Translational Research in Immunosenescence, Gerontology and Geriatrics

Our mission is to make people age healthy

Aging is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century that affects every aspect of society. TRIGG scientists combine multidisciplinary forces to tackle unhealthy ageing, striving for infinite healthy years in men and women. Read more about our mission


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TRIGG New Year’s Meeting

February 20, 2024
In the last weekend of January, we had our first TRIGG New Year's Meeting. The 130 attendees had the opportunity to learn about our accomplishments in the past year and […]

Lieven Tavernier sings for a healthy old age

January 22, 2024
On Sunday, January 28, TRIGG organizes its first New Year's meeting in the chapel of UZ Gent (University Hospital Ghent). TRIGG is the research group at UZ Gent focused on […]

Welcome Raoul De Smet

January 9, 2024
Since november joins Raoul De Smet the TRIGG-family. He joins as physiotherapist the search of new functional therapy for sarcopenia. Raoul De Smet received a Master degree in 2020 in […]

Statins in the fight against sarcopenia

August 9, 2023
Accelerated muscle aging, known as sarcopenia, is a geriatric condition that poses significant health risks both for individuals and society. Hospitalization can trigger a sudden deterioration of sarcopenia, making it […]

Peptidomics: LC-MS operational parameters do matter

April 19, 2023
Peptides have gained increasing recognition as a group of human bioactive compounds. At TRIGG, we investigate the effects of bacterial quorum sensing peptides on aging in the host. To facilitate […]

Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Peptides as Immune Modulators

March 31, 2023
Our exciting results about quorum sensing peptides and their impact on the immune system has been published in Biomolecules. Quorum-sensing peptides (QSPs) are bacterial peptides traditionally considered only as inter-bacterial […]