FGA PhD-student Cijsouw and PI Toonen present a new mouse model, expressing a fluorescently tagged version of a protein, Munc18-1. This protein is essential for synaptic transmission. Their findings are published in the march issue of the JCB.

NWO has granted funding for the purchase of research equipment and the development of data collections. The total investment amounts to 6.5 million euros. 15 grant applications were honored.

CNCR and NCA researchers discover a new autism-related syndrome by combining clinical and fundamental research.

The CNCR team of Sander Groffen and Matthijs Verhage discovered that the Doc2b gene is a Ca²⁺-sensor responsible for triggering spontaneous release events. Their findings are published as a full length article in the accelerated online version of Science on Febr 11th, 2010.