Vincent delivered a pitch at the annual Cancer Research Center Groningen (CRGC) PhD Day, which was held online, about his interdisciplinary project on the generation of PDK-1 probes.
Marthe gave a lecture about 'Modern Glycobiology' for the Koninklijk Natuurkundig Genootschap, in the Forum in Groningen. https://www.kng-groningen.nl/1836-dr-marthe-walvoort/
On September 10 2020, Liubov participated in the national final of the FameLab competition. Watch her impressive contribution here!
Stella submitted a 1-minute pitch about her research on new ways to make complex carbohydrates. Watch her contribution here - in Dutch!
We're very happy to welcome Zeynep Su Ziylan to the Sugar Team as a PhD student! She will be working on an interdisciplinary project together with Prof. Dirk-Jan Scheffers on the visualization and inhibition of bacterial lipopolysaccharides.
Liubov won the local FameLab competition. Congratulations!
During the Noorderzon Festival, Marthe gave a lecture on ‘The various faces of sugar’ at the event Noorderlichten, organized by the Young Academy Groningen. Noorderlichten was a 5-day event that included scientific activities and experiments for children during the day, and four mini-lectures for adults every night, where the audience was wearing headphones. In Marthe’s [...]
We welcome Pushpa as a new PhD student in the group! She will be working on a collaborative project with Patrick van der Wel at the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, within the framework of the project Physics of Cancer. See for more information: https://www.phycan.nl/
With all PhDs, students and significant others, we had a tour of the Martinus Brewery in Groningen, including beer tasting, followed by dinner at Wadapartja – thanks to Vincent for organizing!
Stella gave an oral presentation about her work on the stereoselective glycosylations with talose. Liubov gave an oral presentation about the generation of peptide substrates for bacterial glycosyltransferases. And Michela presented a poster on the isolation of exopolysaccharides.
