutamine diseases”.    

    Ody Sibon received a check of € 115.954,00  from the Stichting Zeldzame Ziekten Fonds for her project: development of a treatment for PKAN. October 7th, the Jan Lammers Rally was organized and all donations were directed to this PKAN project. See also www.zzf.nl.

The Dutch Digestive Foundation (Maag Lever Darm stichting) started a mailing campaign to raise money to support research on microvillus inclusion disease by the group of Sven van IJzendoorn. Click here  to see more information.  

ALW Open Programme awarded to Prof. Dr. Fulvio Reggiori: Atg1 as the master regulator of autophagosome completion Autophagy is a conserved intracellular degradative pathway that plays a key role in many physiological processes and numerous pathologies including cancer, neurodegeneration and muscular