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Published online Coenzyme A: to make it or uptake it Ody C.M. Sibon and Erick Strauss See pdf The consensus has been that intracellular coenzyme A (CoA) is obtained exclusively by de novobiosynthesis via a universal, conserved five-step pathway in the cell cytosol. However, old and new evidence sug

Published online 29 August 2016: An siRNA screen for ATG protein depletion reveals the extent of the unconventional functions of the autophagy proteome in virus replication.    Mauthe M, Langereis M, Jung J, Zhou X, Jones A, Omta W, Tooze SA, Stork B, Paludan SR, Ahola T, Egan D, Behrends C, Mok

  Date:  19 September 2016 Time: 11.00 hrs Location: Aula Academic Building, Broerstraat 5, Groningen. (reception at the Spiegelzaal, Academic building afterwards)    

On the 6th of June 2016 Inge Holtman succesfully defended her thesis Exploring microglial functions under physiological and pathological conditions by genome-wide expression profiling before an committee of established researchers and was awarded with cum laude honors. Microglia cells are essential

Last week three members of the Department of Neuroscience were rewarded with prizes. The Dutch Society for Neuropsychology (NVN) presents every two years the NVN Early Career Award to a scientist who has made a significant contribution to neuropsychology and has received his/her PhD more than six ye

“Waiting for death” that is what Sjef Copray laughing loudly says when asked what he will do after retirement. For those who do not know Sjef: he loves sarcastic and provocative comments (for example, he likes to use them in the laudation for his PhD’s) and sees it as his calling to wr

On February 24, 2016 Charlotte Willems successfully defended her thesis Individual differences in temporal selective attention for a commission of established researchers. Individual differences in attention in time Every moment of the day our visual system is plagued with large amounts of informa

On the 9th of February 2016 the UMCG symposium “A Flavor of Neuroscience” was held. The symposium organized by Heleen Hoogeveen and Jelle Dalenberg hosted a selection of speakers focusing on the latest insights regarding the neurobiological mechanisms that are involved in food perception

On the 10th of February 2016 Jelle Dalenberg successfully defended his thesis Taste and Flavor liking; Neurobiological correlates and behavioral diversity before an committee of established researchers. Different people prefer different foods. This can be problematic for the food industry as resear

During the New Year’s meeting on January 12 traditionally the annual awards and scholarships for outstanding researchers and an excellent teacher are awarded. Also the the Care Professional of the Year is announced. The Education and Training Award went this year to Janniko Georgiadis, ass