The AGEM PhD retreat was held on the 3rd and 4th 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.
On Thursday 20th of March, Winnie Vos successfully defended her PhD thesis: Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Immune Checkpoint Modulation in Preclinical Models of Inflammatory Diseases.