Knowledge Archives - Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics

PhD theses

2026

	Emma van Grinsven – March 25, 2026 Utrecht University Promotor: Prof. Dr. A.S. Akhmanova Promotor: Prof. Dr. L.C. Kapitein
	Wouter Droogers – January 12, 2026 Utrecht University Promotor: Dr. H.D. MacGillavry Promotor: Prof. Dr. L.C. Kapitein

2025

Milena Pasolli

NMDA receptor activation – videos

NMDA receptor activation suppresses microtubule growth and spine entry. Kapitein LC, Yau KW, Montenegro Gouveia S, van der Zwan WA, Wulf PS, Keijzer N, Demmers J, Jaworski J, Akhmanova A and Hoogenraad CC. J Neurosci. 2011 Jun 1;31(22):8194-209. PMID:21632941… Read more

Resources and Software

Supplementary information: Kapitein et al., J. of Neurosci (2011)

Software and Code

Software and code is freely available on GitHub: https://github.com/UU-cellbiology… Read more

Movies

Microtubule dynamics – Transport along microtubules

Putting motor proteins to work inside cells

Motility before and after recruitment of the kinesin KIF17-GFP (right) to peroxisomes (left) using FKBP-Rapalog-FRB based heterodimerization.

Microtubule dynamics

Microtubule dynamics
Microtubule network is visualised … Read more

Publications

Selected recent publications:

2017

Tas RP, Chazeau A, Cloin BMC, Lambers MLA, Hoogenraad CC, and Kapitein LC. Differentiation between Oppositely Oriented Microtubules Controls Polarized Neuronal Transport. Neuron, 2017; 96 (6): 1264-1271 e5.

Atherton J, Jiang K, Stangier MM, Luo Y, … Read more