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At NWO life 2026, Jente Zeubring wins the 2nd prize for the best poster of the meeting. Given to her by Auke-Florian Hiemstra. The jury praises her for her enthusiasm and for her creative research arising from serendipity. Congratulations Jente!

What if we could better understand and maybe even influence the process of ageing? In “Jekels jacht naar het eeuwige leven” (NPO2), this fascinating question takes centre stage. The episode features pioneering research from ERIBA, including the labs of Ellen Nollen and Cor Calkhoven, offering a

Jouke Jan Wedman, from the Coenzyme A metabolism in health and disease team of Ody Sibon, has been awarded his PhD cum laude in medical sciences. Congratulations Jouke Jan!!!!

Clément Karch of the Calkhoven lab won the prize for the best scientific presentation at the 32nd Dutch Cancer Biology Meeting.

This study was led by Yao Lin and Boshi Wang and published in Advanced Science: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202509444

The evolutionary arms race between transposable elements and their hosts contributes to genomic complexity. Because transposable element mobilization can be deleterious to individual cells and organisms, their activity is generally restricted by the host. Berezikov group discovered that in the rege

An international study led by the University of Basel and including ERIBA researchers show how nuclear pore complexes – tiny gateways in the nuclear membrane – have interiors that are dynamically organized, constantly moving and rearranging. Imagine the cell’s nucleus as a bank vault protecte

‘De Gouden Vlam’ is a national competition for the best MBO graduation report. Li did her internship in ERIBA under supervision of Stijn Mouton and Lisa Glazenburg. The aim of her project was to optimize methods to isolate RNA from Tetraselmis convolutae, a species of photosynthetic algae. Photo

On Saturday, October 4, 2025, the European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), along with the departments of Genetics and Pediatrics at the UMCG, transformed into a buzzing laboratory for the annual Zpannend Zernike event! As part of the national Weekend van de Wetenschap, we welco

In a joint study, the Berezikov and Calkhoven labs explored how a specific change in a gene called CEBPA affects aging and health in a small and short-lived fish species known as Nothobranchius furzeri. This change improved the function of a protein called C/EBPα, which plays a role in aging. As a