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New Key Publication: Age and diet modulate the insulin-sensitizing effects of exercise: a tracer-based oral glucose tolerance test25 April 2023
PhD degree: Fan Liu24 April 2023
New Key Publication: The chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin does not exacerbate p16Ink4a-positive senescent cell accumulation and cardiometabolic disease development in young adult female LDLR-deficient mice24 April 2023
New key Publication: Normalization of hepatic ChREBP activity does not protect against liver disease progression in a mouse model for Glycogen Storage Disease type Ia21 April 2023
New Key Publication: Hyperglycemia, pregnancy outcomes and maternal metabolic disease risk during pregnancy and lactation in a lean gestational diabetes mouse model03 April 2023
Jingyuan Fu, winner of the 2023 Ammodo Science Award for fundamental research 202308 March 2023
Consortium-subsidie Nederlandse Hartstichting, British Heart Foundation en German Centre for Cardiovascular Research voor Marit Westerterp en internationale collega's27 February 2023
New Key Publication: Intestinal Farnesoid X Receptor Modulates Duodenal Surface Area but Does Not Control Glucose Absorption in Mice18 February 2023
PhD degree: Angela Tol13 February 2023
PhD degree: Xiaodong Feng13 February 2023
Prizes for best presentations at Dutch Liver Retreat 202303 February 2023
PhD degree: Natalia Loaiza Velasquez01 February 2023
New Key Publication: Pharmacological inhibition of MEK1/2 signaling disrupts bile acid metabolism through loss of Shp and enhanced Cyp7a1 expression19 January 2023
New Key Publication: Organoids as a model to study intestinal and liver dysfunction in severe malnutrition28 December 2022
Folkert Kuipers in Wetenschappelijke Adviesraad van de Hartstichting23 December 2022
New Key Publication: Systematic analysis of relationships between plasma branched-chain amino acid concentrations and cardiometabolic parameters: an association and Mendelian randomization study15 December 2022
New Key Publication: Role of bile acid receptor FXR in development and function of brown adipose tissue17 November 2022
New Key Publication: Cargo-Specific Role for Retriever Subunit VPS26C in Hepatocyte Lipoprotein Receptor Recycling to Control Postprandial Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins11 November 2022
PhD degree: Anouk La Rose24 October 2022
PhD degree: Venetia Bazioti17 October 2022
New Key Publication: Influence of the microbiome, diet and genetics on inter-individual variation in the human plasma metabolome10 October 2022
PhD degree: Bernard Evers05 October 2022
New Key Publication: Autocrine FGF1 signaling promotes glucose uptake in adipocytes26 September 2022
New Key Publication: Perinatal exposure to UDCA prevents neonatal cholestasis in Cyp2c70-/- mice with human-like bile acids23 September 2022
The 'sunset years' come with sex differences in cardiometabolic health.21 September 2022
PhD degree: Martijn Rutten14 September 2022
New Key Publication: Loss of hepatic SMLR1 causes hepatosteatosis and protects against atherosclerosis due to decreased hepatic VLDL secretion02 September 2022
New Key Publication: Variants in the GPR146 Gene Are Associated With a Favorable Cardiometabolic Risk Profile01 September 2022
Ligia Kiyuna and Christoff Odendaal have each won a poster prize at the annual INFORM meeting in Freiburg28 August 2022
Poster Award: Hilde de Vries: Falk XXVI International Bile Acid Meeting 202209 July 2022
PhD degree: Rumei Li05 July 2022
Publication on Niemann Pick type C1 disease in JLR highlighted by ASBMB Today05 July 2022
Lianmin Chen awarded the Tekke Huizinga Prize for best UMCG thesis in 202104 July 2022
New Key Publication:T cell cholesterol efflux suppresses apoptosis and senescence and increases atherosclerosis in middle aged mice01 July 2022
Narrative Review: Dynamic Methods for Childhood Hypoglycemia Phenotyping17 June 2022
New Key Publication: Pirfenidone ameliorates pulmonary arterial pressure and neointimal remodeling in experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension by suppressing NLRP3 inflammasome activation17 June 2022
Prize Winners:Translational Metabolism congres, Wageningen14 June 2022
PhD degree: Marcel Vieira Lara01 June 2022
Jingyuan Fu elected as Scientist of the Year at China Gut 2022, Beijing29 May 2022
