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New review on the role of branched-chain amino acids

Posted on by Joris Hoeks
The review from our colleague Froukje Vanweert is now online available and will be published in  Nutrition & Diabetes with the following title: “Role of brached-chain amino acid metabolism in the pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes-related metabolic disturbances BCCA metabolism in type 2 diabetes”. The full article can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41387-022-00213-3   Read the abstract below. Branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolism has been considered to ...
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New start in 2020

Posted on by Joris Hoeks
Today, most of our colleagues started to work again after well deserved holidays. Unfortunately, Maastricht University (UM) was hit by a serious cyberattack before Christmas. Despite a number of limitations, many activities could continue after the Christmas break without major problems. Some of our colleagues had to forego their Christmas break and (literally) work day and night. Others have sacrificed part of their vacation voluntarily to help. A big word of thanks to everyone for all their su...
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PhD Conferral of Jakob Wefers today

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Today, our colleague Jakob Wefers will defend his thesis "Day-Night Rhythmicity in Muscle Metabolism and Metabolic Health". One of his articles focusses on how circadian misalignment induces fatty acid metabolism gene profiles and compromises insulin sensitivity in human skeletal muscle. Read the complete article here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29987027 Abstract Circadian misalignment, such as in shift work, has been associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, direct...
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Horizontal living – day 5

Posted on by Joris Hoeks
Yiyun Chen started her 30 days in bed. A challenge, not only physically but also mentally. Finding a comfortable position is starting to get more difficult and cooking, which she normally does not enjoy that much, is starting to become a welcome intermezzo from lying down. Watch the interview with Yiyun and Patrick Schrauwen here (in Dutch) or follow Yiyuns experiences on instagram. The BAD Award is an annual international competition that aims to stimulate artists and designers to experi...
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New DMRG PhD students!

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DMRG has welcomed 3 new PhD students in the past months: Eva Fechner, started in September 2015. Her project will focus on the influence of dietary interventions on metabolic flexibility. Carlijn Remie, started in October 2015. Carlijn's first study will focus on the effects of 10 day cold acclimation on insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk parameters in type 2 diabetic patients. Kay Roumans, started in January 2016. Kay will first work in the group of Wouter van Marken Lichtenbel...
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DFN junior research fellowship for Tineke van de Weijer

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Tineke van de Weijer has been awarded the prestigious Junior Research Fellowship 2015 from the Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation for her project entitled "The role of cardiac mitochondrial function and lipid accumulation in the development of cardiac insulin resistance; etiology and treatment strategies". The ambitious project is a collaboration between the Departments of Radiology (J. Wildberger), Nuclear Medicine (F. Mottaghy and M. Bauwens) and DMRG (P. Schrauwen, M. Hesselink and V. Schrauw...
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TIFN-NWO project grant for Patrick Schrauwen and Joris Hoeks

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Within the System Approaches for Food and Nutrition program, a partnership between the Top Institute for Food and Nutrition (TIFN) and the Netherlands Scientific Organization (NWO), Prof. Patrick Schrauwen and Dr. Joris Hoeks received funding for their project entitled "Nutritional approaches to preserve and improve mitochondrial health and physical function in the elderly". The project (2.2 million euro) is a joint venture between Maastricht University, Wageningen University and the University ...
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Best abstract for Anne Gemmink

Posted on by Joris Hoeks
Anne's abstract entitled “Change in insulin sensitivity upon a 5-day high-fat diet is related with changes in skeletal muscle PLIN5 protein content in Caucasians, but not in South Asians” was selected for the best abstract session at the Annual Dutch Diabetes Research Meeting (ADDRM) 2015.  Anne presented her results about different responses on insulin sensitivity and PLIN5 protein content between Caucasians and South Asians on November 27th.
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