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To improve the availability and effectiveness of medicines in the Netherlands, the UMCG is going tot set up the company G2 Solutions. This company must ensure that important technological developments in the field of DNA sequencing and stem cell models become profitable so that they cn be further de

It sounds like science fiction:cut out a few genes and modify the DNA. But the purposeful genetic modification of a plant, animal or human, also called “genome engineering”, has existed for a long time and is already happening. With the advanced CRISPR-Cas method it can be done faster, e

The H.G.K. Westenbrink Prize 2022-2023 has been awarded to Mandy Koopman for her thesis entitled ‘From cellular vulnerability to altered circuit activity: a systems biology approach to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis’. The research was conducted in the group of Ellen Nollen, Division of Mo

The shortest way to become very old? Very strict calorie counting. This is how it works with mice. Why does eating less increase life expectancy? En does that also work for humans?   See the link for the interview Cor Calkhoven, Pol Grootswagers en Riekelt Houtkooper had  with NEMO-kennislink.

On the 24th of March members of the Foijer lab will participate in the “Hollandse 100” an event organized by Lymph&Co, a foundation that raises money and awareness for Lymphoma research. We will participate in the event and skate 5 or 10 kilometers and bike 45 or 90 kilometers. The money ra

Billions of years ago, as primitive lifeforms were becoming more complex, a selfish genetic component became a sort of genome colonizer. Using a copy-and-paste mechanism, this tenacious bit of code replicated and inserted itself again and again into a variety of genomes. Over time,

This experimental documentary is made by filmmaker Ugo Petronin, and includes a collaboration with Stijn Mouton and filming at ERIBA. SYNOPSIS:  “ A flatworm shapeshifts as the fragmented verses of Dutch river poet Dirk Smits murmur myths of the Rotte River. Departing from a droplet of the river

Mandy Koopman has won the van Swinderen audience award from the koninklijk Natuurkundig Genootschap (KNG) for her thesis: From cellular vulnerability to altered circuit activity: a systems biology approach to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — the University of Groningen research portal (rug.nl

On Thursday December 14th RTV NOORD paid attention to ERIBA’s 10th anniversary. Ellen Nollen was in the studio to talk about the research being done in ERIBA. The entire article can be read via the link below. (in Dutch) Verouderingsonderzoek Eriba bestaat 10 jaar: ‘Zoeken naar medicijnen om

An international team of researchers, including the UMCG’s Prof. Dr. John LaCava (European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, ERIBA) and Dr. Karin Wolters (Pediatrics), have developed a highly sensitive blood test that can detect a key protein produced by cancer cells that shows promise