New key Publication: High childhood serum triglyceride concentrations associate with hepatocellular adenoma development in patients with glycogen storage disease type Ia29 May 2022
PhD degree: Congzhuo Jia04 May 2022
Kathrin Thedieck received an ERC Advanced Grant, the highest European funding for established scientists in basic research28 April 2022
PhD degree: Chris Versloot25 April 2022
New Key Publication: Short-term obeticholic acid treatment does not impact cholangiopathy in Cyp2c70-deficient mice with a human-like bile acid composition22 April 2022
New key Publication: Increased atherosclerosis in a mouse model of glycogen storage disease type 1a21 April 2022
New Key Publication in Nature: Environmental factors shaping the gut microbiome in a Dutch population13 April 2022
PhD degree: Melany Rios Morales11 April 2022
PhD degree: Marti Cadena Sandoval05 April 2022
New Key Publication: A novel role for GalNAc-T2 dependent glycosylation in energy homeostasis16 March 2022
Farewell Symposium: Dirk-Jan Reijngoud: 12-05-202214 March 2022
PhD degree: Jiufang Yang02 March 2022
PhD degree: Alessandro Rossi28 February 2022
Highlight from Journal of Lipid Research: Low production of 12α-hydroxylated bile acids prevents hepatic steatosis in Cyp2c70−/− mice by reducing fat absorption25 February 2022
New Key Publication: Mice with a deficiency in Peroxisomal Membrane Protein 4 (PXMP4) display mild changes in hepatic lipid metabolism15 February 2022
Letter to Editor CMGH12 February 2022
Folkert Kuipers appointed as new Scientific Director of ERIBA per August 1, 202209 February 2022
BKZ/Intranet News: Bijzonder goede prognose voor kinderen die levertransplantatie ondergaan26 January 2022
New Key Publication: Large HDL particles negatively associate with leukocyte counts independent of cholesterol efflux capacity: A cross sectional study in the population-based LifeLines DEEP cohort18 January 2022
New Key Publication: Elevated granulocyte-colony stimulating factor and hematopoietic stem cell mobilization in Niemann-Pick Type C1 disease11 January 2022
History and future of Research laboratory of Pediatrics published in Lever, magazine of the Dutch Society of Hepatology10 January 2022
New Key Publication: FGF1 and insulin control lipolysis by convergent pathways04 January 2022
10 PhD Students Granted: De Stichting De Cock-Hadders 202202 January 2022
PhD degree: Josephine Anderson08 December 2021
On the cover: Characterization of gut microbial structural variations as determinants of human bile acid metabolism,Cell Host & Microbe,Volume 29 Issue 12 p1725-183808 December 2021
New Key Publication: Characterization of gut microbial structural variations as determinants of human bile acid metabolism29 November 2021
Jingyuan Fu among the Highly Cited Researchers 2021 at University of Groningen16 November 2021
PhD degree: Willemijn van Rijt25 October 2021
New Key Publication: Low production of 12α-hydroxylated bile acids prevents hepatic steatosis in Cyp2c70 -/- mice by reducing fat absorption11 October 2021
New Key Publication: The hepatocyte IKK:NF-κB axis promotes liver steatosis by stimulating de novo lipogenesis and cholesterol synthesis11 October 2021
Martijn Rutten received the NVH basal Young Hepatologist Award09 September 2021
Sergio Andreu Sánchez received a JXTX Foundation Award Scholarship for Genome Informatics 202126 August 2021
ITN grand Bart vd Sluis17 August 2021
Worry-free recipes for patients with glycogen storage disease type Ia05 July 2021
New Key Publication: Modeling phenotypic heterogeneity of Glycogen Storage Disease type Ia liver disease in mice by somatic CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing24 June 2021
PhD degree: Lianmin Chen, Cum Laude22 June 2021
PhD degree: Marleen Dommerholt14 June 2021
PhD degree: Ines Sturmlechner07 June 2021
New Key Publication: Hepatocyte-specific glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency disturbs platelet aggregation and decreases blood monocytes upon fasting-induced hypoglycemia04 June 2021
PhD degree: Maaike Blankestijn31 May 2021
PhD degree: Wenxuan Zhang10 May 2021
On the Cover: Gut microbes as your fingerprint: Cell volume 184, issue 929 April 2021
Jingyuan Fu, (Pediatrics/Genetics), receives NWO Vici grant worth 1.5 million euros14 April 2021
