Frits Koning received the Rank Prize for Nutrition on 8 February 2010. He received this prize together with his Norwegian colleague Ludvig Sollid in recognition of their outstanding work on the mechanism and treatment of celiac disease. Linked to the prize is an amount of £ 80,000. The Rank Prizes were initiated by Lord Rank in 1972. The purpose is the advancement and promotion for the public benefit of knowledge, education and learning.
Thursday, December 1, 2009
NGI grant for phase 2 CDC
The NGI awarded the projectplan of the CDC for the period 2010-2012 with a grant of 4M euro.
Nature Review Genetics paper by CDC researchers. Detecting shared pathogenesis from the shared genetics of immune-related diseases.
Press Release (Dutch).
CDC contributed to paper in the New England Journal of Medicine of December 25, 2008.
Shared and Distinct Genetic Variants in Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease.
Tuesday 2 December 2008
Publication
CDC researchers contributed to publication in Nature of 27 November 2008 entitled: The role of HLA-DQ8 beta57 polymorphism in the anti-gluten T-cell response in coeliac disease.
News item (Dutch).
Announcement
The CDC participates in the organization of the 13th International Coeliac Disease Symposium to be held 6-8 April 2009 in Amsterdam
Friday 23 May 2008
Minisymposium
On Friday 23 May 2008 Teun van Herpen will defend his PhD thesis 'Coeliac Disease Safe Gluten - The challenge to reduce toxicity while preserving wheat technological properties'. Before this event a mini-symposium entitled 'Wheat Gluten and Coeliac disease' will take place. You are cordially invited for the symposium and thesis defence.
More information
Tuesday 4 March 2008
Publication
Newly identified genetic risk variants for celiac disease related to the immune response.
Tuesday 12 June 2007
Publication
A genome-wide association study for celiac disease identifies risk variants in the region harboring IL2 and IL21
Tuesday 10 October 2006
Publication
A high-resolution HLA and SNP haplotype map for disease association studies in the extended human MHC
Friday 30 June 2006
Press release
Einde in zicht voor glutenvrij dieet?
Friday 30 June 2006
Press release
Celiac Success: New Enzyme Efficiently Degrades Gluten
Monday 15 May 2006
Publication
Highly efficient gluten degradation with a newly identified prolyl endoprotease