In SUPERGLUE, PI’s at the VU (Mark Verheijen, Priyanka Rao-Ruiz, Natalia Goriounova, Harold MacGillavry) and AUMC (Rogier Min, Erik Bakker, Elga de Vries) will collaborate to investigate how subcellular compartments of the astrocyte control cognitive processing .
Aina Badia-Soteras, together with others of the Neuron-Glia Interaction team and collaborators, has shown that retraction of fine astrocyte processes from the synapse is a regulated process that gates the strength of fear memories. This work is published in Biological Psychiatry
Mandy Kater, together with collaborators of the Memorable consortium, has shown that prevention of microgliosis halts early memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. This work is published in Brain Behavior and Immunity
A team effort of Nutabi Camargo, Andrea Goudriaan, Anne-Lieke van Deijk, Mark Verheijen (PI) and collaborators shows that myelination by oligodendrocytes in the CNS requires lipids derived from astrocytes and diet.
Anne-Lieke van Deijk (PhD student) and Mark Verheijen (PI) show for the first time that astrocyte lipid metabolism is essential for synapse development in vivo.
