On 23 September 2024 Akshaya succesfully defended her thesis titled “Functional Genetics of IL-33 / IL-1RL1 Pathways in Asthma“. Congratulations Dr Akshaya!
PhD defence Aurore C.A. Gay
On 19 July 2024 Aurore succesfully defended her thesis titled “Towards targeting the origin of the inflammatory cascade in asthma: Assembling the epithelial cells’ puzzle“ Congratulations, Dr Aurore!
PhD defence of Kingsley Okechukwu Nwozor
On 24 June 2024 Kingsley succesfully defended his thesis titled: “Accelerated ageing in COPD: epithelial barrier dysfunction as a driver of abnormal tissue repair and remodelling“. Congratulations Kingsley!
Groeifonds grant of €4.4 million for research on personalized treatment of asthma & COPD
UMCG receives a grant of €4.4 million from the Dutch Nationaal Groeifonds to develop new treatments for Asthma and COPD. The aim of the research is to achieve more personalized treatments of asthma and COPD using cell models of the lungs. A special feature of this research is that it will be conducted animal-free. The…
Inaugural lecture Prof Irene Heijink
On 6 October 2023 Professor Irene Heijink gave her inaugural lecture titled: “Let’s Keep in Touch: Strong Cell-cell Contacts for Healthy Lungs” in de academic building of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Lung diseases are a major social problem. Diseases such as asthma and COPD are common and have a major impact on quality of life. In…
PhD defence of Mehmet Nizamoglu
On 27 September 2023 Mehmet sucessfully defended his thesis titled: “The Extracellular Matrix to Bind Them All: Interactions between ECM and cells in lung fibrosis and influences thereof”. Congratulations, Dr. Mehmet (Matt)!!
NWO grant for consortium for innovative treatment of COPD
A research consortium led by Irene Heijink from the Department of Pathology & Medical Biology of the UMCG has received a €2.3 million grant from NWO. With this the consortium will conduct research into innovative treatment of COPD. Around 600,000 people in the Netherlands suffer from COPD. To date, this progressive lung disease cannot be…
Wat maakt dit coronavirus zoveel gevaarlijker dan zijn voorgangers?
A very nice publication in the NRC, mentioning the work of Martijn Nawijn and Marijn Berg from our group (Sorry, in Dutch only) Er zijn twee specifieke celtypes in de neus geïdentificeerd als waarschijnlijk initiële infectieplaatsen voor het COVID-19 coronavirus. Onderzoekers van het Wellcome Sanger Institute, het Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, de Université Cote d’Azure…
Logo competition
We are having a logo competition for the new website running. So far we have the following contributions: LOGO 1: LOGO 2: LOGO 3: LOGO 4: LOGO 5: LOGO 6: LOGO 7: LOGO 8: LOGO 9: LOGO 10: LOGO 11: LOGO 12: