NOCI RESEARCHERS
Researchers
| Name | Affiliation* | Area of expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Marie Jose Goumans | LUMC | Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular development and disease |
| Prof. Silvere van der Maarel | LUMC | Human genetics. neural and metabolic diseases |
| Dr. Valeria Orlova | LUMC | Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) in vascular biology and disease modeling |
| Prof. Arn vd Maagdenberg | LUMC | Molecular & neurobiological mechanisms and new treatment targets for paroxysmal brain disorders |
| Dr. Gisela Terwindt | LUMC | Cerebral hereditary angiopathies (CHA) such as migraine, mouse models of neural disease |
| Dr. Richard Davis | LUMC | Genetics underlying arrhythmic disorders of the heart |
| Dr. Milena Bellin | LUMC | hiPSC models of cardiac disease and electrophysiology |
| Prof. Robert Passier | LUMC & UT | Heart-on-chip systems for modeling cardiac disease, drug screening and regenerative medicine |
| Dr. Marieke Wermer | LUMC | Clinical neurology, epidemology |
| Prof. Eva van Rooij | HI/UMCU | Cardiac genetics, miRNA, lncRNA and heart disease |
| Dr. Marc van de Wetering | HI/UMCU/PMC | Organoid technology, wnt signaling |
| Dr. Annelien Bredenoord | UMCU | Medical ethics |
| Dr. Joran Drost | HI/UMCU/PMC | GI tract organoid technology |
| Dr. Iris Jonkers | UMCG | Molecular effects of genetic variation on the regulome and transcriptome of cells for immune mediated disorders |
| Prof. Lude Franke | UMCG | Systems genetics |
| Dr. Yang Li | UMCG | Human genetic variation and its contribution to complex immune-related diseases |
| Dr. Jingyuan Fu | UMCG | Multi-dimensional genetics and genomics analysis to understand the development of complex diseases |
| Dr. Alexandra Zhernakova | UMCG | Interplay of environmental and genetic components in predisposition to common diseases and traits |
| Prof. Marileen Dogterom | TUD | Quantitative understanding of the physics behind cytoskeletonbased processes |
| Prof. Ronald Dekker | TUD & Philips | Flexible electronics and MEMS technology |
| Dr. Séverine le Gac | UT | Applied microfluidics for bioengineering research |
| Prof. Detlef Lohse | UT | Turbulence and multiphase flow, granular matter, micro- and nanofluidics |
| Dr. Loes Segerink | UT | Microfluidics for (bio)medical applications |
| Dr. Andries van der Meer | UT | Microfluidic chips, vessels-on-chip, gut-on-chip |
| Dr. Kerensa Broersen | UT | Protein folding and aggregation processes related to risk factors involved in Alzheimer- and Parkinson-pathologies |
| Prof. Bob van de Water | UL/LACDR | Imaging-based automated quantitative cell biological 2D and 3D phenotyping |
| Dr. Robert Vries | HUB | Organoid banking, training, organoids from patients |
| Prof. Mihai Netea | RU | Innate immunity in host defence mechanisms and inflammation |
| Prof. Ype Elgersma | Erasmus MC | Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders |
| Dr. Antoinette Maassen van den Brink | Erasmus MC | Vascular medicine, pharmacology |
| Prof. Joost Gribnau | Erasmus MC | Sex chromosome and stem cell biology |
| Dr. Massimo Mastrangeli | TUD | Silicon & polymer based microtechnology for OoC devices |
| Dr. Femke de Vrij | Erasmus MC | Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders |
| Dr. Sebo Withoff | UMCG | Development of personalized, iPSC- and ASC-based 3D cell culture models for complex genetic, intestinal disorders (intestine-on-chip and liver-on-chip). |