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Anne Rios appointed Professor of Microscopy-Driven Human Cancer and Immunotherapy Innovation


Anne Rios has been appointed Professor of Microscopy-driven Human Cancer and Immunotherapy Innovation by Utrecht University. Her professorship reflects a long-held dream: using powerful microscope

 technologies to understand how treatments work and how to improve them. The research by Rios, … Read more

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Irati and Sebas at Lumox won first prize at the Philips Innovation Award

Congratulations to Irati Beltrán Hernández and Sebas Pronk (postdocs of the Oliveira Lab)! Lumox won the first prize at the Philips Innovation Award: the largest entrepreneurship award in the Netherlands organized by students!

About the start-up:
Lumox is developing … Read more

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Centriolar cap in action

Centriolar cap proteins CP110 and CPAP control slow elongation of microtubule plus ends.

Iyer SS, Chen F, Ogunmolu FE, Moradi S, Volkov VA, van Grinsven EJ, van Hoorn C, Wu J, Andrea N, Hua S, Jiang K, Vakonakis I, Potočnjak … Read more

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“Champagne corks” at microtubule tips control growth of cilia

A network of interacting ciliary tip proteins with opposing activities imparts slow and processive microtubule growth.

Saunders HAJ, van den Berg CM, Hoogebeen RA, Schweizer D, Stecker KE, Roepman R, Howes SC, Akhmanova A.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2025 Jan … Read more

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Aurora B controls microtubule stability to regulate abscission dynamics in stem cells

Aurora B controls microtubule stability to regulate abscission dynamics in stem cells
S. Kodba, A. Öztop, E. van Berkum, E.A. Katrukha, M.K. Iwanski, W. Nijenhuis, L.C. Kapitein, A. Chaigne
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115238

Abscission is the last step of cell division. It separates … Read more

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Agathe Chaigne awarded ECR starting grant

Roles of cytoplasmic bridges in cell-cell cohesion and communication

The decisive moment in cell division, when cells actually split in two, is surprisingly variable in biology. At the end of cell division, the two cells are still connected by a … Read more

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Harold MacGillavry awarded Vici grant

Shaping our memories: resolving the nanoscale organization of neuronal synapses in memory circuits

“How does the brain form and store memories for hours, days or even a lifetime? I am very excited that with this Vici project we can study … Read more

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Anna Akhmanova elected as honorary member of the UBV

Anna was presented as the new honorary member of the UBV at the centenary opening of the UBV in the Domkerk. The UBV applauded her contribution to the field of Cell Biology Dynamics and her commitment to teaching of biology … Read more

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