Newsletter nr. 001 | September 2020
NWO newsletter for the Physics of Life research community
nr.001 | September 2020
Publication date: September 10, 2020
DutchBiophysics 2020
The 2020 edition of DutchBiophysics will be online. Perhaps even more than in previous editions this conference answers to a need to connect with fellow group leaders in the biophysics field (and beyond). To this end we are organizing an informal “Open platform Physics of Life” session for group leaders during the lunchbreak on the second day of the meeting. We kindly invite you to attend this open platform to discuss the latest developments, problems and needs within this research community. If you had not already done so, please register for this event.
Looking forward to meet you there, on behalf of the PoL working group committee,
Stella Koppel (secretary WG PoL)
John van Noort (chair WG PoL)
Other events & meetings
What |
When |
Where |
How |
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9-13 November |
Lorentz Center, Leiden |
(the deadline is 28 September at 14 h) |
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17 September |
Online |
News
- 19 June 2020: Spinoza Prize awarded to Nynke Dekker (TUD)
- 19 June 2020: Spinoza Prize awarded to Jan van Hest (TU/e)
- 31 March 2020: ERC Advanced Grant for Gijs Wuite for research on Disentangling metaphase chromosome organisation one chromosome at a time (VU)
Granted projects
OPEN COMPETITION
Manipulating the protein aggregation energy landscape: how a passive chaperone protein safeguards against disease.
Prof. Mireille Claessens (University of Twente) and Dr Christian Ottmann (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Endothelial junctions –forces guiding vasculation
Dr Stephan Huveneers (Amsterdam University Medical Center)
Seeing viral infection
Prof. dr. F.J.M. van Kuppeveld (UU) - Dr. M.E. Tanenbaum (KNAW)
The Truth is in the detail
Prof. dr. J. Roithová (RU)
Light-sheet microscope to study signalling processes during development and tissue homeostasis
Dr. K.F. Sonnen (KNAW)
Resolving the fundamental building principles of the genome
Dr. R.T. Dame, UL
The Active Matter Physics of Collective Metastasis
Dr. E.H.J. Danen, UL
Unwiring beneficial functions and regulatory networks in the plant endosphere
Prof. dr. J.M. Raaijmakers, NIOO
Guardians of protein disorder
Dr. L.M. Veenhoff, UMCG
Organoids in time
Dr. J.S. van Zon, AMOLF
Nanoscale regulators of photosynthesis
Prof. dr. R.G.M. Croce, VU
TALENT
From stress to success: how hidden bacteria become opportunistic
Dr. D. (Dennis) Claessen (m), LEI
Uncovering the clockwork of cellular metabolism
Prof. dr. M. (Matthias) Heinemann (m), RUG
Next-Generation Nanosensors for home-diagnostics
Prof. dr. G. (Giovanni) Maglia (m), RUG
Taming chemical reactions
Prof. dr. S.Y.T. (Bas) van de Meerakker (m), RU
Peptide self-assembly: one non-covalent interaction at a time
Dr. A.M. (Anouk) Rijs (f), RU
Poor old Pores
Dr. L.M. (Liesbeth) Veenhoff (v), UMCG
For questions, ideas and news items, please contact:
Dr. Stella Koppel, secretary of the advisory committee for the Physics of Life research community
+31 68 327 27 40, WorkingGroup_PoL@NWO.NL