News from the Eeftens Lab


Two new publications!

17 March 2026

Two new publications from the lab in one week! A review in Biophysical Reviews, and single-molecule research on chromatin in Biophysical Journal. Both projects were lead by first author Luuk Daris. Congratulations to Luuk, Lieke, and former BSc students Camila and Kes, whose internship results contributed to the work.


Welcome to Gijs and Eline

20 February 2026

Gijs and Eline both started their MSc internship in our lab, welcome!


Paper published in Nature Communications

19 November 2025

The result our of collaborative project with the Spruijt lab is now published in Nature Communications! Congratulations to Wojciech and all other authors.


Jorine receives FEBS Excellence Award

17 November 2025

Jorine was awarded a FEBS Excellence Award!

We are grateful to FEBS for this support that will help the science in our lab progress.


Paper published in STAR Protocols

12 November 2025

Wessel and Jorine’s paper is now published in STAR Protocols! This protocol will help other researchers to adopt and adapt our method for measuring mechanical properties of cells with optical tweezers.