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The Shapeshifters Symposium; Plasticity – Here, There, and Everywhere

Join and contribute to the The Shapeshifters Symposium; Plasticity – Here, There, and Everywhere! Plasticity, the ability to be molded in various forms while maintaining a core identity, is a term that is increasingly used within various fields of science, e.g. neuroscience, plant- and cell biology, and within the humanities. However, the meaning and use ofContinue reading “The Shapeshifters Symposium; Plasticity – Here, There, and Everywhere”

PhD student position in molecular and cellular neurophysiology [CLOSED]

The groups of Frank Meye and Onur Basak have a PhD student position in molecular and cellular neurophysiology, in the context of the BRAINSCAPES consortium. For 4 years, the student will be neurophysiologically/transcriptomically identifying distinct mouse midbrain neurons, and virally targeting them. Terms of employment in accordance with the CAO hospitals and UMCU salary scales.  We seekContinue reading “PhD student position in molecular and cellular neurophysiology [CLOSED]”

Leptin targets spatially diverse neurons

Leptin is a hormone that is secreted by fat and signals the need to stop eating and increase energy expenditure via leptin receptors (LepR). Various hunger and reward centers in the brain contain different LepR expressing neurons. The primary leptin center is the well-studied arcuate nucleus. Other hypothalamic nuclei are less abundant in leptin receptorContinue reading “Leptin targets spatially diverse neurons”

6th International Congress of the Molecular Biology Association of Turkey (2-8 September 2018) will take place in Izmir

Thanks to the kind invitation of the organisers, I will be participating to the annual meeting of the Molecular Biology Association of Turkey as an invited speaker. The talk will take place on the 6th of September, 15:30. Looking forward to it! http://www.ibg.edu.tr/molbiyokon18

Dissecting Hematopoietic stem cell fate using Ki67-RFP knock-in mouse line

  Congrats to Tatyana Grinenko and Ben Wielockx from Dresden, Germany! The collaboration we initiated around 2 years ago, using the Ki67-RFP mouse line to identify and purify dividing blood stem cells, is now a part of the recent Nature Communications article “Hematopoietic stem cells can differentiate into restricted myeloid progenitors before cell division inContinue reading “Dissecting Hematopoietic stem cell fate using Ki67-RFP knock-in mouse line”