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LATEST NEWS


High Altitude, Higher Impact Factors?
Once upon a time, there was a lab named Vastenhouw. One spring morning in 2025, they packed their pipettes, left their zebrafish behind,...
May 8


🎉 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


Diving into Ethical Research: Zebrafish Take Center Stage
Exciting news, everyone! 🎉 Our lab has stepped into the limelight with a feature article in 24 Heures, shedding light on the advantages...
Nov 22, 2023


Martino's work now on bioRxiv!
Martino disrupted the formation of two endogenous prominent transcription bodies to study the effect on gene expression! This was the...
Apr 26, 2023


3 minutes (feat. Noémie Chabot)
Congratulations to Noémie for her participation and amazing 3-minute presentation of her thesis work! On March 17th, 2022, Noémie was...
Mar 18, 2022


CBG Spotlight on Ksenia
Last Friday, it was Ksenia's turn to present at the MPI-CBG Friday Seminar series in Dresden. The whole Vastenhouw gang gathered in the...
Feb 17, 2022


Zebrafish ethics course
Moving the lab to a new country also means learning about the Swiss animal welfare legislation, and refreshing on the general principles...
Apr 4, 2021


Vastenhouw lab visits Lausanne
Vastenhouwies visit the University of Lausanne and the Center of Integrative Genomics.
Jul 18, 2020


BIF Fellowship for Martino!
Martino is awarded a BIF Fellowship
Jul 17, 2020


Publications from Edlyn and Ksenia
Two review articles from lab members Edlyn and Ksenia: Edlyn and Nadine cover the molecular aspects of ZGA during embryo development....
Apr 6, 2020


Publication! Máté’s paper is out!
Máté’s PhD work on the regulation of chromatin accessibility during zygotic genome activation is now published! Check out Máté’s work in...
Jan 30, 2020


Collaboration with the Kimura Lab now published!
Congratulations to our collaborators Yuko and the rest of the Kimura labfor their work on active transcription and histone acetylation...
Sep 30, 2019


Master Diana Ortega Cruz
Congrats Diana on successfully defending your Master's thesis!
Sep 17, 2019


MZT in review
New review on MZT from Nadine in the journal of Development
Jun 12, 2019


Vastenhouwlab goes to Prague for EMBO meeting
Vastenhouwlab returns from the EMBO workshop "Awakening of the genome: the maternal-to-zygotic transition"
May 22, 2019


Pop Goes the Champagne - Fellowship for Edlyn
Edlyn is awarded a fellowship
May 11, 2019


Pizza Science and Beyond... with Vastenhouwlab
Vastenhouwies present at the "Pizza Science and Beyond" event series for Predocs
Aug 31, 2018


Professor Lennart Hilbert!
Congrats Lennart on his professorship!
Jul 24, 2018


VW Foundation Grant for Nadine & Jan
Congratulations to Nadine & Jan on being awarded a Volkswagen Foundation grant!
Jul 20, 2018


All hail Dr. Pálfy!
Congratulations Máté on his PhD defense!
Apr 27, 2018
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