AG&M annual report 2018

AG&M Events 2018
AG&M annual retreat
APRIL
5 th AG&M annual retreat
6 th Bilderberg Hotel ‘t Speulderbos, Garderen
AG&M PhD-students retreat 2018: record
numbers and setting a standard
This year’s AG&M PhD retreat was a great success!
With a record number of participants, we have not
before had so many interesting and diverse talks
during one retreat. Subjects included translational
rodent and C. Elegans studies, cutting edge techniques
such as gene editing using CRISPR-CAS and the use of
organoids, and patient studies aimed at bettering and
elongating patients’ lives. No surprise this inspired
many questions and suggestions from the audience!
Our four guest speakers mimicked this diversity. Prof. dr.
Hugo Heymans (emeritus professor in pediatric at the
University of Amsterdam) gave a worldwide perspective
about the importance of the first 1000 days of life in
shaping the growth and (cognitive) ability. Elaborating on
this subject, the pediatric endocrinologist Martijn Finken
(VU Medical Center) lead us through his research and
findings on vertical transmission of glucocorticoids to
mother’s milk. Through simple diffusion blood cortisol of
the mother influences the infant phenotype to prepare it
for their postnatal environment.
Dr. Tristram Wyatt
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