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…
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.…
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…
In ScienceBattle, four PhD students give a talk about their research on stage, and are competing to get selected as winner by the audience. Feline Lindhout won the ScienceBattle tryout edition on April 5th in Walhalla Rotterdam with her talk…
Monday May 22th 2017, 16.15 hr PDF files: invitation, page 2.
Wednesday July 5, 2017 14.30 hr Pdf files: invitation, page 2.
Biophysicists from Utrecht University have developed a strategy for using light-emitting nanocrystals as a marker in living cells. By recording the movements of these quantum dots, they can clarify the structure and dynamics of the cytoskeleton. Their findings were published…
BioImaging Utrecht workshop Location will be announced later For those of you that are using ImageJ and have questions or difficulties in finding the right solutions for your images. During this hands-on session our experts will guide you through your…
Anna Akhmanova:
Casper Hoogenraad:
Paul van Bergen en Henegouwen:
Florian Berger:
Ginny Farías:
Lukas Kapitein:
Maarten Kole:
Harold MacGillavry:
Sabrina Oliveira:
Jan Andries Post:
Corette Wierenga:
