Vidi grant for Vivian Weerdesteyn

In Cell Metabolism, Siroon Bekkering, theme Vascular damage, and colleagues, provides a novel potential explanation for the residual cardiovascular risk, related to persistent activation of the immune system in patients with hypercholesterolemia who are treated with statins.

Martin Jaeger, theme Infectious diseases and global health, and colleagues, identified SIGLEC15 as a susceptibility factor in recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis. Their findings were published in Science Translational Medicine.

In agreement with the existing policy the research board and Radboud Center for Oncology have decided to continue with the mandatory internal review procedure for KWF grant applications.

In order to promote interaction amongst colleagues within RIMLS, we have a ‘personal touch’ series setting employees in the spotlight. A light-hearted manner to learn about the colleagues you know and those you don’t. This week: Johan van der Vlag.

It is our pleasure to introduce Peter van der Kraan from the Dept. of Rheumatology, as the new leader of our theme Inflammatory diseases. As such he will be the successor of Irma Joosten who has done an outstanding job in the last years as theme leader, for which we thank her wholeheartedly.

In Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics Floor Lubberman and colleagues showed that the intake of 600mg pazopanib with food resulted in a bioequivalent exposure and was preferred over a standard pazopanib dose without food.