Timeline

Latest Lab News

Keep track of major milestones, publications, new team members, and events from our lab.

11 Sept 2025

Preprint on RNA-RNA Interactions

Our latest preprint exploring high-resolution RNA-RNA interactions is now live on bioRxiv!

1 Sept 2025

Daphne Denaijere Joins d.r.n.a

A warm welcome to Daphne Denaijere who joins the lab as a Research Technician! We are excited to have you in the team.

July 2025

Dolça Completes Internship

Dolça finished her internship investigating the uncharacterized small RNA AllZ in E. coli. She mastered cloning, blotting, and microscopy in a short span of 4 months! We wish her the very best for her future.

July 2024

Moving to Amsterdam Science Park

The d.r.n.a lab is ready to transition to its permanent location in the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) building at Amsterdam Science Park.

June 2024

Farewell to Selina & Irene

Farewell drinks for Selina Forrer and Irene Marco del Prado. The d.r.n.a and SILS bioinformatics communities wish them the absolute best in their next career steps!

11 April 2024

Zihao Teng Defends PhD Thesis

Zihao Teng defended his PhD thesis on characterizing unknown genes in the minimal genome of B. subtilis. Gaurav acted as co-promotor in this project performed within the BCB group of SILS.

29 June 2023

NWO VIDI Grant Awarded

Gaurav has been awarded the prestigious VIDI grant of 800,000 euros by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to decipher bacterial RNA-RNA interactions over the next five years (2024-2028)!