Researchers from Utrecht University shed light on the intracellular transport of postsynaptic receptors in neurons
In the brain, millions of neurons transfer information with each other through synapses. At the surface of an excitatory postsynapse, receptors need to be inserted … Read more
Sam F.B. van Beuningen, Lena Will, Martin Harterink, Anaël Chazeau, Eljo Y. van Battum, Cátia P. Frias, Mariella A.M. Franker, Eugene A. Katrukha, Riccardo Stucchi, Karin Vocking, Ana T. Antunes, Lotte Slenders, Sofia Doulkeridou, Peter Sillevis Smitt, A.F. Maarten Altelaar, … Read more
Sabrina Oliveira received a prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council. This 1.5 M€ grant is intended for excellent research proposals from young scientists, to help them to achieve independence and build their own research teams.
The grant will … Read more
For the fourth year the Bio-Imaging Utrecht workgroup organizes a microscope image competition. The focus of this competition is to show that microscopic images often not only have scientific value but also an artistic value, the images will be judged … Read more
Image analysis for beginners using ImageJ (free multiplatform software)
Tuesday October 13th David de Wied building, room 042
Optogenetic control of organelle transport and positioning. Petra van Bergeijk, Max Adrian, Casper C. Hoogenraad, Lukas C. Kapitein. Nature DOI: doi.org/10.1038/nature14086
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14128.html
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14086.html
Proper positioning of organelles by cytoskeleton-based motor proteins underlies cellular events such as signaling, polarization, and growth. … Read more
