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To properly function, the molecules in cells need a specific environment. Eriba researcher Sara Mouton and colleagues show that the characteristics of this environment changes with ageing. The researchers think this physicochemical aspect of ageing complements the traditional views of ageing that

A groundbreaking research project of the NWO open competition – XS has been awarded to Stijn Mouton. Stijn will use the immortal flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea to identify novel genes which are required for the maintenance of protein homeostasis. These genes will then be expressed in yeast to stu

Liesbeth will study the ‘Guardians of Protein Disorder’ with a cross disciplicary team of cell biologists, Steven Bergink and Harm Kampinga (UMCG), and physicists, Patrick Onck (ZIAM) and Cees Dekker (TuDelft)  

VICI grant awarded to Liesbeth Veenhoff! Liesbeth will study how and why a cell changes when it ages. Her research is aimed at revealing changes in the nuclear pores: the gatekeepers to the nucleus. This will contribute to discovery of the common cause of age-related diseases.    

On Monday January 13th Klaske Schukken from the group of Floris Foijer successfully defended her PhD thesis : The consequences of aneuploidy and chromosomal instability. Klaske is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the lab of Jason Sheltzer in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA.   

Aging-associated diseases are a major challenge of the contemporary society, and finding ways to improve human healthspan – the time that a person can lead a healthy active life – is one of the primary objectives of biomedical research. It is increasingly understood that biological aging is not

Thursday the 23rd of January, a group of teachers visited ERIBA to discuss how schools in Groningen can work together with ERIBA. They also learned about Science in a Box, a recently launched project that represents an ideal platform for this type of collaborations. More information can be found at

18 December 2019 In this recent study by the group of Gerald de Haan, the authors analyzed the anatomic distribution of patient-derived leukemia clones during various stages of disease progression. https://www-nature-com.proxy-ub.rug.nl/articles/s41375-019-0695-2 Clonal heterogeneity fuels leukemia

’De Genezers’ is a podcast series of RTV Noord in cooperation with the UMCG. In the first episode Ellen Nollen talks about her research on ALS and other diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. This is the link: https://kennisinzicht.umcg.nl/Paginas/Podcast-aflevering-1-ALS.aspx

CRISPR genome engineering is an extremely powerful tool to make changes to the genome of cells. One very commonly used application of CRISPR is to inactivate genes to study their function in cells. While CRISPR gene knockout technology is mostly applied one gene at the time, CRISPR can also be appli