New Key Publication in Cell: The long-term genetic stability and individual specificity of the human gut microbiome09 April 2021
New Key Publication: Impaired VLDL catabolism links hypoglycemia to hypertriglyceridemia in GSD Ia21 March 2021
7 PhD Students Granted: De Stichting De Cock-Hadders 202118 March 2021
The BugDrug Project: Podcast Jing Fu09 March 2021
BKK Wetenschapscall 202019 February 2021
Editorial: Gender and Age Differences in the Hepatic Consequences of “Humanized” Bile Acid Compositions in Mice - Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology06 February 2021
New Key Publication: G3BPs tether the TSC complex to lysosomes and suppress mTORC1 signaling25 January 2021
New Key Publication: Increased insulin sensitivity and diminished pancreatic beta-cell function in DNA repair deficient Ercc1 d/- mice22 January 2021
Eline van der Beek: UMCG Open Access Publication of the Week14 January 2021
Phd Degree: Ulrike Rehbein22 December 2020
On the cover: The Beneficial Effects of ASBT Inactivation Depend on Dietary Fat Composition17 December 2020
Voeding bij zwangerschapsdiabetes, door Eline van der Beek17 December 2020
New Key Publication: Cholangiopathy and biliary fibrosis in Cyp2c70-deficient mice are fully reversed by ursodeoxycholic acid11 December 2020
Jingyuan Fu has received a €2million ERC Grant for research on modulating the gut microbiome to improve drug efficacy09 December 2020
New Key Publication: Regulation Copper homeostasis04 December 2020
Jingyuan Fu among the 12 Highly Cited Researchers 2020 at University of Groningen18 November 2020
Poster Award: Johannes Odendaal19 October 2020
PhD Degree: Dicky Struik14 October 2020
PhD Degree: Cum Laude, Daan van Wessel07 October 2020
The New Key Publication of Lianmin Chen: Cover story of Cell Reports, October 6, 202006 October 2020
e-poster Lianmin Chen selected as one of the 5 Best Abstracts at the World of Microbiome Conference 202001 October 2020
PhD degree: R. (Sandra) Nagy23 September 2020
UMD Catalyst Grant: Maaike Oosterveer21 September 2020
PhD degree: Joanne Hoogerland14 September 2020
PhD degree: Onne Ronda14 September 2020
Joachim Ziegenhorn Awards for the Best Oral Presentation, ELC 202010 September 2020
New Key Publication:Gut microbial co-abundance networks show specificity in inflammatory bowel disease and obesity | Nature Communications11 August 2020
Antoine Rimbert:The winner of the annual Young Investigator Awards for outstanding publications during 201930 July 2020
PhD degree: Agnieszka Wegrzyn15 June 2020
PhD degree: Yu Lei10 June 2020
Marie-Curie training network grant ‘EndoConnect’ awarded to Bart van de Sluis: 4 million euros for European Research Training03 June 2020
New pathway of macrophage cholesterol efflux - Commentary in PNAS18 May 2020
PhD degree: Patricia Razquin Navas13 May 2020
PhD degree: Ana Huerta Guevara06 May 2020
“Article Joanna Hoogerland et al. among top10% most downloaded papers published in Hepatology 2018-2019”30 April 2020
Toekenning Stimuleringsfonds Research O&G 2020 aan Anoush Kdekian14 April 2020
Preview Cell Metabolism – not all is bad about lithocholic acid04 March 2020
Radio 1: Met het Oog op Morgen: Interview HenkJan Verkade over PFIC229 February 2020
New Key Publication:Hepatic ChREBP activation limits NAFLD development in a mouse model for Glycogen Storage Disease type Ia21 February 2020
12 PhD Students Granted: De Stichting De Cock-Hadders 202020 February 2020
New key Publication: Genotype correlates with the natural history of severe bile salt export pump deficiency19 February 2020
Contribution of Bart van de Sluis to statement of EAS Consensus Panel on the role of LDL in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease13 February 2020
10th Dutch Liver Retreat (DLR) in Spier, the Netherlands07 February 2020
New Key Publication: Taking One Step Back in Familial Hypercholesterolemia31 January 2020
Twitter:our 10 most-read JLR articles of 2019. We're looking forward to more great science in 2020! #JLRTop10 #Science06 January 2020
Interview Maaike Oosterveer: in NVH "Lever"24 December 2019
New Key Publication:GPR146 Deficiency Protects against Hypercholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis27 November 2019
PhD degree: Melinde Wijers20 November 2019
Interview Hannah Wargill with Qiagen – Insights Magazine15 November 2019
