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The Executive Board has appointed Lukas Kapitein to the position of Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biophysics at the Faculty of Science’s Department of Biology. Kapitein studies the architecture and dynamics of cells, with a particular focus on neurons: how do they obtain and maintain their complicated form? By using concepts and techniques from the … Read more

During the annual “Biology is everywhere” symposium of this year the award (“pluim”) for best teacher of the Biology department was awarded to Laurens van Meeteren. Margot Koster, programme director of the biology bachelor: “The teacher “pluim” of this year goes to Laurens van Meeteren. Laurens coordinates many courses, such as the molecular cell biology … Read more

Anna Akhmanova is one of the recipients of the NWO Spinoza Prize 2018 for her research into the cytoskeleton. Alongside the Stevin Prize, the Spinoza Prize is the highest academic distinction in the Netherlands. Every year, NWO awards this prize to up to four researchers who belong to the very best in their field from … Read more

Ginny G. Farías received a VIDI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This grant of 800,000 euros enables researchers to develop their own innovative line of research and set up their own research group. With this grant, Ginny Farías and her team will study how organelle organisation contributes to neuronal function. The … Read more

Speed of thought at nanoscale Billions of nerve cells in the brain rapidly and efficiently process information by an electrical insulation material called myelin. A multidisciplinary research team will examine at nanoscopic detail whether myelin speeds signals like in coaxial cables. The results will deliver fundamental insights into information processing and how demyelinating diseases affect … Read more

Casper Hoogenraad and Feline Lindhout received 3R Stimulus funding to set-up an animal-free neurobiological model system at the Cell Biology department of Utrecht University. The 3R Stimulus Fund supports ideas resulting in replacing, reducing or refining experiments on laboratory animals. With this grant, Casper Hoogenraad and Feline Lindhout will generate hiPSC-derived neuron cultures to use … Read more

Harold Mac Gillavry received a VIDI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This grant of 800,000 euros enables researchers to set up their research group and develop their innovative line of research. With this grant, Harold MacGillavry and his team will study how neuronal synapses are built at the molecular level. Synapses … Read more