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Understanding the role of CAMK2 in neurodevelopment and neurodevelopmental disorders

Lab Members

Geeske van Woerden
Dr. Geeske van Woerden (GM)
Associate Professor
Lab Head
Pomme Rigter
Pomme Rigter
Phd Student
Daria Roman
Daria Roman
Master Student
Ourania Konstanta
Ourania Konstanta
Master Student
Charlotte de Konink
Charlotte de Konink
Research Technician

Recent Publications

Loss of CAMK2G affects intrinsic and motor behavior but has minimal impact on cognitive behavior.

Focused ultrasound neuromodulation on a multiwell MEA.

Saccher M, Kawasaki S, Onori MP, van Woerden GM, Giagka V, Dekker R
in Bioelectronic medicine 2022

Case Report: Developmental Delay and Acute Neuropsychiatric Episodes Associated With a Mutation in the Gene (c.328G>A p.Glu110Lys).

Dwyer BK, Veenma DCM, Chang K, Schulman H, Van Woerden GM
in Frontiers in pharmacology 2022

The MAP3K7 gene: further delineation of clinical characteristics and genotype/phenotype correlations.

van Woerden GM, Senden R, de Konink C, Trezza RA, Baban A, Bassetti JA, van Bever Y, Bird LM, van Bon BW, Brooks AS, Guan Q, Klee EW, Marcelis C, Rosado JM, Schimmenti LA, Shikany AR, Terhal PA, Nicole Weaver K, Wessels MW, van Wieringen H, Hurst AC, Gooch CF, Steindl K, Joset P, Rauch A, Tartaglia M, Niceta M, Elgersma Y, Demirdas S
in Human mutation 2022

Adult gene reinstatement restores the learning and plasticity deficits of knockout mice.

TAOK1 is associated with neurodevelopmental disorder and essential for neuronal maturation and cortical development.

van Woerden GM, Bos M, de Konink C, Distel B, Trezza RA, Shur NE, Barañano K, Mahida S, Chassevent A, Schreiber A, Erwin AL, Gripp KW, Rehman F, Brulleman S, Mc Cormack R, de Geus G, Kalsner L, Sorlin A, Bruel AL, Koolen DA, Gabriel MK, Rossi M, Fitzpatrick DR, Wilkie AOM, Calpena E, Johnson D, Brooks A, van Slegtenhorst M, Fleischer J, Groepper D, Lindstrom K, Micheil Innes A, Goodwin A, Humberson J, Noyes A, Langley KG, Telegrafi A, Blevins A, Hoffman J, Guillen Sacoto MJ, Juusola J, Monaghan KG, Punj S, Simon M, Pfundt R, Elgersma Y, Kleefstra T
in Human mutation 2021

Role of calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase 2 in neurodevelopmental disorders.

RHEB/mTOR hyperactivity causes cortical malformations and epileptic seizures through increased axonal connectivity.

Proietti Onori M, Koene LMC, Schäfer CB, Nellist M, de Brito van Velze M, Gao Z, Elgersma Y, van Woerden GM
in PLoS biology 2021

The Diagnostic Journey of a Patient with Prader-Willi-Like Syndrome and a Unique Homozygous Variant; Bio-Molecular Analysis and Review of the Literature.

Pellikaan K, van Woerden GM, Kleinendorst L, Rosenberg AGW, Horsthemke B, Grosser C, van Zutven LJCM, van Rossum EFC, van der Lely AJ, Resnick JL, Brüggenwirth HT, van Haelst MM, de Graaff LCG
in Genes 2021

CaMKII controls neuromodulation via neuropeptide gene expression and axonal targeting of neuropeptide vesicles.

Moro A, van Woerden GM, Toonen RF, Verhage M
in PLoS biology 2020

Assessing the requirements of prenatal UBE3A expression for rescue of behavioral phenotypes in a mouse model for Angelman syndrome.

Loss of nuclear UBE3A causes electrophysiological and behavioral deficits in mice and is associated with Angelman syndrome.

Avagliano Trezza R, Sonzogni M, Bossuyt SNV, Zampeta FI, Punt AM, van den Berg M, Rotaru DC, Koene LMC, Munshi ST, Stedehouder J, Kros JM, Williams M, Heussler H, de Vrij FMS, Mientjes EJ, van Woerden GM, Kushner SA, Distel B, Elgersma Y
in Nature neuroscience 2019

Delayed loss of UBE3A reduces the expression of Angelman syndrome-associated phenotypes.

Sonzogni M, Hakonen J, Bernabé Kleijn M, Silva-Santos S, Judson MC, Philpot BD, van Woerden GM, Elgersma Y
in Molecular autism 2019

CAMK2-Dependent Signaling in Neurons Is Essential for Survival.

Kool MJ, Proietti Onori M, Borgesius NZ, van de Bree JE, Elgersma-Hooisma M, Nio E, Bezstarosti K, Buitendijk GHS, Aghadavoud Jolfaei M, Demmers JAA, Elgersma Y, van Woerden GM
in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2019

Localization of Retinal Ca/Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase II-β (CaMKII-β) at Bipolar Cell Gap Junctions and Cross-Reactivity of a Monoclonal Anti-CaMKII-β Antibody With Connexin36.

Tetenborg S, Yadav SC, Brüggen B, Zoidl GR, Hormuzdi SG, Monyer H, van Woerden GM, Janssen-Bienhold U, Dedek K
in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience 2019
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Vacancies

There are currently no vacancies on our lab.