Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:29:10 +0200 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:56:00 +0200 Lukas Kapitein elected as EMBO Member https://www.uu.nl/en/news/lukas-kapitein-elected-as-embo-member Biophysicist Lukas Kapitein has been elected as a new EMBO Member. The membership is a lifetime honour and acknowledges Kapitein’s outstanding scientific contributions. 132004 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:56:00 +0200 Nieuws Stefan Rüdiger appointed as Professor of Protein Chemistry of Disease https://www.uu.nl/en/news/stefan-rudiger-appointed-as-professor-of-protein-chemistry-of-disease Chemist Rüdiger and his group aim to tackle diseases that are caused by protein misfolding, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Huntington’s disease. 126844 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:45:00 +0100 Nieuws Carolyn Bertozzi Awarded 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry https://www.uu.nl/en/news/carolyn-bertozzi-awarded-2022-nobel-prize-in-chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry" 123988 Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:42:00 +0200 Nieuws Bijvoet Medals awarded to Carolyn Bertozzi and Vishva Dixit https://www.uu.nl/en/news/bijvoet-medals-awarded-to-carolyn-bertozzi-and-vishva-dixit On September 30, 2022, the Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research awarded Bijvoet Medals to Carolyn Bertozzi and Vishva Dixit on the occasion of their Heineken Prize Lectures 123867 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 14:45:00 +0200 Nieuws Lazy protein police in Alzheimer's disease https://www.uu.nl/en/news/lazy-protein-police-in-alzheimers-disease Lazy protein police is responsible for misfolding of Tau protein in Alzheimer's disease. 96659 Thu, 28 May 2020 10:38:00 +0200 Nieuws Using weakened coronavirus strains for vaccine https://www.uu.nl/en/news/using-weakened-coronavirus-strains-for-vaccine Some coronavirus variants are weaker than others. Weakend strains can be used to develop a vaccine, argues an international group of scientists. 95775 Mon, 11 May 2020 11:59:00 +0200 Nieuws Corinavirus Molecular understanding of Alzheimer Disease https://www.uu.nl/en/news/molecular-understanding-of-alzheimer-disease Utrecht scientists uncover on a molecular level why proteins form aggregates with the protein Tau, that plays a role in Alzheimer Disease. 90405 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:38:00 +0100 Nieuws Grant from Alzheimer Nederland for Utrecht protein scientist https://www.uu.nl/en/news/grant-from-alzheimer-nederland-for-utrecht-protein-scientist Stefan Rüdiger has been granted € 200,000 in funding for research on the aggregation of the Tau protein, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. 89027 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 10:43:00 +0100 Nieuws beta_cpc_stefanrudiger Research on Huntington’s disease thanks to patients fund https://www.uu.nl/en/news/research-on-huntingtons-disease-thanks-to-patients-fund A private fund is granting protein chemist Stefan Rüdiger 250,000 euros for fundamental research on Huntington's disease. 74435 Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:07:00 +0100 Nieuws beta_cpc_stefanrudiger Deniz Ugurlar and Tania Morán Luengo selected as Bijvoet Center PhD Students of the Year https://www.uu.nl/en/news/deniz-ugurlar-and-tania-moran-luengo-selected-as-bijvoet-center-phd-students-of-the-year PhD candidates Deniz Ugurlar and Tania Morán Luengo have been selected as this years' Bijvoet Center PhD Students of the Year. 60533 Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:36:00 +0200 Nieuws Ineke Braakman appointed in board of NWO https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ineke-braakman-appointed-in-board-of-nwo Prof. Ineke Braakman, Professor of Cellular Protein Chemistry, will become chair of the NWO domain Exact and Natural Sciences (ENS) on January 1, 2017. 41169 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:31:00 +0200 Nieuws Ineke Braakman Zon-Mw TOP grant for research into the cause of Alzheimer’s https://www.uu.nl/en/news/zon-mw-top-grant-for-research-into-the-cause-of-alzheimers Researchers from Utrecht and Amsterdam have jointly been awarded a Zon-Mw TOP grant of 675,000 euros. 40825 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:29:00 +0200 Nieuws beta_scienceforlife_header Clumping proteins disable anti-cancer- network https://www.uu.nl/en/news/clumping-proteins-disable-anti-cancer-network Results of a study by Stefan Rüdiger, Madelon Maurice c.s. published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 36239 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:36:00 +0100 Nieuws Maurice en Rudiger Bachelor’s and Master’s students publish biochemical research article https://www.uu.nl/en/news/bachelors-and-masters-students-publish-biochemical-research-article First and second authors of a publication in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 29083 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 15:08:00 +0200 Nieuws Dominique Hagemans, Stefan Rudiger en Ianthe van Belzen Mystery of client selection of chaperone Hsp90 solved https://www.uu.nl/en/news/mystery-of-client-selection-of-chaperone-hsp90-solved After 9 years of research, chemists of UU have solved how one of the most important chaperone proteins in our cells, Hsp90, selects its client proteins. 9893 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:40:00 +0100 Nieuws Raadsel binding ‘chaperonne’ Hsp90 opgelost