News from the Eeftens Lab


Dutch Biophysics 2026

07 October 2026

The team just got back from NWO Dutch Biophysics in Veldhoven. Wessel gave an excellent talk in the parallel sessions, and Sara, Eline, and Gijs had lots of interactions at their poster presentations. Everyone is tired and inspired!


Welcome to Lauren

03 September 2026

Welcome to Lauren van Rijswijck, new PhD student in the lab! Lauren will work on understanding interesting DNA architectural proteins as part of the NWO Vidi project. Happy to have Lauren on the team!


New publications online

02 September 2026

Two new publications from the lab!

Luuk’s paper on the physical effects of CpG methylation is now online at EMBO Reports. This work was a great collaboration with Serena Sanulli’s lab at Stanford University, also with contributions from Priya Banerjee’s lab. Congrats to all authors!

Jorine contributed to a perspective on Nuclear Mechanobiology, together with admired experts in the field and lead by Jan Lammerding, now online at Nucleus.


Paper published in FEBS Letters

19 August 2026

Congratulations to Sara and MSc student Eline! Their “in a nutshell” review on the synergistic perspectives of single-molecule biophysics and bulk biochemistry was published in FEBS Letters.


Sofie finishes BSc internship

26 July 2026

Sofie finished her BSc internship, and with that, her BSc in Molecular Life Sciences. Congratulations Sofie and all the best in your MSc!