News from the Eeftens Lab


Goodbye to Sjoerd, welcome to Marian!

11 November 2024

Sjoerd finished his MSc internship, and with that his Master of Science in medical biology! Congratulations Sjoerd!

And with one MSc internship ending, another begins. Marian Barandica Graciani stars her MSc internship in our team. Welcome to the lab Marian!


Two preprints from the lab online

25 October 2024

Two new preprints from the lab are online. PhD student Wessel’s work on measuring cellular mechanics with optical tweezers (with contributions from BSc student Sven) and postdoc Wojciech’s work in collaboration with the Spruijt lab. Check them out under publications!


Dutch Biophysics 2024

09 October 2024

Wessel, Luuk, Sjoerd and Jorine attended Dutch Biophysics 2024. The science was great and the atmosphere even better!


Jorine attends NextGenChem

30 August 2024

Jorine attended the NextGenChem conference in Nijmegen. It was great connecting with the next generation of chemists, and see the cool science assistant professors are leading in The Netherlands. Thanks to the organisers for a great conference!


Aleid, Kes and Mette Marit finish their internships

01 July 2024

Three of our team members successfully finished their internships! We celebrated with delicious homemade cupcakes.

Kes finished her bachelor internship, and with that her Bachelor degree in Molecular Life Sciences. Congratulations Kes! For her next step, she will stay in Nijmegen to pursue a masters degree. Mette Marit finished her bachelor internship, well done! She will continue with her bachelor program at the HAN. Aleid finished her master internship, but she will not leave the lab just yet. She will continue as a research assistant for the coming summer.

Contratulations to all and enjoy the summer!