19-07-2023: Femke is interviewed about challenges and opportunities for drug development in Alzheimer's disease for Scientias magazine. 

https://scientias.nl/waarom-is-het-zo-lastig-om-een-geneesmiddel-voor-alzheimer-te-vinden/

01-10-2023: Sascha is awarded a FEBS Youth Travel Funds (YTF) Awards to attend the FEBS special meeting Sphingolipid Biology: the dawn of a new era in Madeira, Portugal.

https://sphingolipidbiology2023.febsevents.org/

19-07-2023: Femke is interviewed about her work and presentation at the 2023 Alzheimer Association International meeting in Amsterdam. 

https://www.vjdementia.com/video/0xyxc7nofri-the-effect-of-apoe4-on-lipid-production-in-glial-cells/

20-06-2023: Short feature of the labs research in the Dutch TV program "Memories for life", a fundraiser for Alzheimer Netherlands. 

https://www.alzheimer-nederland.nl/tv-programma-alzheimer-nederland-herinneringen-voor-het-leven/deze-6-onderzoekers-maken-het

14-10-2022: Together with Jetske van der Schaar, Rik discusses innovation in Alzheimer's disease research in the podcast series Hersenhelden (in Dutch):

https://www.jvds.net/13-rik-van-der-kant-innovatie-in-het-alzheimerveld/

direct link to spotify

04-11-2022: Together with his collaborators Martin Giera and Priyanka Narajan, Rik is awarded a second phase grant from CZI Neurodegeneration Challenge network to complete a lipid atlas of multiple neurodegenerative diseases. 

https://vu.nl/nl/nieuws/2022/grote-waardering-voor-onderzoek-naar-vetmetabolisme-in-hersenen
https://cpm.lumc.nl/news/research-into-fat-metabolism-a-first-step-towards-solving-neurodegenerative-diseases-96

01-07-2022: Rik is awarded a ZonMW Vidi for work on lipid droplets in Alzheimer's disease. Bad fat? Improving lipid metabolism to treat Alzheimer’s disease
https://www.alzheimercentrum.nl/vidi-rik-van-der-kant/
https://www.amsterdamumc.org/en/spotlight/three-vidi-grants-for-amsterdam-neuroscience-researchers.htm
https://www.nwo.nl/onderzoeksprogrammas/nwo-talentprogramma/projecten-vidi/vidi-2022

November 2019: Interview with Dutch popular science magazine "New Scientist" regarding new hypotheses for Alzheimer's disease. 

05-09-2019: Rik is nominated for a Alzheimer Netherlands Young Outstanding Researcher Award. An Oscar-deserving clip is made. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJtMehSNfu0

https://www.alzheimercentrum.nl/nominatie-talentprijs/