New Key Publication: A common variant in CCDC93 protects against myocardial infarction and cardiovascular mortality by regulating endosomal trafficking of low-density lipoprotein receptor25 October 2019
PhD degree: Sjoukje Haisma09 October 2019
Our JLR article on adipocytic FXR highlighted in ASBMB Today09 October 2019
Perspective in PLOS Genetics by Jingyuan Fu and Folkert Kuipers selected for PLOS Microbiome Channel27 September 2019
Jing Fu was genomineerd voor de Prix Galien Research Award Nederland 201924 September 2019
PhD degree: Lori van der Schoor23 September 2019
Geboortegewicht ijlt lang na: Eline M. van der Beek19 September 2019
Two papers by Laboratory of Pediatrics selected as Research Highlights JLR16 September 2019
New Key Publication: A Human-like Bile Acid Pool Induced by Deletion of Hepatic Cyp2c70 Modulates Effects of FXR Activation in Mice, included:Commentary 202010 September 2019
€35.000 uit UMCG KankerResearchFonds voor Hans Jonker12 July 2019
PhD degree: Anne Claire Martines10 July 2019
PhD degree: Mirjam Lohuis10 July 2019
PhD degree: Sanam Ebtehaj03 July 2019
PhD degree: Ivo van de Peppel12 June 2019
New Key Publication: The hepatic WASH complex is required for efficient plasma LDL and HDL cholesterol clearance.08 June 2019
The new paper of Jingyuan Fu cover story of Cir Res in June 201907 June 2019
PhD degree: Biljana Atanasovska20 May 2019
PhD degree: Yared Paalvast20 May 2019
New Key Publication: Glucose-6-phosphate regulates hepatic bile acid synthesis in mice18 May 2019
€3 miljoen subsidie Hartstichting voor onderzoek darmflora in het ontstaan van hart- en vaatziekten18 April 2019
SSAR Young Investigator Award 2019: Roxandra Nagy16 April 2019
PhD degree: Rima Mistry27 March 2019
ESPGHAN Young Investigators Award 2019: Onne Ronda04 March 2019
PhD degree: Eelke Brandsma27 February 2019
PhD degree (Cum Laude): Alex Heberle20 February 2019
Key Publication: Causal relationships among the gut microbiome, short-chain fatty acids and metabolic diseases: Nature Genetics18 February 2019
Prizes for best presentations at Dutch Liver Retreat 201908 February 2019
6 PhD Students Granted: De Stichting De Cock-Hadders 201928 January 2019
PhD degree: Irene Zwarts16 January 2019
Key Publication:A Proinflammatory Gut Microbiota Increases Systemic Inflammation and Accelerates Atherosclerosis : Circulation Research04 January 2019
Editorial: Recycling the LDL receptor to combat atherosclerosis27 November 2018
PhD degree: Mauri Witt26 November 2018
New key publication: Lymphocyte-Derived Exosomal MicroRNAs Promote Pancreatic β Cell Death and May Contribute to Type 1 Diabetes Development11 October 2018
Diabetes Fonds/ZonMw Doorbraak subsidie voor Janine Kruit28 September 2018
New key publication: Individual variations in cardiovascular -disease- related protein levels are driven by genetics and gut microbiome24 September 2018
Eline van der Beek in "Sight & Life"18 September 2018
ELC, Young Investigator award 2018, Antoine Rimbert13 September 2018
RUN Winschoten 10*10 relay08 September 2018
Next step in journey towards Personalized & Customized Health in the Province of Groningen – Chairperson Folkert Kuipers.29 June 2018
Hoge sterfte onder leverpatiëntjes toont belang van levende donatie07 June 2018
Marie-Curie training network grant ‘PoLiMeR’ awarded to Barbara Bakker: 4 million euros for European research training in Systems Medicine for inherited metabolic diseases04 June 2018
PhD Degree: Willem Balder16 May 2018
Half of all young children with a rare inherited liver disease need a liver transplant11 May 2018
PhD Degree: Tamara Prentzell07 May 2018
Stofwisselkrachtsubsidie 2017, Maaike Oosterveer, "Stem-cell derived hepatocytes to study patient-specific disease signatures of GSD Ia16 April 2018
Rudy Rabbinge Award, Melany Rios Morales12 April 2018
ESPGHAN Young Investigators Awards 201830 March 2018
ATVB Editorial :Adipocyte Membrane Cholesterol Regulates Obesity23 March 2018
De Stichting De Cock-Hadders 201820 March 2018
New key publication: COMMD Family Regulates Plasma LDL Levels and Attenuates Atherosclerosis Through Stabilizing the CCC Complex in Endosomal LDLR Trafficking16 March 2018
CVON_GENIUS 2.0; granted 15-12-201715 March 2018
New key publication: Environment dominates over host genetics in shaping human gut microbiota08 March 2018
