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LATEST NEWS


Another Birthday Cluster in Sight! 🔭🎉
In the Vastenhouw Lab, we know it’s not just transcription factors that form clusters—birthday celebrations do too! Keeping in theme with...
Feb 15


N=3 (Triple Birthday Bash)
In the Vastenhouw Lab, we do very serious science. And serious science is done in triplicate — including birthday celebrations! This...
Feb 13


Lab Coats Off, Party Hats On
This year, our department traded pipettes for party hats and lab notes for laughter at the annual Christmas party. The usual sterile...
Feb 3


🎉 Exciting News! Martino's Paper Published in Nature Cell Biology 🎉
Happy 2024 ! We're thrilled to share some fantastic news – Martino's paper has been published in Nature Cell Biology! 📚🔬 You can read...
Apr 9, 2024


Happy Birthday, Maciej! 🎉
Lab mates, it's time to break out the confetti and light up the candles because today we're celebrating Maciej's birthday! Guess what?...
Jan 24, 2024


Hann's public defence!
Following the successful private defense, it was time for public presentation of Hann's thesis work! On the 1st of December, Hann...
Dec 8, 2023


Vastenhouwies on a celebration spree!
Goodbye pumpkin spice, hello Birthday Cake!!! Winter is coming and bringing with it "older, wiser and hotter" Vastenhouwies (see Figure...
Dec 8, 2023


Celebrating Dr. Noémie: Our Nanog Ninja!
Hold onto your lab coats, folks! We're thrilled to announce that just yesterday, Noémie gave her private PhD defence, with an...
Nov 22, 2023


Dr. Hann in the house!!!
On the 2nd of November, Hann presented the results of his thesis, which was titled "The timing of zygotic transcription is encoded by...
Nov 3, 2023


Merry Christmas!
The Vastenhouwlab took part in their very first institute Christmas party this year. This year's theme was hygge - the Danish concept of...
Dec 16, 2022


Congrats, Dr. Kuznetsova!
The 14th of December was a big day for the lab! Our dear Ksenia has successfully defended her PhD thesis and obtained the highest...
Dec 15, 2022


Ksenia's paper on Nanog organizing transcription bodies is published!
Ksenia's very first first-author paper and PhD work is now out in Current Biology! Congrats soon-to-be Dr. Kuznetsova! Ksenia will be...
Dec 6, 2022


Vastenhouwlab Retreat 2022
After COVID and its many restrictions, lab move to Lausanne, and new lab members joining one after another, the Vastenhouw Lab was...
Oct 12, 2022


Belated Welcome Party
It has been almost 1.5 years since the Vastenhouw lab relocated to Lausanne. The lab moved and settled into their new home during the...
May 9, 2022


Welcome!
Already 10 months since our move to Lausanne! And we only got around to throwing our first welcome dinner - for our latest PhD student,...
Nov 5, 2021


Summertime Happiness
Vastenhouwies are fully vaccinated!! Time for us to enjoy the summer weather together and discover Switzerland.
Jul 26, 2021


Happy birthday to you, and you, and you!
Time to "faire la fête" Birthday cakes for our sweet tooth Keep up the spirits!
Mar 31, 2021

Feb 6, 2021


Arrival
Vastenhouwies arrive in Lausanne
Jan 14, 2021

ERC Consolidator Grant for Nadine
ERC Consolidator Grant for Nadine!
Jan 11, 2021
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