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18 December 2019 In this recent study by the group of Gerald de Haan, the authors analyzed the anatomic distribution of patient-derived leukemia clones during various stages of disease progression. https://www-nature-com.proxy-ub.rug.nl/articles/s41375-019-0695-2 Clonal heterogeneity fuels leukemia

’De Genezers’ is a podcast series of RTV Noord in cooperation with the UMCG. In the first episode Ellen Nollen talks about her research on ALS and other diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. This is the link: https://kennisinzicht.umcg.nl/Paginas/Podcast-aflevering-1-ALS.aspx

CRISPR genome engineering is an extremely powerful tool to make changes to the genome of cells. One very commonly used application of CRISPR is to inactivate genes to study their function in cells. While CRISPR gene knockout technology is mostly applied one gene at the time, CRISPR can also be appli

Leukemia remains a disease that is difficult to treat. Leukemias occur more frequently in the elderly, which adds to the complexity of treatment options due to the vulnerability of elderly patients to cytotoxic therapies. As the average life expectancy continues to increase, so will the number of el

After a successful first joint retreat in 2018, a delegation of the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz, visited ERIBA and the City of Groningen on 11 and 12 December 2019 to discuss the progress on ongoing projects and to setup new collaborative projects with ERIBA research groups.  

ERIBA hosted Dr. Matt Kaeberlein who is one of the  leading scientists on the Dog Ageing Project. He was interviewed at the 3rd Molecular Biology of Ageing meeting, ERIBA. His interview was published in de Volkskrant. https://www.volkskrant.nl/es-b91a0c9c  

On Monday October 28th Tristan de Jong from the team of Victor Guryev defended his PhD thesis entitled; Advancing transcriptome analysis inmodels of disease and ageing. Tristan de Jong started his PhD in 2014 in Victor Guryev’s lab. He succesfully defended his PhD on the 28th of October 2019.

The 3rd Molecular Biology of Ageing Meeting which was held last week in the UMCG in Groningen(Oct. 10th to Oct.12th) was a great success! There were a lot of interesting speakers and attendees from all over the world.

Eugene Berezikov is awarded a KLEIN-1 research grant from NWO Open Competition Domain Science. KLEIN grants are intended for innovative, high-quality, fundamental research and/or studies involving matters of scientific urgency. Berezikov’s group will use this 360k€ grant to study mechanisms of s

Last Saturday October 5th we had a succesfull day with all kinds of activities during the”Weekend van de Wetenschap”(Zpannend Zernike) More than 600 people came to visit us. Thanks to many volunteers who made this work.