Research on how proteins (mis)fold
Congratulations to the new doctor! Dr. Yeoh On April 8th Ying Yeoh defended her thesis entitled “Folding of the CFTR Transmembrane domains in the ER”. Due to the COVID-pandemic, Ying had an exclusive as the first CPC PhD to defend completely online! The entire committee all called in from their homes, as well as the … Read more
Eerder gepubliceerd op de UU Educate-it site ‘Het practicum dat ik gaf groeide langzaam uit zijn jasje. Ik merkte dat ik steeds meer bezig was met het managen van processen i.p.v. het geven van onderwijs en daar wilde ik verandering in brengen. LabBuddy gaf mij de mogelijkheid om de autonomie terug te geven aan … Read more
The 14th Young Investigators meeting of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society was held form 26-28 February in Paris. This meeting aims at strengthening the skills and knowledge of young scientists involved in CF cutting-edge research. Jisu attended this meeting with a poster and won the Poster Pitch prize! She was presented with the award by … Read more
Stefan and Luca recently published an article in Nature Communications, revealing that arginine π-stacking drives binding of certain proteins tend to Tau fibrils. The paper was covered on BNR radio in a short podcast (4 min) and on the UU website.
16 and 17 December the annual Chaperone Club meeting was held in Manchester, UK. It was a combined meeting of the Dutch and British clubs and an anniversary for both (20th for the Dutch, 30th for the British). It was a great anniversary meeting with high-quality presentations from students and post docs and three exceptional … Read more