News 2007

Hubrecht Institute expands DNA sequencing facility with next generation technology

26 October 2007 | The institute is the first in Europe to expand its facility for reading DNA with the latest generation sequencer (SOLiD) from the US-based compnay Applied Biosystems.
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Identification of stem cells in small intestine and colon by marker gene Lgr5

18 October 2007 | The paper Identification of stem cells in small intestine and colon by marker gene Lgr5 was an advanced online publication in Nature, 14 October 2007, and has been published in issue 449: 1003-1007.
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René Ketting member of EMBO Young Investigators Programme

22 October 2007 | We are glad to announce that Dr. René Ketting, group leader at our institute, has been accepted as a member of the EMBO Young Investigators Programme (YIP).
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2 NWO Vidi grants awarded to Hubrecht Institute

10 July 2007 | Dr. Leon de Windt and Dr. Eugene Berezikov have been awarded a NWO Vidi grant for their research on "A gene switch in heart failure" and "Regulation of the brain" respectively.
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Hubrecht Laboratory changes name to Hubrecht Institute

26 April 2007 | Research within the Hubrecht Laboratory has long evolved beyond classical developmental biology.
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Ronald Plasterk appointed as Minister of Education, Culture and Science

14 February 2007 | Ronald Plasterk, director of the Hubrecht Institute, has been appointed Minister of Education, Culture and Science in the Dutch government as per 22 February 2007.
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