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UMCG treats first cancer patient with stem cells from its own salivary gland (Coppes group)21 Dec. 2022The UMCG was the first hospital in the Netherlands to treat a cancer patient with a tumor in the head and neck region with stem cells from his own salivary gland. This should ensure that his salivary glands are working again after treatment. See below information in press releases. UMCG UMC
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BSCS (Giepmans group) NWO Project within 3D Nanoscale Imaging Program16 Dec. 2022View on a small world 3D Nanoscale Imaging (3DNI) To design new drugs, to understand how cancer cells respond to chemotherapy, or to create even more powerful computer chips, we need to be able to see what is happening on the smallest scale. The 3DNI program is working on technology that can pro -
EU Horizon Europe grant for Sommer group13 Dec. 2022Project: Schizophrenia affects a staggering 21 million people worldwide, with 80% of these citizens suffering from a relapsing disease, putting their health and safety at enormous risk. Timely detection of these psychotic relapses would require very frequent contact with clinicians, which is ne -
Branislava Ćurčić-Blake focus group member project group08 Dec. 2022The Municipality of Groningen has set up a project group under the leadership of Mattie Oostra (policy officer) with the aim of strengthening the range of daytime activities for people with dementia living at home. Our principal investigator Branislava Ćurčić-Blake participated as a focu -
Susanne Kooistra and Inge Holtman (and Marina Lima Trombetta) received grants from Alzheimer Nederland (150 K)28 Nov. 2022Alzheimer Nederland enables 18 new important studies to better understand the diseases that cause dementia and to improve the diagnosis of the diseases. Drug research has yielded a great deal of knowledge in recent decades, but unfortunately no new treatment for people with dementia has yet bee -
Rianne Gorter recieves Gemmy & Mibeth Tichelaar Prize28 Nov. 2022During a Teams-workmeeting of our BSCS colleague Rianne Gorter and her supervisors, Kirstin Heutinck (Interim-director of the MS Research Foundation) and board members of the Gemmy & Mibeth Tichelaar Foundation* made an unannounced appearance. Mr. Joop Tichelaar suprised Rianne with this bi -
Published in Autophagy by Reggiori group16 Nov. 2022Atg9 interactions via its transmembrane domains are required for phagophore expansion during autophagy Sabrina Chumpen Ramirez, Rubén Gómez-Sánchez, Pauline Verlhac, Ralph Hardenberg, Eleonora Margheritis, Katia Cosentino, Fulvio Reggiori, Christian Ungermann Autophagy. 2022 Nov 10;1-20. -
Published in Molecular Cell by Hipp group07 Nov. 2022Formation of toxic oligomers of polyQ-expanded Huntingtin by prion-mediated cross-seeding. Gropp MHM, Klaips CL, Hartl FU. Mol Cell. 2022 Oct 13:S1097-2765(22)00952-2. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.09.031. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36272412 -
Open Research Award granted to Giepmans group02 Nov. 2022The Giepmans group won the Open Research Award for the nPOD EM dataset that theypublished at the IDR. Read More The award event is on 17th of November, 2022 (can be joined online). -
Published in Stem Cell reports by Coppes group02 Nov. 2022Patient-derived parathyroid organoids as a tracer and drug-screening application model Milou E. Noltes , Luc H.J. Sondorp, Laura Kracht, Adrienne H. Brouwers, Robert P. Coppes, Schelto Kruijff Stem cell reports, October 27, 2022
