Papers
Thyroid hormone signalling in Osteoarthritis: early life events in late life disease
Niels Bömer | 17-01-2017 | Thyroid hormone signalling in Osteoarthritis: early life events in late life disease The lifespan of an organism is determined by a complex network of environmental-, genetic- and stochastic factors. [...]
Algorithms for the Description of Molecular Sequences
Jonathan Vis | 21-12-2016 | Algorithms for the Description of Molecular Sequences Unambiguous sequence variant descriptions are important in reporting the outcome of clinical diagnostic DNA tests. The standard nomenclature of the Human Genome [...]
Interactions of cognitive and physical ageing
Marjon Stijntjes | 12-10-2016 |A Study into Genes Encoding Longevity in Humans Human ageing is characterized by a gradual decline in cognitive and physical performance strongly determining someone’s functional abilities and quality [...]
Genetics and epigenetics of repeat derepression in human disease
Peter Thijssen| 01-09-2016 | Genetics and epigenetics of repeat derepression in human disease A large part of the human genome consists of repetitive DNA. In this thesis two human diseases have been [...]
Osteoarthritis, a degenerative disease of the articular joints : towards the implementation of functional genomics in OA
Yolande Ramos | 26-05-2015 | Osteoarthritis, a degenerative disease of the articular joints : towards the implementation of functional genomics in OA Osteoarthritis (OA) is an age related disorder of the joints [...]
(Epi) genetics and twins
Jenny van Dongen | 16-04-2015 | (Epi)genetics and twins The research described in this thesis was characterized by two major themes: the first was related to the question to which extent variation [...]