The HYPE-IMMUNe project focuses on developing methods to characterize the structures and function of serum immunoglobulins, which are among the most important molecules of the immune system and exist in myriads of different variants. The projects will focus on the development of separation and affinity workflows coupled with mass spectrometry to disclose the structure-function relationship of the immunoglobulins responsible for the response to a disease or an autoimmune response. This technology will open new frontiers in advancing novel biotherapeutics and early disease diagnostics.

The M-grants issued by the Domain Board Science of the Dutch Research Council NWO are intended for innovative, high-quality, fundamental research and/or studies involving matters of scientific urgency. They offer researchers the possibility to elaborate creative and risky ideas and to realise scientific innovations that can form the basis for the research themes of the future. In the current round of the Open Competition Domain Science-M programme, eighteen grant applications were approved out of 72 applications.

See also

• Eighteen inventive research projects launched through Open Competition Domain Science-M
• Andrea Gargano, Centre for Analytical Sciences Amsterdam
• Elena Dominguez Vega, Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center