Thomas Theelen wins CARIM PhD Award 2012
21 mrt 2012
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17-05-2013
Prof Kevin Mayo appointed as Wellens Visiting Professor 2013 at the Department of Biochemistry -
02-05-2013
Invitation Information Meeting Veni, Vidi and Vici - June 21, 2013 -
23-04-2013
UNESCO-L'ORÉAL International For Women In Science Fellowships 2014 - Deadline May 30, 2013 -
17-04-2013
Special corona at Daniel Johnson's PhD defense on arrhythmias -
19-03-2013
NHS studentbeurzen 2013 CALL FOR PROPOSALS deadline May 21, 2013 -
04-03-2013
Biomedica Life Sciences Summit 2013 -
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Van Gogh grants - Call for proposals 2013. Deadline: June 9
Thomas Theelen wins CARIM PhD Award 2012
Wednesday March 7, four master students presented their project ideas to compete for a CARIM-funded PhD position. Thomas Theelen, Geert Hendrikx, Mike Jeurissen and Michael Rutjens all defended their project proposals. The jury ranked the presentation of Thomas Theelen as the winning proposal.
The project is aimed to investigate the central hypothesis that leaky adventitial and intraplaque microvessels lead to an acceleration of atherosclerosis. Data from Thomas' master internship indicate that Angiopoietin 1 gene transfer is able to normalize these leaky vessels towards a stable and quiescent phenotype. He will unravel the mechanisms of micro vascular permeability and their contribution to atherosclerosis, specifically the role of the endothelial junctions and the importance of vessel-surrounding pericytes.
Thomas will be invited to present his proposal - “Small vessels with huge impact - leaky microvessels exacerbate atherosclerosis.“ (Supervisors: Judith Sluimer) - at the Annual CARIM Symposium 2012.