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Five RIMLS researchers in top 1 percent by citations
13 December 2018Bas Dutilh, Leo Joosten, Jos van der Meer, Mihai Netea and Henk Stunnenberg made it to this year’s list of highly cited researchers. Researchers in this list are selected for their exceptional research performance and are regarded to have had a major impact on fellow scientists.
A personal touch of Dimitri Diavatopoulos
13 December 2018In 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: Dimitri Diavatopoulos.
Vote for your Supervisor of the year
6 December 2018Now you have the chance to vote for your preferred candidate. Have fun, and go for it, support and promote your ideal supervisor. The winner will be announced during the RIMLS New Year's drinks on 15 January. Deadline for voting is 1 January 2019. Here is a line up of the three nominated finalists.
Discover Israels' secret to startup success
6 December 2018International exchange of staff is an indispensable part of one’s personal and professional growth. In the context of entrepreneurship, exciting career opportunities and networking an educational and inspiring trip to Israel is planned. You are invited to join for free (only for PhD's).
Willeke Daamen elected secretary of NBTE
6 December 2018The Netherlands society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering aims to promote the interests of biomaterials science and tissue engineering in the Netherlands and to stimulate cooperation between universities, institutions and industries in these domains.
Minister pleads for a better use of big data in healthcare
6 December 2018The minister for medical care and sport, Bruno Bruins, sent his recommendation regarding the use of big data in healthcare to the House of Representatives. In order to securely share data, the Personal Health Train project was established. Peter-Bram ‘t Hoen is one of the project leaders.
A personal touch of Bryan van den Broek
22 November 2018In 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: Bryan van den Broek.
Genome protection during early embryonic development
22 November 2018In Cell Stem Cell, Guido van Mierlo with other members from the lab of Hendrik Marks, theme Cancer development and immune defense, show how the cells of the embryo are getting prepared to form the various cell types that are present in an organism, such as skin cells or heart cells.
Connecting splicing and epigenetics in skin stem-cells
20 November 2018Sabine Tanis and Klaas Mulder, theme Cancer develoment and immune defense, found that part of this robustness is conferred by functional connections between transcriptional/epigenetic and splicing regulation of genes involved in cell-cell contacts. Their findings are published in Cell reports.
Cancer cell moves like a predator Lévy walk may be the weak spot of cancer cells
19 November 2018In contrast to their non-metastatic counterparts, metastatic cancer cells show movement patterns that are also often employed by predators searching for prey. This was shown by an international study on movement patterns of cancer cells published in Nature Communications.
Regenerative medicine could treat fecal incontinence, in the future
15 November 2018Wiep de Lingy and Alejandra Ruiz-Zapata, theme Reconstructive and regenerative medicine, systematically reviewed preclinical and clinical studies looking into regenerative medicine strategies to treat fecal incontinence in a recent publication in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: A randomized clinical trial
15 November 2018Peter Pickkers, theme Infectious diseases and global health, published in JAMA, that among patients who were critically ill with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury, human recombinant alkaline phosphatase compared with placebo did not significantly improve short-term kidney function.
A personal touch of Frank Walboomers
15 November 2018In 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: Frank Walboomers.
A personal touch of Frank Vandenbussche
8 November 2018In 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: Frank Vandenbussche.
Report of the 12th New Frontiers symposium Better care, network care? - 2 November 2018
7 November 2018No easy answers at this symposium last Friday, only challenges that can be overcome if we succeed in 5 things. First and most radically, put patients in the center of healthcare. Second, start with assessing what the local population needs and not what local professionals have to offer.
Regulating gene expression during cellular differentiation: a NuRDy affair
2 November 2018Researchers from the Michiel Vermeulen lab used genome-wide profiling and quantitative interaction proteomics to study the dynamics of the NuRD complex during differentiation from mouse embryonic stem cells into neural progenitor cells. They published their findings in Nature Communications.
Tweaking the gearbox of mitochondrial complex I
1 November 2018Alfredo Cabrera-Orefice, Ulrich Brandt and colleagues, theme Mitochondrial Diseases, concluded in Nature Communications that the movement of a critical loop of subunit ND3 located at the ubiquinone-binding pocket of respiratory complex I is required to drive proton pumping.
The itaconate pathway as a central regulatory node linking innate immune tolerance and trained immunity
26 October 2018Jorge Domínguez-Andrés and Mihai Netea demonstrate in Cell Metabolism, the importance of the IRG1-itaconate-SDH axis in the development of immune tolerance and trained immunity, and highlight the potential of β-glucan as a tool to revert immune paralysis induced by sepsis.
A rabbit model of Pin Tract Infections for studying the efficacy of antibacterial strategies
25 October 2018Recently, Jinlong Shao and Fang Yang, theme Reconstructive and regenerative medicine, and colleagues showed a percutaneous rabbit tibia model with repeated bacterial challenge to evaluate the efficacy of antibacterial strategies in Acta Biomaterialia.
A personal touch of Caro Overmars-Bos
24 October 2018In 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: Caro Overmars-Bos.
