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ERIBA congratulates Professor Ben Feringa with his Nobel Prize05 Oct. 2016On behalf of all us at ERIBA we congratulate our Groningen colleague Ben Feringa with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. What an achievement, and what a recognition for the value off pursuing important fundamental problems. With warm regards, Gerald de Haan http://www.rug.nl/news/2016/10/nobelprijs-sche
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New Scientific Director ERIBA03 Oct. 2016On October 1, the baton of Scientific Director of ERIBA has been passed on from Peter Lansdorp to Gerald de Haan. A good opportunity for them to say something about the past and the future of ERIBA. Peter, from everyone in ERIBA: thank you for all your work the past few years and good luck focussing
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ERIBA student wins Saxion Graduation Award30 Sep. 2016We have many excellent students at ERIBA, but sometimes one of them really stands out. The perfect example is Maria Sarkis Azkanaz. Maria, former student in research group of Floris Foijer, recently received a Saxion award for best graduation project. Although she has been trained as a technician, r
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October 1: open house @ERIBA20 Sep. 2016It has been a while since ERIBA opened its doors to the public, but on Saturday October 1 it is finally going to happen again. So invite all your family and friends, young and old, for an afternoon “Backstage in the world of Science and Technology” @ERIBA! In the first weekend of October, over
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microRNA with macro implications15 Jul. 2016On July 14, the paper “Ectopic miR-125a Expression Induces Long-Term Repopulating Stem Cell Capacity in Mouse and Human Hematopoietic Progenitors” (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2016.06.008) was published online in Cell Stem Cell. A joint effort between the group of ERIBA PI Gerald
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Tsunami of ERIBA papers10 Jun. 2016They say good things come in waves, but on rare occasions they come in tsunami’s. In May 2016, a tsunami of papers from ERIBA researchers has been published. Time for an overview. Technological developments in the past decade have enabled high-resolution measurements of various epigenetic m
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Introducing the new iPSC CRISPR Facility10 May. 2016On April 28 a very successful opening symposium marked the official start of the ERIBA iPSC CRISPR Facility. About a hundred people enjoyed lectures on the history and latest developments of iPS-cell and CRISPR-Cas9 technology. The symposium was concluded with an opening speech by the UMCG dean of r
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Sneak preview of ERIBA MOOC round 325 Apr. 2016On May 2 the ERIBA Massive Open Online Course “Why do we age? The Molecular Mechanisms of Ageing” starts for a third round. The course is free, fun and will provide you with many insights on the why and how of ageing research. Not convinced? This sneak preview will most certainly win you over! A
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Three ERIBA PI's join forces in a new stem cell research project11 Apr. 2016Curiosity, communication and collaboration: three phrases inherent to the approach to research in ERIBA. The open offices and joined laboratories in the ERIBA building make discussions and collaborations as easy as possible. In line with this vision, three ERIBA PI’s, Gerald de Haan, Floris Fo
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Inside ERIBA: Mirjam Belderbos30 Mar. 2016How does ERIBA’s research evolve and who are the people behind it? The series “Inside ERIBA” gives you the opportunity to get to know the institute and the people that contribute to it. The second part in the series consists of an interview with ERIBA postdoc Mirjam Belderbos, who was