Education:
Academical Medical Center 2005 - 2005
art 9 Animal Experiments, ResearchCourse Animal Experiments, expertise level 9.
Certificate obtained at the Academical Medical Center Amsterdam.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 2002 - 2004
M.Sc., Medical BiologyFree University Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Lifesciences.
- Internship (6 months) in the lab of Prof. Dr. Hans V. Westerhoff : Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Lifesciences; Department of Molecular Cell Physiology;
Title: ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂAnalysis of genes of the nos operon of Paracoccus denitrificansÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ.
Techniques: in vitro mutagenesis, molecular cloning techniques, biochemical assays.
Internship (7 months) in the lab of Prof. Dr. Rogier Versteeg: Academical Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Human Genetics;
Title: ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂAnalysis of the N-myc pathway in human neuroblastomaÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ
Techniques: Northern and Western hybridization, DNA, RNA, protein and nucleus isolation, tissue culture (human neuroblastomas), immuno fluoresence assays, molecular cloning techniques, radioactive 32P work.
- Thesis: ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂControl of transcription of a telomeric expression site in Trypanosoma bruceiÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ.
- Examination subjects: Cellular Biology, Epigenetics, Cellular Protein trafficking.
Academical Medical Center 2003 - 2003
5b Radiation Safety, researchCourse Radiation safety, expertise level 5B.
Certificate obtained at the Academical Medical Center Amsterdam
University of California, Santa Barbara 2001 - 2002
B.Sc, Microbiology- Internship (9 months) in the lab of Prof. dr. David A. Low: University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, in Santa Barbara, USA;
Title: ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂThe role of two-component signal transduction in gut colonization by uropathogenic Escherichia coliÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ;
Techniques: in vitro mutagenesis, molecular cloning techniques, gavage, in vitro and in vivo competitive colonization assays using Spraque-Dawley rats;
Hogeschool van Utrecht 2000 - 2002
B.Sc., Molecular Biology
Hogeschool van Amsterdam 1998 - 2000
B.Sc., Molecular Biology