Now open for submissions: a special issue in Cells on DAMPs in COPD. cells

New article: Precision Medicine for More Oxygen (P4O2)—Study Design and First Results of the Long COVID-19 Extension mdpi.com/2363322 #mdpijpm via JPM_MDPI

On monday Ghizlane defended her thesis and obtained her doctoral degree from the University of Groningen. Congratulations Ghizlane choukrani! It was also a milestone for myself as it was my first time as co-promotor, hence being part of 'the corona' in stead of the audience [VRW].

Imagine we can use the patient's own immune cells to treat cancer.. The first words of my talk this evening at the Biotechnology reunion in Leeuwarden. It was a nice evening, great to see you all! [VRW].

Today our research paper 'Galectin-9 has non-apoptotic cytotoxic activity toward acute myeloid leukemia independent of cytarabine resistance' appeared online at Cell Death Discovery [VRW]. #CancerResearch #galectin #aml [VRW]. rdcu.be/df9Uk

Akash presenting his data on the big screen! First presentation at an international scientific meeting for Akash: Vermont Stem Cell meeting! And he is doing great! #PhDlife ⁦GRIAC_Groningen⁩ ⁦EXPIRE_lab⁩ ⁦Research UMCG⁩ ⁦Janette Burgess⁩ ⁦Pouwels_Wiersma_Science⁩

Today our manuscript 'EGFR-selective activation of CD27 co-stimulatory signaling by a bispecific antibody enhances anti-tumor activity of T cells' appeared online. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… This work was performed within our #MSCA consortium I-DireCT. #immunotherapy #cancer [VRW]

New article just got published. Lung cells repond differently towards nickel, titanium and nitinol. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New article where we present a new open-source tool to sample bronchial epithelial lining fluid! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

New article where we present a new open-source tool to sample bronchial epithelial lining fluid! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Today prof. dr. Irene Heijink gave her oration! Well done and congratulations!

Ready for a morning in the Academia building! First defense as colleague, second defense as opponent. #PhD [VRW]

Today our study regarding a novel potential biomarker to predict chemosensitivity in acute myeloid leukemia appeared online! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… [VRW]

📢 Call for papers! Our collection ''Next Generation In Vitro Models to Study Chronic Pulmonary Diseases - Volume II'' is open for submissions! Edited by Alen Faiz, Simon D. Pouwels, and Emmanuel Osei Contribute or find out more here➡️fro.ntiers.in/3Afa #COPD #CRISPRCas9

COPD Patients Display Increased Peripheral Blood Somatic Mutations Which Associate With the Prevalence of Co-morbidities archbronconeumol.org//en-copd-patie…

We would like to congratulate Lisanne Koll with obtaining her Masters degree. Lisanne previously performed an internship under supervision of both of us, and will continue her research with a PhD study under supervision of Valerie. Congratulations Lisanne!

New article published: circulating dsDNA levels may predict survival in COPD patients! Low serum dsDNA levels associate with higher survival rates in severe COPD patients openres.ersjournals.com/content/early/…

Today I had a very inspiring meeting at GlycoScienceNL. The talks were very diverse, but all demonstrating the relevance of glycans and glycosylation pathways in human disease and the understanding of all kinds of molecular processes [VRW].

Comprehensive Physiology - New Podcast Alert! Rae et al. developed a multi-organ-on-chip device to study the relation between lung and colorectal cells. Pouwels_Wiersma_Science EXPIRE_lab GRIAC_Groningen Research UMCG UMCG #MultiOrganOnChip ow.ly/rA5Q50Xczky

Comprehensive Physiology - New Podcast Alert! Rae et al. developed a multi-organ-on-chip device to study the relation between lung and colorectal cells. Pouwels_Wiersma_Science EXPIRE_lab GRIAC_Groningen Research UMCG UMCG #MultiOrganOnChip ow.ly/jNMh50XkrSN