Did you know why August 1st is celebrated as the World RNA Day? The date AUG 1 is a meaningful tribute to the molecular basis of life. AUG is the start codon in messenger RNA (mRNA), signaling the initiation of translation, and 1 marks its position as the first...

This month two of our DCs have been undertaking outreach activities to high school students at two schools in Germany. Martje Grensemann DC1 explains more: "Last week, I visited my former high school, Gymnasium am Mühlenberg in Bad Schwartau, and gave a full-day...

This week five of our DCs,  Ann-Engelke, Lena, Aurora, Giulia and Martje, share their experience of attending the School of the Dutch Kidney Foundation in Soesterberg NL on 16-18th June. The Summer School is an intensive course designed for early-career kidney...

What have our PhD students been up to?The 48th Europe Cystic Fibrosis Conference was held for 3 - 7 June 2025, in Milan, Italy. From the ORGESTRA community, two PhD students, Jorge Madrid Paredes (DC13) and Woosub Shin (DC12), and two PIs, Kors van der Ent and...

This month ORGESTRA supports  Cystic Fibrosis Awareness by highlighting the umet need and the advances in personalised medicine that the project aims to contribute to.[dipl_image_card_carousel _builder_version="4.27.4" _module_preset="default"...

What is Cystinosis? Cystinosis is a rare genetic disease that affects about 1 in 100,000 to 200,000 people worldwide. It is caused by a mutation in a gene called CTNS, which provides instructions for making a protein called cystinosin. This protein’s job is to...

This months webinar featured guest speaker Matthew Pavlovich - Editor of the CellPress reviews journal Trends in Biotechnology. This was a great opportunity for our DCs to learn about writing a review and what it takes to be a reviewer. A big thanks to Matthew for...

Congratulations to our own DC Mark Leahy  who was presented with a Student Helper Award at the ECFS Basic Science conference 2025. This is a key annual event for all scientists working on cystic fibrosis, especially PhD students and post-docs, allowing them to...

Why everyone should care about rare genetic diseasesRare genetic diseases affect about 1 in 2,000 people. What may seem uncommon at first glance affects millions of people globally. Even if you are not directly affected by a rare genetic disease, someone you know —...

Could you give us a brief introduction about yourself and your research interests?I am a mother of 4 sons; in parallel, I have pursued full-time University scientific and teaching careers. I am a Full Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Lisboa...

Our outstanding and dynamic doctoral candidates bring a unique perspective and expertise from a wide range of backgrounds.  Discover who they are and find out more about our exciting research projects focusing on  organoid technologies, Cystic fibrosis and...

The ORGESTRA project held its first training workshop on 6-8th November at Utrecht University Netherlands. Day 1 kicked off with a welcome and introduction to the network were all attendees introduced themselves and their role in the project. This was followed by a...

We are excited to announce that all 13 of our Doctoral Candidates have been selected. We received a large number of applications and through a rigorous evaluation process we have recruited a highly talented and motivated team to join the ORGESTRA doctoral network....

The ORGESTRA application process has reopened for 3 PhD positions. DC3 Upscaling and standardisation of organoids culturing DC11 Linking in silico trials to organoids data and innovative trial design   DC13 - Ethical, legal and social aspects of organoid...

Organoid driven science is a hot topic representing a fast-growing clinical research area and marketplace. ORGESTRA is a new joint doctoral innovative training network focusing on organoid driven pharmaceutical sciences. The project is offering 13 PhD positions to...