CPC artwork as cover for JMB!

In addition to an article in JMB, Stefan also snagged the cover image: 03 May 2018 – Volume 70, Issue 3 On the cover: Proteins find their way into their active three-dimensional structure on a rugged energy hypersurface. In the cell, molecular chaperones assist protein folding. In this issue of Molecular Cell, Morán Luengo et al. … Read more

Tania Morán Luengo selected as one of Bijvoet Center PhD Students of the Year

Tania Morán Luengo is a PhD candidate in the Cellular Protein Chemistry group, under supervision of Dr. Stefan Rüdiger. During her PhD project, Tania solved a central paradox how molecular chaperones can fold proteins and revised the current paradigm of how that process works. The results of her work is currently in press in the journal … Read more

Chaperones just prepare proteins for folding on their own

The proteins in our cells are produced as long chains of amino acids that must fold precisely into their final shape. The key players in this folding process are the so-called molecular chaperones; protein helpers that make sure this process is successful. Researchers from Utrecht University, in close collaboration with colleagues from Heidelberg University, have … Read more

LIFT beurs voor Bertrand Kleizen (Dutch)

In de afgelopen maand zijn maar liefst negen onderzoeksvoorstellen van Bèta-onderzoekers gehonoreerd. Aan Tzivya Zeev-Ben Mordehai (Scheikunde) en Thomas Grimm (Natuurkunde) is een START-UP Grant toegekend. Kaisa Kajala en Scott Hayes (beiden Biologie) kregen een persoonlijke Marie Curie Grant. Toon de Kroon (Scheikunde) was succesvol in de zeer competitieve ECHO-ronde. Baira Donoeva, Bert Klein Gebbink, Bertrand … Read more