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“That was a superb course – sufficiently far outside my biology comfort zone to be pleasantly challenging.” One of the many positive reactions by participants of the first run of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) “Why do we age? The Molecular Mechanisms of Ageing”. If you regret th

ERIBA is proud to announce the arrival of a new PI: Dr Marco Demaria. Dr Demaria obtained his PhD at the University of Torino, Italy, under the supervision of prof. Valeria Poli. In Poli’s lab, he characterized the role of the transcription factor STAT3 as a master regulator of cancer cell surviva

How 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 start of the series consists of an interview with ERIBA group leader Michael Chang about his dri

Cause and effect in ageing: join the discussion and register now for the best rate! Submission deadline for Abstracts and Early Registration deadline: 15th July 2015 For more information please visit www.bioageing.nl

On 21-23 September 2015, three Marie Curie Training Networks will hold their annual meeting in Cologne, Germany. The first day of this meeting consists of a workshop on Genetic Model Organisms in Ageing Research, which is open to all participants. A great opportunity to meet fellow-researchers and h

Two important deadlines are set on June 1st! It is the final date for the submission of abstracts for the Molecular Biology of Ageing meeting 2015. If you want to make use of the early bird fee for the registration, this is possible until the 31st of May. June 1st is also the starting date for the

Alejandro Mata Cabana, a postdoc at ERIBA, studies the way proteins aggregate in cells. Such aggregates are an important factor in different age related brain diseases like Alzheimer’s. This animation based on his research, explains why the model organism C. elegans, a tiny worm, is a key element

The European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University of Groningen, will launch on 1 June 2015 its first free online course on the Biology of Ageing. This course will focus  on questions like: ‘Why do we age?’, ‘Is there a limit to human lifespan?’ and ‘Can we prol

Our lifespan, and thus longevity, is largely determined by the rate at which we age. Christian Riedel, group leader at ERIBA,  tries to understand the pathways that can accelerate or impair aging and thereby control our lifespan. In our latest video he explains his work and his motivation as a scie

Registration is now open for the scientific meeting Molecular Biology of Ageing 2015. The Meeting will be held in Groningen, The Netherlands, from October 25th to the 28th, 2015. Organizers Jan Hoeijmakers (Department of Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam) and Peter Lansdorp (European Resear