Mission Statement

We develop and validate methods for organizing, summarizing and visualizing complex biological data for systems biology through the integration of bioinformatics and biostatistics.

Lumped systems biology model of the fate of polyphenols in the human body as used in Nutrikinetics studies (from the thesis of Ewoud van Velzen).

News

Johan Westerhuis extraordinary professor at North-West University in Potchefstroom (South Africa)

Johan Westerhuis was recently appointed extraordinary professor at North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa. In his position as extraordinary professor he will be the promotor of Mari van Reenen MSc who studies the metabole effects of acute alcohol abuse. The picture shows Johan Westerhuis (right) with Mari van Reenen (left) and her co-promotor professor Carools Reinecke of NWU.

Beethoven

Beethovens deafness is well known, but what were the effects of his deteriorating hearing on his music? Find out more here.

Ewoud van Velzen wins I.M. Kolthoff award for best PhD thesis

On October 13th Ewoud van Velzen (Unilever, Vlaardingen), a former member of the BDA group, received the I.M. Kolthoff Award for his PhD thesis entitled Nutrikinetics. The I.M. Kolthoff Award was handed out at Labtechnology/TAC2011 under auspices of the Royal Dutch Chemical Society (KNCV) for best PhD thesis in analytical chemistry over the period 2007-2011.
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