NPC on RTL 4 on September 25

Sunday 4 September marks the start of the six-part series Lang Zullen We Leven on RTL 4. In this non-specialist series on DNA and proteomics presenter Geert Hoes investigates the latest developments in the field of DNA and proteomics. The 4th episode on 25 September will focus on proteomics and has been developed in close collaboration with the Netherlands Proteomics Centre.

Channel: RTL 4 ....

Dell promotional clip

In February this year our group participated in a promotional video clip for Dell in which they present their recently obtained data storage cluster for proteomics data.

When a fluorescent sea anemone glows on a coral reef, it’s using a protein. When we move, proteins help our muscles contract. And when we curse our wrinkles as we age, it’s the lac...

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Hoe?Zo! radio - Albert Heck about proteomics research

On Wednesday 20 April 2011 Hoe?Zo! Radio interviewed Albert Heck, scientific director of the NPC, about proteomics research and the Netherlands Proteomics Centre.

To listen to the interview click here

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Vidi Grant for Shabaz Mohammed

Vidi grant for Shabaz Mohammed

Shabaz Mohammed has been awarded a Vidi grant for his proposal entitled: Decoding Cellular Communication by the Dutch Organisation for scientific Research (NWO).

Internal communication is key for cells to perform their function. Stem cells can become any cell type if the right signals are generated. This research aims to develop tools to decode internal commun...

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Top publication - Reading chromatin modifications

Top publication - Reading chromatin modifications

Michiel Vermeulen (Utrecht University) and his Dutch and German colleagues have applied quantitative mass spectrometry-based proteomics and ChIP-sequencing technology to discover and functionally characterise proteins that bind to methylated histone tails. The results have been published in Cell on 17 September 2010.

In a eukaryotic nucleus, DNA is packed in the...

Monday, 4 October 2010