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The European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), part of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), launches a biotech start-up company Cleara Biotech B.V. (Cleara), together with its collaborators University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) and Medical University of Graz. Cleara

This review by the Berezikov Group is published in the special “Regeneration” issue of The International Journal of Developmental Biology. It presents the free-living flatworm model Macrostomum lignano and discusses the recent progress in the development of genomic tools, such as robust methods

Floris Foijer was awarded a Research grant from the KWF. He got the grant for his research “How heterogenity within a tumor leads to growth and therapy resistance”. Read the whole article on the UMCG website.  

Former ERIBA PhD student Clémence Claussin has been awarded an EMBO Long Term Fellowship. Clémence is currently a postdoc at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where she is studying DNA replication in the lab of Iestyn Whitehouse. Congratulations, Clémence!

Glòria Casas Gimeno, PhD student at the Paridaen lab in the ERIBA, received the poster Prize at the 2nd International FishMed conference for her poster on the role of cellular centrioles in asymmetric stem cell division. The conference, which took place in Warsaw on the 25-27 of March, brought toge

On Monday May 7th, Esther Stroo successfully defended her thesis, entitled “The molecular role of Serf2 in development and misfolded protein aggregation.” Esther currently works at Catalyze in Amsterdam, we wish her all the best in her future career. Summary: Protein aggregation in the brain is

Ageing is the main risk factor for becoming frail and for developing different ageing-associated diseases, like cancer, heart disease, type II diabetes and Alzheimer. Instead of treating these different diseases separately a main aim in ageing research is to delay the ageing process as a whole and t

There is an ongoing and important discussion on the use of lab animals for experimentation. Some protestors wish for all animal experiments to stop immediately. However, currently, many animal experiments are still performed in the Netherlands and elsewhere. Why do we still need experimental animals

The Demaria laboratory, in collaboration with dr Luigi Fontana (Washington University, USA) and dr John Speakman (University of Aberdeen, Scotland), published in Aging Cell  that calorie restriction lowers senescence markers in mouse and human colons. Calorie restriction (CR) is an effective strate

On Wednesday March 14 2018 a very successful first edition of the ERIBA Career Day took place, introducing PhD students and Postdocs to career opportunities outside of academia. A variety of enthusiastic guest speakers shed light on their motives to leave a traditional academic career behind, lettin