On 4 November 2025 Tessa Gillett won the Best Presentation Award at the Respiratory Genetics meeting in Leicester, UK. Congratulations Tessa!!
Shobna Thurausingam wins DLC impact award
Just before the ERS 2025 in Amsterdam, the Dutch Lung Congress was held on 27 September on the same location. Shobna Thursausingam won the impact award with her research on the effects off seaweed on airways complains due to air polution. Congratulations Shobna!
Janette Burgess wins the Assembly on Respiratory Structure and Function Solbert Permutt Trailblazer 2025 Award
During the ATS 2025 Professor Janette Burgess won the Assembly on Respiratory Structure and Function Solbert Permutt Trailblazer Award in Pulmonary Physiology and Medicine for her work in the field. Janette’s research focusses on the role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in lung pathology. Her team investigate changes in the composition and biomechanical properties of…
PhD defence Akshaya Keerthi SJ
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 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!
PhD defence of Roderick de Hilster
On 10 June 2024 Roderick sucessfully defended his thesis titled: “Fundamentals for modelling the airway wall“. Congratulations Dr Ro!
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…
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)!!
ERS Mid-Career GOLD Medal for Martijn Nawijn
Annually, the European Respiratory Society (ERS) presents an array of prestigious awards to acknowledge scientific merit and engagement within the ERS by honouring exceptional members for their exemplary achievements and potential for further outstanding developments in all respiratory areas and within the society. This year, Martijn Nawijn was awarded with a Med-career Golden medal for…
PhD defence of Qing Chen
On 5 July 2023 Qing Chen successfully defended her thesis titled “Beyond (epi)genetic association studies: functional studies op COPD susceptibility genes”. Congratulations, Dr. Qing!