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Dutch Cancer Society Award for Hans Clevers
24 November 2009 | During an award ceremony in attendance ofH.M. the Queen and the Miniter of Education, Culture and Science, Hans Clevers and 5 other researchers received the “Koningin Wilhelmina Onderzoeksprogramma” (KWO) award.
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Another Vidi award for Hubrecht Institute
24 November 2009 | Dr. Jacco van Rheenen, group leader at our institute, has been awarded a NWO Vidi award for the project entitled: To spy on metastasis of mammary tumor cells in living mice.
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New visual identity Hubrecht Institute
27 August 2009 | Today the Hubrecht Institute has revealed its new visual identity. Following the name change in 2007 the logo, stationery and website have been modernized to reflect the institute’s continuing drive to shift the boundaries of research in the field of developmental biology and stem cell research.
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New Line of Stem Cell Research at Hubrecht Institute: induced Pluripotent Stem cells
16 June 2009 | The Hubrecht Institute starts a new research line to prepare stem cells through the so-called iPS-method (induced Pluripotent Stem cells), which enables the formation of stem cells from regular cells. The institute has taken on Dr. Niels Geijsen, currently at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, to lead this new research line.
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International evaluation committee praises Hubrecht Institute
4 June 2009 | After a site visit in October 2008, an international evaluation committee consisting of
Prof. Carl Figdor (chairman) (Nijmegen),
Prof. Roel Nusse (Stanford), Prof. Tom Look (Harvard), Dr. Peter Goodfellow (Canterbury), Prof. Austin Smith (Cambridge) and Prof. Joost Verhaagen (secretary) (NIN-Amsterdam)
has ranked the institute as excellent. The committee remarks that the Hubrecht is “an excellent institute that offers its employees an extremely stimulating work environment”.
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Foundation Diabetes Research Netherlands invests € 1 million in scientific diabetes research
26 May 2009 | The Foundation Diabetes Research Netherlands (Stichting Diabetes Onderzoek Nederland) will participate in a diabetes project at the Hubrecht Institute. This project will focus on the development of insuline-producing betacells from stem and progenitor cells. Prof. Harry Heimberg of the Diabetes Research Center, Free University Brussels, will lead the project.
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Single Lgr5 stem cells build crypt–villus structures in vitro without a mesenchymal niche
30 March 2009 | The paper Single Lgr5 stem cells build crypt–villus structures in vitro without a mesenchymal niche is an advanced online publication in Nature, 29 March 2009.
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