About us
Cell Biology is a research division of the Biology Department of the Faculty of Science at Utrecht University. The division includes several research groups and is led by Prof. Dr. Casper Hoogenraad and Prof. Dr. Anna Akhmanova. Our goal is to gain insight into basic cellular processes and in this way to provide mechanistic basis for devising therapies for cancer, metabolic and neurological diseases.
We are interested in the mechanisms underlying cytoskeletal dynamics, membrane transport and signaling pathways that underlie cell proliferation and differentiation, neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. We investigate cellular processes at a broad range of levels, from single molecules and protein networks to cells, tissues, and whole organisms.
The main research topics within the division are cellular dynamics, cell biology of the neuron, biophysics, neurodevelopment, cell cycle, molecular oncology and antibody technology.
News:
arGEN-X raises EUR 27.5 M€ in oversubscribed Series B round
Research News:
SLAIN2 controls microtubule growth
Rab6, Rab8, and MICAL3 cooperate in exocytosis
NMDA Receptor Activation Suppresses Microtubule Dynamics
Microtubule stabilization helps axon regeneration
Revision of EGFR activation model
Assaying molecular motors inside cells
A microtubule depolymerase hitchhikes to microtubule tips
Neurons do not need the centrosome to grow axons
GRASPing endosomes to regulate the synapse
Cytoskeletal motor proteins discriminate between axons and dendrites
Grants and Awards:
Sabrina Oliveira receives a VENI grant
"Barriers in the brain" program funded by FOM
Announcements:
Positions Available!
We are looking for talented and motivated PhD and postdoctoral candidates who are interested in cytoskeletal dynamics, intracellular transport, cellular biophysics, molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, antibody technologies and their therapeutic applications.