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Benelux Metabolomics Days 2023
Just last week, NADIS doctoral candidate Maria M. Tretowicz from Amsterdam UMC presented groundbreaking research on whole-blood nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD⁺) measurements at the Benelux Metabolomics Days 2023. Collaborating with the Amsterdam Movement Sciences Institute and the Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences Institute, her presentation included a single cohort study encompassing diverse groups: young and old individuals,…
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Data-driven interventions in aging
Morten Scheibye Knudsen, a Principal Investigator at the University of Copenhagen and a leading expert in aging research, presented a thought-provoking lecture at the Aging Research & Drug Discovery 2023 conference. His talk focused on data-driven interventions in aging, exploring innovative strategies for healthy aging. Watch the lecture below to discover how data can improve…
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Name: Herma Renkema Nationality: Dutch MSc education: Medical Biology (Utrecht) PhD education: Biochemistry (U v Amsterdam) Postdoc education: Biochemistry (Amsterdam) HIV biology (Tampere, Finland) Mitochondrial biology (Nijmegen) Current position: Chief Scientific Officer, Khondrion DCs: Melisa Emel Ermert Social media handles: My LinkedInKhondrion’s LinkedInhttps://www.khondrion.com/ Description of my lab’s work: Khondrion’s development programme is based on…
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Name: Eija Pirinen Nationality: Finnish MSc education: Biotechnology, University of Kuopio, Finland 1999 PhD education: Molecular Medicine, University of Kuopio, Finland 2009 Postdoc education: Johan Auwerx lab, EPFL, Switzerland 7/2010-2013 Anu Suomalainen-Wartiovaara lab, University of Helsinki, Finland 2014-8/2015 Current positions: Associate Professor (tenure), University of Oulu, Finland University Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland DC: Thomas…
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Name: Evandro Fei Fang Nationality: China MSc education: Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences PhD education: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Postdoc education: National Institute on Ageing Current position: Associate Professor University of Oslo, Norway DCs: Johannes Frank, Evandro Fang Lab Social media handles: X (@TheFangGroupUiO) Description of my lab’s work: Ageing is a…
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Name: Carles Canto Nationality: Spain MSc education: Biochemistry – University of Barcelona PhD education: Doctoral work entitled “The effect of neuregulins on glucose transport and metabolism in skeletal muscle”, under the direction of Prof. Anna Gumà (Prof. Antonio Zorzano lab) Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Barcelona Postdoc education: My postdoctoral work…
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Name: Santina Bruzzone Nationality: Italian MSc education: Biological Sciences, University of Genova (Italy) PhD education: Biotechnology applied to Pharmacology and Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology applied to Biomedicine, University of Milan (Italy) Postdoc education: 2001 Post-doctoral position at the Dept of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Prof. HC Lee’s lab (Minneapolis, MN).2002-2005 Post-doctoral position at the Department…
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Name: Rubén Zapata-Pérez Nationality: Spanish MSc education: Biology – Molecular Biology, University of Murcia, Spain PhD education: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Murcia, Spain Postdoc education: Cell biology – Metabolism, Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands Current position: Assistant Professor Social media handles: X (@RZapataPerez), LinkedIn Description of my lab’s work: Our research group is focused…
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Name: Riekelt Houtkooper Nationality: Dutch MSc education: Biomedical Sciences, University of Amsterdam PhD education: Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, University of Amsterdam Postdoc education: Laboratory for Integrative and Systems Physiology; Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Current position: Professor of Translational Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam DCs: Maria Tretowicz, Kasper Vinten, Melisa Ermert Social…
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Name: Laurine van Gijn Nationality: Dutch MSc education: Cancer, Stem Cells & Developmental Biology Current position: PhD Candidate Supervisors: Carles Canto & Bart Deplancke Description of the project: Adipose stem and progenitor cells (ASPCs) play an important role in the expansion of adipose tissue during obesity via hyperplasia. Recently, we discovered a distinct murine ASPC…