Last Wednesday on the first of April 2020, Patricia Dankers showed some insight in regenerative medicine and the work they do in her lab. The topic of this show was on the question whether we still require laboratory animals. Please see find the show (in Dutch) here: https://www.avrotros.nl/knappe-koppen/gemist/detail/item/hebben-we-nog-proefdieren-nodig-01-04-2020/  

Due to COVID-19, the internal flagship meeting for MDR project members on the 14th of April 2020 is unfortunately postponed to later this year. Continuation of the project will happen in the mean time.

Carl Schuurmans and Anne Metje van Genderen published, together with their (co)-promoters dr. Tina Vermonden and Prof. dr. Roos Masereeuw and other coworkers, an article entitled ‘Complexation-induced resolution enhancement of 3D-printed hydrogel constructs‘ in Nature Communications. Thanks to the MDR Young Talent Incentives Program, Anne Metje and Carl could stay for four months at the […]

Two MDR scientists from the TU/e talk about regenerative medicine. To read the article in Dutch, click here. Sandra Hofmann (@sanhofma), Associate Professor in Bioengineering Bone at the Orthopaedic Biomechanics research group TU/e. Anthal Smits (@AnthalSmits), Assistant Professor in ImmunoRegeneration at the Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanolobiology research group at TU/e.    

On the 28th of February 2020, Bert Meijer has been appointed Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. The chivalric order is open to “eminent individuals from all walks of life, including, among others, professors and leading scientists, industrialists, and renowned artists”. Meijer is a world-leading top scientist in organic chemistry and received the […]

Vici is one of the largest grants for individuals in the Netherlands. It enables scientists to set up their own innovative line of research and to put together their own research group. Genetic heart disease – what goes wrong? Prof. dr. E. (Eva) van Rooij, Hubrecht Institute Genetic heart diseases are caused by a mistake […]

See the calendar of NWO (Dutch funding agency) with all deadlines for 2020 here online.

After another year of exciting research centered around ‘materials-driven regeneration’ we organised a successful annual meeting on the 5th of December. We would like to thank all researchers and organizers who contributed to the annual meeting.   The annual meeting was short, because of ‘Sinterklaas’, which gave limited time for poster presentations and informal discussions. […]

Prof. David Mooney – Harvard University Cambridge, USA Subsequently to our MDR Annual meeting, Prof. David Mooney visited the Institute of Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) in Eindhoven on December 6th. Prof. Mooney is one of the member of our International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB). The laboratory of Prof. Mooney aims to make cellular and molecular therapies more effective and […]

Prof. Joseph Bonventre – Harvard University Cambridge, USA Prior to our MDR Annual meeting, Prof. Joseph Bonventre visited Regenerative Medicine Utrecht (RMU) and the Institute of Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) in Eindhoven on December 4th. Prof. Bonventre is one of the member of our International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB). Prof. Bonventre’s research focuses primarily on […]