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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 cables. The results will deliver fundamental insights into information processing and how demyelinating diseases affect … Read more
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. With this grant, Casper Hoogenraad and Feline Lindhout will generate hiPSC-derived neuron cultures to use … Read more
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 and his team will study how neuronal synapses are built at the molecular level. Synapses … Read more
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 about synapses, as described in the news article from Metro below.
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 on 21 March in Nature Communications. The quantum dots used by the researchers are particles … Read more
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 specific problem. Please fill in the registration form and send it to meetings@bioimaging-utrecht.nl Deadline for … Read more
