Research on how proteins (mis)fold
From the UU website Cellular protein scientist Stefan Rüdiger has been granted funding by Alzheimer Nederland. He will receive € 200,000 for research on the aggregation of the Tau protein, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. He aims to develop a chaperone-mimetic removal strategy for Tau aggregation. The hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease is the death of neurons … Read more
Op donderdag 17-10 zijn Muco & Friends weer langs geweest met een klein clubje. Een gedeelte van het bezoek kwam vanuit het Glazen Huis in Mariënvelde, waar dit jaar tussen 1 en 3 november geld wordt ingezameld voor Muco en Friends en stichting MS research. Tijdens deze drie dagen zijn er een heleboel verschillende activiteiten, … Read more
This week we have a guest visiting CPC, Dr. Deniz Tekin from the University of Turkish Aeronautical Association. Dr. Tekin is visiting through the Erasmus+ programme and is conducting modelling simulations on CNPY proteins.
A warm welcome to our new colleague PhD-candidate Yavuz Kiliç from Dicle University in Turkey! Yavuz will spend a year at CPC through the Erasmus+ exchange programme, during which he will research the role of CNPY protings in IgM folding and secretion in B cells.
CPC congratulates the new doctor! Dr. Ferrari On June 4th Luca Ferrari defended his thesis entitled “Control of Tau aggregation by Molecular Chaperones” in the Akademiegebouw of University of Utrecht.