prof. dr. S. (Simon) Verhulst

Professor of the Evolutionary Biology of Ageing

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Telephone:

+50 .363 2059

E-mail:

s.verhulst rug.nl

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Publications

Age dependent reproductive effort in great tits

Verhulst, S., Jan-2026, In: Journal of Avian Biology. 2026, 1, 6 p., e03541.

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A mechanistic understanding of collective escape in starling flocks

Papadopoulou, M., Hildenbrandt, H., Storms, R. F., Carere, C., Verhulst, S. & Hemelrijk, C. K., 18-May-2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Communications biology. 29 p.

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Begging efficiency rather than food received causes brood size effect on growth in zebra finches

Tangili, M., Briga, M. & Verhulst, S., 6-Mar-2026, In: Behaviour. 163, 2, p. 125-146 22 p.

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Inferences from epigenetic information in an ecological context: a case study of early-life environmental effects on DNA methylation in zebra finches

Tangili, M., Palsbøll, P. J. & Verhulst, S., 23-Jul-2026, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 381, 1955, 17 p., 20250025.

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Mothers Matter Most: Maternal, but Not Paternal, Age and Inbreeding Affect Nestling Telomere Length in a Wild Passerine

Evans, J., Eastwood, J., Teunissen, N., Verhulst, S., Mikheyev, A. & Peters, A., Jun-2026, In: Molecular Ecology. 35, 12, 13 p., e70437.

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Telomere dynamics, not absolute telomere length, predicts lifespan in adult zebra finches

Tangili, M., Mulder, E., Jimeno, B., Briga, M. & Verhulst, S., Jul-2026, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 69, 7, p. 847-856 10 p.

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Growing up with nutritional stress leads to peripheral social network positions, independent of ‘personality’

Gerritsma, Y. H., Lamarque, F., Driessen, M. M. G. & Verhulst, S., Jun-2025, In: Animal Behaviour. 224, 11 p., 123199.

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Long donor leukocyte telomeres raise risk of severe COVID-19 in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant

Mendez, K. J. W., Lai, T.-P., Spellman, S. R., Verhulst, S., Anderson, J., Saber, W., Gadalla, S. M. & Aviv, A., 29-Apr-2025, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 16, 8 p., 1524608.

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