PhD defense Qingyang Liu
Wednesday April 12, 2017 14.30 hr Pdf files: invitation, page 2.
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PhD defense Jingchao Wu
February 15th 2017 12.45 hr Jingchao Wu See pdf files: front, page 2, invitation
Multiple PhD positions within the FOM program NeuroPhotonics
Multiple PhD positions are still available within the FOM program NeuroPhotonics: unraveling the physics of signaling in intact neuronal networks. For more information, click Positions available.
Growing microtubules control cancer cell invasion
Benjamin P. Bouchet, Ivar Noordstra, Miranda van Amersfoort, Eugene A. Katrukha, York-Christoph Ammon, Natalie D. ter Hoeve, Louis Hodgson, Marileen Dogterom, Patrick W.B. Derksen and Anna Akhmanova Mesenchymal cell invasion requires cooperative regulation of persistent microtubule growth by SLAIN2 and CLASP1 doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.11.009 Press release (Dutch) http://www.uu.nl/nieuws/nieuw-werkingsmechanisme-kankermedicijnen-op-het-spoor
FOM Program on Neurophotonics
How do electrical signal propagate through brain tissue? To answer this question, groups from the Department of Biology and the Department of Physics will collaborate within the framework of a new FOM-program on Neurophotonics. This program brings together experts in the field of single-neuron physiology (Corette Wierenga and Maarten Kole) with excellent groups in advanced … Read more
UU launches new STED microscopy facility
On 27 October Bert van der Zwaan, Rector of Utrecht University and Eva van Pelt, Vice President Sales EMEA , Leica, officially opened the STED (STimulated Emission Depletion) microscopy facility at the Biology Imaging Center of the Department of Biology. STED microscopy facility will enable researchers working in the area of Life Sciences to study … Read more
Motoreiwitten succesvol op het toneel
Tijdens de theatervoorstelling Science Battle strijden promovendi met een betoog over hun onderzoek om de stem van de publieksjury. Met een verhaal over motoreiwitten won Dieudonnée van de Willige op 26 oktober de Science Battle try-out in theater Walhalla te Rotterdam. Bij de try-out van #ScienceBattle wint @DieudonneeW in @TheaterWalhalla #Rotterdam pic.twitter.com/I7zB0hoW2c — ScienceBattle (@ScienceBattle) … Read more
Opening of STED microscopy facility at Utrecht University
October 27, Utrecht University (Kruytbuilding room O622, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, pdf) Scientific Session 14:00-14:30 Lukas Kapitein, Cell Biology, UU “Unraveling cytoskeletal organization using optical nanoscopy” 14:30-15:00 Hans Gerritsen, Molecular Biophysics, UU, “Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging using STED” 15:00-15:30 Nathalie Garin, Leica, “STED microscopy: new horizons for life scientists” 15:30-16:00 Fedja Bobanovic, Leica, “Leica STED: From Technology … Read more