The department of Biomolecular Health Sciences of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht University is looking for a new Professor to head the Infection Biology group to follow in the footsteps of Jos van Putten who recently retired. Until the position is filled, Associate Professor Karin Strijbis is appointed as interim head of the

Development of a 1,2-difluorofucoside activity-based probe for profiling GH29 fucosidases. Luijkx YMCA, Jongkees S, Strijbis K, Wennekes T.Org Biomol Chem. 2021 Apr 7;19(13):2968-2977. doi: 10.1039/d1ob00054c. Epub 2021 Mar 17.PMID: 33729259 GH29 α-L-fucosidases catalyze hydrolysis of terminal α-L-fucosyl linkages with varying specificity and are expressed by prominent members of the human gut microbiota. Both homeostasis and