For the third time DMRG will participate in the Diabeatit Run to collect money for the Dutch Diabetes Foundation. For this occasion DMRG organizes a benefitconcert on June 4th, 2015 at 20.00 hrs in the Chapel of the congregation called ‘Zusters onder de Bogen’, Sint Servaasklooster 14, 6211 TE Maastricht. A unique place in the heart of the citycenter of Maastricht. The well known semi-professional...

Exercise training has been suggested to be able to reduce liver fat content in humans. In a recent publication, we show that this effect is not due to the effect of an acute exercise bout. The paper can be found here

On July 2nd, Lena will publicly defend her dissertation entitled: "Causes and consequences of lipid overload in skeletal muscle, liver and heart" at the aula of Maastricht University, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht. Time: 14:00

It is our great pleasure to announce the `5th Diabetes and Metabolism Research Symposium´, a joint initiative from Maastricht University, the German Diabetes Center in Dusseldorf and the University of Lille. The meeting will be held on June 18th and 19th 2015, at Maastricht University Medical Center. The aim of this informal meeting is to present and discuss the ongoing and collaborative resear...

Starting April 1st, the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Group welcomes Jakob Wefers as a new PhD student on the project "Circadian Rhythm of Muscle Mitochondrial Metabolism", financed by the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (NWO). Jakob did his master study 'human movement sciences' at Maastricht University. For this internship, he performed a study in the lab of Dr. Goodpaster at ...

The dutch heart foundation has decided to fund our research project ‘energise’ with a total sum of 5 mE. The aim of the project is to investigate if boosting energy expenditure can help to prevent the development of insulin resistance and cardiovascular diseases. The project is a collaboration between the universities of Amsterdam (AMC), Wageningen, Leiden and Maastricht and is lead by Prof. Patri...

The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW) has funded the project Circadian Rhythm of Muscle Mitochondrial Metabolism; the project is a collaboration between the university of Amsterdam (AMC) and Maastricht (MUMC) and is lead by Prof. Andries Kalsbeek and Prof. Patrick Schrauwen.. Because more and more people live a 24h life, disturbances in our normal biological cloc...

Bianca will defend her thesis entitled: "Mitochondria, lipotoxicity and skeletal muscle metabolism: implications for type 2 diabetes mellitus" at the aula of Maastricht University, Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht. Time: 10.00 am.  

Our research team will participate in the "DiaBeatit Run", running a double marathon relay (84 km) from Rotterdam to Amsterdam, raising funds for the fight against diabetes. You can still sponsor our team! Please click here for more information.

The research proposal entitled "Droplets preventing the overflow: PLIN5-coated lipid droplets in insulin sensitivity and mitochondrial function" by Sabine Daemen was awarded by the NUTRIM NWO Graduate Program. Sabine will start her PhD project on September 1st. Congratulations and welcome!