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…
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.…
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…
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,…
Harold MacGillavry received the prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This grant allows young excellent researchers to make the transition to become an independent investigator. With this ERC grant, Harold MacGillavry and his team will study how…
Tuesday October 11th (BBG175, BuysBallot Building) If you want to start using ImageJ/FIJI and have no clue where to begin. Or you just started using it and got stuck. During the hands-on session our experts will guide you through your…
Tuesday May 24nd, 15.00-17.00, UMC -Stratenum Building –Vondelzaal (Rm 3.108) Intravital imaging “Insights into cell division using C. elegans”, Matilde Galli, Hubrecht Institute “The zebrafish embryo as in vivo developmental and functional tool”, Federico Tessadori, Hubrecht Institute “Use of intravital…
Corette Wierenga, in collaboration with Louk Vanderschuren (UU – Veterinary Medicine) received an ALW grant to study ‘How early social experience shapes higher brain function’. News UU: http://www.uu.nl/en/news/how-important-is-playing-for-the-development-of-the-brain Link to PDF.
Anna Akhmanova:
Cellular Dynamics
Lukas Kapitein: Biophysics
Florian Berger:
Theoretical Biophysics
Agathe Chaigne:
Cell division dynamics
Ginny Farías:
Neuronal Organelle Dynamics
Martin Harterink:
C. elegans neurobiology
Casper Hoogenraad: Molecular Neuroscience
Maarten Kole:
Axonal Signalling
Harold MacGillavry:
Synapse organization
Sabrina Oliveira:
Molecular Targeted Therapies
Ihor Smal: Image Analysis, Smart Microscopy and AI
Frederik Verweij:
Extracellular Vesicle Biology
