Dear ,

We are very happy to send out our first newsletter of the Nina Foundation in 2008. We wish you all the best for this year and thanks for your support in the last months. The past year was extremely successfull and we hope that 2008 will be the same.

These recent newsitems show what we have been up to:

Levodopa testing on mice
We are very proud to announce, that with the financial support of the Nina Foundation the research team at the Erasmus university has been able to start research on the effect of “Levodopa” on mice. Read more...

French website launched
The French version of the Nina-Foundation website was launched. With this important additional language we hope to also inform the French speaking community about the actions of the Nina Foundation. Read more...

Is Angelman Syndrome reversible?
We are very happy and excited, that the research team, headed by Geeske van Woerden, at the Erasmus university in the Netherlands has started research on the possibility of Angelman Syndrome being reversible. Read more...

Application for grants for Angelman doctor submitted
Next to the aim of funding research, a goal of the Nina Foundation is to setup specialized knowledge centres on Angelman Syndrome. In a first step two grants were submitted to the Dutch government. One grant for a doctor specialised on Angelman, the other grant for knowledge transfer from Italy on the communication methods applied there. Read more...

Nina Foundation expanding
In the next months the Nina Foundation will expand internationally. The aim being to offer a local organization to the respective country. The first country is Austria. Read more...

Scientific Advisory Commission setup
A scientific advisory commission (in Dutch “Wetenschapelijke advies raad” (WAR)) will be setup within the Nina Foundation. The aim of this commission is to make a scientific judgement on which research programs to support. Read more...

Kind regards,
Thomas Schramm