Vici-subsidie van NWO voor UMCG-onderzoeker Hans Jonker23 February 2018
€6 million EU-funding for metabolic signaling as a new concept in breast cancer patient stratification21 February 2018
Genetics, Lifestyle, and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Young and Apparently Healthy Women20 February 2018
Galzouten wint jong UMCG nieuwjaarsquiz 2018!06 February 2018
PhD Degree: Lidiya G. Dimova05 February 2018
Symposium ‘ Cellular Metabolism in Disease: Friend or foe ’20 December 2017
New key publication:Interplay of host genetics and gut microbiota underlying the onset and clinical presentation of inflammatory bowel disease12 December 2017
New key publication: Running-wheel activity delays mitochondrial respiratory flux decline in aging mouse muscle via a post-transcriptional mechanism09 November 2017
PhD degree: Marcela Doktorova01 November 2017
Prestigious TSC Research Award from the German TS Foundation for Kathrin Thedieck25 October 2017
Research Award 2017, Jaap Mulder17 October 2017
PhD degree: Federico Oldoni16 October 2017
Alliance for Healthy Aging Conference25 August 2017
Letter to Editor AJP-Endocrinology and Metabolism10 August 2017
Archibald Garrod Award for Terry Derks26 July 2017
KNAW Ter Meulen Beurs 2017: Lori van der Schoor19 July 2017
Nature Medicine: News and Views11 July 2017
Prestigious PhD scholarship for Marcel Vieira Lara04 July 2017
Vier consortia aan de slag binnen Complexity in Health & Nutrition27 June 2017
Vidi- Beurs: Maaike Oosterveer:"Suiker: een kickstart voor kanker"30 May 2017
Interview Kathrin Thedieck ,Biozentrum Basel29 May 2017
PhD degree:Vera Nies24 May 2017
PhD degree:Nicoline Kuiken08 May 2017
Daniel Steinberg Early Career Investigator Award and the Irvine Page Award for Marit Westerterp06 May 2017
Inaugural lecture Mr Prof J.A. Kuivenhoven02 May 2017
Eelke Brandsma winning a POSTER AWARD at the 85th EAS Congress26 April 2017
Leren in het Emma, Interview met Eline van der Beek12 April 2017
Gezondheidsraad adviseert injectie vitamine K bij baby direct na geboorte11 April 2017
Thinking differently, the Center of Innovation series of Unexpected Conversations - Folkert Kuipers "Healthy Ageing, from bench to bedside and beyond"30 March 2017
PhD degree: Brenda Hijmans22 February 2017
Award: Young Investigator :Ivo van de Peppel 201717 February 2017
Marit Westerterp PhD was interviewed by Circulation Research02 February 2017
Oratie/Inaugural lecture : mw. prof.dr. E.M. van der Beek: 31-01-201731 January 2017
UMCG Press Release: Targeting pathogen metabolism without collateral damage to the host13 January 2017
New key publication:A liver-specific long non-coding RNA with a role in cell viability is elevated in human non-alcoholic steatohepatitis11 January 2017
New key publication:Intestinal Farnesoid X Receptor Controls Transintestinal Cholesterol Excretion in Mice.06 January 2017
New key publication:Malnutrition-associated liver steatosis and ATP depletion is caused by peroxisomal and mitochondrial dysfunction.03 December 2016
New key publication: A systems study reveals concurrent activation of AMPK and mTOR by amino acids.21 November 2016
New key publication:Transintestinal Cholesterol Transport Is Active in Mice and Humans and Controls Ezetimibe-Induced Fecal Neutral Sterol Excretion.04 November 2016
Award:Melinde Wijers; Spier 201628 October 2016
PhD degree: Arne Dikkers26 October 2016
PhD degree: Weilin Liu19 October 2016
Nature Reviews Best Abstract prize: Vera Nies20 September 2016
PhD degree : Alina Fedoseienko19 September 2016
PhD degree: Marleen Schonewille14 September 2016
Healthy Life Alliance leerstoel voor Folkert Kuipers05 April 2016
PhD degree: Maurien Pruis09 December 2015
PhD degree: Marije Boesjes04 November 2015
PHD degree: Nanda Gruben13 May 2015
PhD degree: Fareeba Sheedfar12 January 2015
PhD degree: Carolien Out26 November 2014
PhD degree: Nienke Volker-Touw20 October 2014
PhD degree:Gijs den Besten23 June 2014
PhD degree: Frank Bodewes19 March 2014
PhD degree: Andrea Schreuder12 February 2014
PhD degree: Jan Freark de Boer11 December 2013
Inaugural Speech Barbara Bakker22 October 2013
PhD degree: Wijtske Annema17 June 2013
Inauguration Dirk-Jan Reijngoud12 March 2013
PhD degree:Mariette van der Wulp03 December 2012
PhD degree: Margot Fijlstra21 November 2012
VIDI-subsidie van NWO voor UMCG-onderzoeker Hans Jonker23 May 2012