Philipp -postdoc in the group- defended his PhD at the University of Amsterdam, with prof Klaas Hellingwerf as promoter. He did very well and with his direct and very correct answers, it appeared harder for the committee members than for him! Well done Philipp!
Lab News
Mark defended his PhD thesis on the modelling of microbial ecosystems on November the 22nd 2016. Ines Thiele, Hans Westerhoff, Gerard Muyzer, Fons Stam and Herwig Bachmann were in the thesis committee. Thanks to them for their efforts and congrats to Mark!
Bas moved to a new house with a view over the Rhine and gave a housewarming party for the group. “Good food, good wine, good company and a great venue” summarizes the party, according to Brett.
Jurgen is the senior author on a new book chapter that describes how mathematical modelling can help understand metabolism in parasites and guide drug target identification. The chapter focusses on recent advances for Trypanosoma brucei and Plasmodium Falciparum The chapter is part of a book on “Comprehensive Analysis of Parasite Biology: From Metabolism to Drug Discovery: From
In July, Eva Mooij and Mariah Kes joint our lab to do a short research programme for their honours programme. They worked together with Marijke and Jurgen on glycogen, ammonium and urea measurements in liver cancer cell cultures. They did a great job and it was good to have them in our lab (and thanks
Marijke, our senior technician, is never old enough to learn new techniques. Here she proudly presents her first fermentor -still to be tested:-) She will run controlled batch experiments for the EcoYeast project funded by Era-IB (industrial biotechnology).
On Wednesday, June 29, Frank gave his inaugural speech for this University Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Life Sciences. The speech was in Dutch and with it came a written text. The day ended with a party where Frank received two wonderful gifts from the department and other colleagues: a glider (sailplane) flight and a picture of