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How do electrical signal propagate through brain tissue? To answer this question, groups from the Department of Biology and the Department of Physics will collaborate within the framework of a new FOM-program on Neurophotonics. This program brings together experts in the field of single-neuron physiology (Corette Wierenga and Maarten Kole) with excellent groups in advanced … Read more
On 27 October Bert van der Zwaan, Rector of Utrecht University and Eva van Pelt, Vice President Sales EMEA , Leica, officially opened the STED (STimulated Emission Depletion) microscopy facility at the Biology Imaging Center of the Department of Biology. STED microscopy facility will enable researchers working in the area of Life Sciences to study … Read more
Tijdens de theatervoorstelling Science Battle strijden promovendi met een betoog over hun onderzoek om de stem van de publieksjury. Met een verhaal over motoreiwitten won Dieudonnée van de Willige op 26 oktober de Science Battle try-out in theater Walhalla te Rotterdam. Bij de try-out van #ScienceBattle wint @DieudonneeW in @TheaterWalhalla #Rotterdam pic.twitter.com/I7zB0hoW2c — ScienceBattle (@ScienceBattle) … Read more
October 27, Utrecht University (Kruytbuilding room O622, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, pdf) Scientific Session 14:00-14:30 Lukas Kapitein, Cell Biology, UU “Unraveling cytoskeletal organization using optical nanoscopy” 14:30-15:00 Hans Gerritsen, Molecular Biophysics, UU, “Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging using STED” 15:00-15:30 Nathalie Garin, Leica, “STED microscopy: new horizons for life scientists” 15:30-16:00 Fedja Bobanovic, Leica, “Leica STED: From Technology … Read more
Harold MacGillavry received the prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This grant allows young excellent researchers to make the transition to become an independent investigator. With this ERC grant, Harold MacGillavry and his team will study how neuronal synapses are built at the sub-microscopic level. Synapses are the connections between nerve cells, … Read more
Tuesday October 11th (BBG175, BuysBallot Building) If you want to start using ImageJ/FIJI and have no clue where to begin. Or you just started using it and got stuck. During the hands-on session our experts will guide you through your specific problem. Deadline for registration is the 1st of October. Be quick: the number of … Read more
Tuesday May 24nd, 15.00-17.00, UMC -Stratenum Building –Vondelzaal (Rm 3.108) Intravital imaging “Insights into cell division using C. elegans”, Matilde Galli, Hubrecht Institute “The zebrafish embryo as in vivo developmental and functional tool”, Federico Tessadori, Hubrecht Institute “Use of intravital imaging to understand the dynamic nature of cancer”, Maria Alieva Krasheninnikova, Hubrecht Institute
Corette Wierenga, in collaboration with Louk Vanderschuren (UU – Veterinary Medicine) received an ALW grant to study ‘How early social experience shapes higher brain function’. News UU: http://www.uu.nl/en/news/how-important-is-playing-for-the-development-of-the-brain Link to PDF.
