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!
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…
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)!!
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!
PhD defence of Grissel Faura Tellez
On 20 February 2023 Grissel Faura Tellez succesfully defended her thesis titled “New insights into the contribution of the Protocadherin-1 (PCDH1) gene in asthma”. Congratulations Grissel!