News & calendar of the Cell Biology and Immunology Group
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Better treatment of allergies through collaboration between WUR and Rijnstate
- Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Rijnstate Hospital are to collaborate closely in the Rijnstate Allergy Centre. This collaboration aims... -
5 questions on the impact of vitamin D on corona
- An increasing number of media report on the role of vitamin D in fighting corona. According to several experts, vitamin D contributed to improved... -
Dietary fiber and probiotics stimulate porcine immune cells in petri dish
- The probiotic E. coli Nissle and the dietary fiber β-glucan stimulate immune cells of pigs in petri dishes. This makes them promising candidates... -
Unique footage of trypanosome may result in new opportunities to fight sleeping sickness
- The trypanosome does not swim through a blood vessel as has always been assumed, it can simply be carried along with the flow. The parasite... -
Jules Petit wins WIAS oral presentation prize
- Monday 5 February, the Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences (WIAS) Science Day was organised. The theme of the seminar was “WIASS: Work on... -
Geert Wiegertjes appointed Professor of Aquaculture and Fisheries
- The Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research has appointed Geert Wiegertjes as Professor of Aquaculture and Fisheries. He succeeds... -
Six million euros for EFRO project "Faag op Maat"
- The Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund in Eastern Netherlands (EFRO) has granted the 'Faag op Maat' (Tailored Phage)... -
Publication in Cell Host and Microbes: Herpesvirus manipulates infected carps
- In this article we show that fish can show a so-called ‘behavioural fever’ during a viral infection and that the mechanisms behind such... -
CBI participated in National Science Weekend
- During the National Science Weekend (2 - 3 October), on behalf of CBI, Nieke van der Bolt, Renee Moerkens (MSc), Sem Jacobs (PhD) en Geert Wiegertjes... -
Annelieke Wentzel receives Overall Thesis Award 2014-2015
- Annelieke Wentzel received the Overall Thesis Award for her MSc thesis ‘Koi herpesvirus IL10: Bioactivity and signalling pathway’, which...