Gijsje Koenderink from AMOLF and BaSyC receives a 1,5 million NWO Vici grant to conduct research in the coming five years.

Her research plan focusses on: ‘How cytoskeletal teamwork makes cells strong’.

Vici is one of the largest grants for individuals in the Netherlands and targets advanced researchers. The funding enables the scientists to set up their own innovative line of research and put together their own research group.

Gijsje Koenderink is head of the department ‘Living Matter’ at AMOLF and groupleader of the Biological Soft Matter group at AMOLF.

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