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Suzanne Heemskerk (Intensive Care), Heleen Arts (Human Genetics), Joris Robben (Physiology) and Angelique Rops (Nephrology Research Laboratory) have been awarded a Kolff grant (150-200,000 Euro) for a 2-4-year project by the Dutch Kidney Foundation.

Researchers from the departments of Medical Microbiology, Internal Medicine, and Experimental Urology describe a failure to find evidence for a role of a new human retrovirus in Dutch patients with chronic fatigue syndrome in the British Medical Journal.

NWO and ZonMW have announced today that they will fund with €13 M three Dutch Centres for Systems Biology, including the Centre for Systems Biology and Bioenergetics (CSBB) at the RUNMC. The CSBB will receive € 4.5 M to study mitochondrial energy metabolism.

Dr. Tom Nijenhuis, clinical fellow in Nephrology and researcher at the Departments of Nephrology and Physiology, received a € 275.000,- Ruby Diabetes Research Grant from the Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation.

In a recent publication in the American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers of Otorhinolaryngology (group of Hannie Kremer) and Human Genetics have identified novel gene mutations in a form of nonsyndromic hearing loss.

Using revolutionary DNA sequencing technology, researchers at the Department of Human Genetics have identified a genetic cause of a hereditary retinal disorder called, Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR).

The Dutch Cancer Society (KWF) has awarded Carl Figdor the Koningin Wilhelmina research prize 2009 (KWO). The 2 M Euro prize will be used to perform multidisciplinary research into the role of the immune system in the fight against cancer.

An article is published today by the group of Hans van Bokhoven (Dept. Human Genetics) in the prestigious American Journal of Human Genetics describing a gene found to have a role in the onset of Frank-ter Haar Syndrome.

The Dutch Society for Scientific Research (NWO), has awarded Prof. Mihai Netea (Department of Internal Medicine), € 1.5 M to study Immunological memory of innate mammalian host responses.

As a MSc student from the Biomedical Sciences (Nijmegen), Lonneke van de Linden (currently a PhD student in the section of Virology of the department of Medical Microbiology) performed an internship at the section of Virology, Imperial College London, UK. The results of that study are now published in Science.

The NCMLS seeks to achieve greater insights into the complexity of living cells with the purpose of obtaining a multifaceted knowledge of both normal and pathological processes.......... Read more