News and events

Here you will find news and activities about the International Network for Training on Risks of Vascular Intimal Calcification and roads to Regression of Cardiovascular Disease

INTRICARE Workshop Maastricht

Mar 13 - 2019

From 18-21 March, the next INTRICARE workshop organised by CARIM takes place in Kasteel Vaalsbroek.

Review Akbulut and Halder in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Feb 20 - 2019

Maurice Halder (ESR 15) and Cengiz Akbulut (ESR 3) published a review titled: Vitamin K: Double Bonds beyond Coagulation - Insights into Differences between Vitamin K1 and K2 in Health and Disease.

Publication ATVB Reinhold

Jan 24 - 2019

Stefan Reinhold (ESR 14) has published an editorial on the Wnt / β-catenin inhibitor Dickkopf-1 (Dkk1) in this month`s issue of ATVB. The article provides a brief insight into the involvement of Dkk1 serum levels in vascular disease and its potential use as a biomarker to predict cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events.

Secondment Maurice and Cengiz @ NattoPharma

Nov 29 - 2018

As the year approaches its end, with our first secondment a few months behind us. Now back at our respective laboratories in Aachen and Maastricht. It is a good time to reflect on time spent in Krakow, Poland. Where we had our first exposure to the nutraceutical industry and specifically with that of nutraceuticals that influence vascular calcification, that being Vitamin K2.

Scholarship Stefan Reinhold

May 02 - 2018

Stefan Reinhold has been awarded a scholarship for the International Summer School for Doctoral Students entitled “Vascular cell functions in health and diseases”. He is one of the 25 PhD students selected within all applicants from European and Latin America universities. Stefan will represent CARIM and INTRICARE at the Heidelberg Center for Latin America in Santiago de Chile from October 7 to 19, 2018.