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New animation on replicative ageing21 Oct. 2014Liesbeth Veenhoff, Group Leader of the Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, created an animation film explaining the inner life of cells to a general public. The film was made in collaboration with David Garcia Torrico and illustrates how a cell may change with ageing. The central interest of the l
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Karin Klauke and Annemieke van der Goot awarded the Max Gruber Prize 201408 Oct. 2014Two young scientist trained at ERIBA are distinguished with the Max Gruber Prize for the best peer reviewed publications of the University of Groningen in Biochemistry or Cell Biology. This prize is awarded biannually since 2002 to the best publication produced by a PhD student. The prize will cer
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University of Groningen climbs again in Top 10017 Sep. 2014The University of Groningen, ERIBA’s “alma mater”, has again climbed up an important Top 100 ranking list. In the QS World University Rankings, the University is now in 90th place, seven places higher than last year (97th). This improvement is due to the higher percentage of internatio
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Collaboration between MIT, Yale, and ERIBA results in publication in Cell Stem Cell16 Sep. 2014Scientists from ERIBA contributed to an article published on September 4th in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The publication, title “The Developmental Potential of iPSCs Is Greatly Influenced by Reprogramming Factor Selection“, is based on research performed by scientists from MIT and Yale
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Višnja Radulović graduated04 Sep. 2014Yesterday, Wednesday, 3rd of September 2014 Višnja Radulović successfully defended her dissertation “The role of epigenetic modifiers in hematopoiesis”. Višnja Radulović studied biology at the University of Belgrade (Serbia). Afterwards she was trained in the lab of Gerald de Haan at ERIBA.
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Evgenia Verovskaya graduated cum laude07 Jul. 2014Evgenia Verovskaya, a PhD student in the lab of Gerald de Haan, is the third PhD student accomplishing her graduate thesis at ERIBA. She defended her dissertation “Clonal analysis of young and aged hematopoietic stem cells using cellular barcoding” on Wednesday, July 2, at the University of Gron
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Dutch Cancer Society (DCS) awarded Mirjam Belderbos (ERIBA)25 Jun. 2014Mirjam Belderbos, postdoctoral researcher in the group of Gerald de Haan, and pediatrician in training, was awarded a stipend for clinician scientists of the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF). The aim of this stipend is to stimulate clinician scientists in setting up their own research line during their cl
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Images from Outside: Minerva Academy in the UMCG and ERIBA28 May. 2014On Wednesday 28 May, the Beelden van Buiten (Images from Outside) exhibition featuring six photo projects about Healthy Ageing was launched in the UMCG (University Medical Centre Groningen). ERIBA (European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing) allowed students from the Minerva Academy, part
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Invitation : Open doors at ERIBA – Friday 9th of May24 Apr. 2014We are all getting older, but why do some people reach the age of 80 without any health problems and others have to deal with all kind of (chronic) diseases? The reason for this has not yet been determined. Scientists at ERIBA are searching for the biological processes that cause human cells to func
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The Jan Kommandeurprijs for students from Groningen01 Apr. 2014ERIBA congratulates Chiri Loeters and Annabel Broer who won third place in the Jan Kommandeurprijs 2014. The University of Groningen grants this award to secondary school students with an excellent scientific presentation. The two girls from Maartens College in Groningen were guests in the group of