PhD defense Suzanne van Wouw
On Tuesday 18/3/25 Suzanne van Wouw defended her PhD thesis. The thesis, titled “LXR-regulated proteins: The key to unlocking cholesterol homeostasis”, describes her work on studying LXR targets genes using a comprehensive set of experimental methodologies spanning biochemical assays to genetically-modified mouse models.
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The AGEM PhD retreat was held on the 3 rd and 4 th of April in Garderen. The theme of the Research Institute was fully centered with interesting presentations by PhDs and guest speakers. Ilaria Micallo, one of our PhD candidates from Noam Zelcer’s group, obtained the Best Poster Award for her research on “Structural basis for substrate selectivity by site-one protease revealed by studies with a small molecule inhibitor” .
Karen and Panos got awarded the Amsterdam UMC Young Talent Fund . This fund awards young PhD talents a chance to further develop and enhance their skills, with the aim to provide the opportunity for PhD candidates to do an internship or follow a course at top international research institutes.
