2021
Within Sanquin around 75-80 PhD students are working on a thesis. In most cases Sanquin Researchers that hold a professorship at one of the Dutch universities act as supervisor/promotor.
Most PhD students follow courses at those universities, as part of their research training. Sanquin researchers also contribute to these courses. Each year, around 15 PhD theses are defended.

PhD Programs
Sanquin offers postgraduate academics the opportunity to become an independent researcher. Are you looking for a good place to do your PhD thesis? Visit our PhD Programs page for more information.
PhD student | Date | Title | University |
Sofia Morsing | 3 December 2021 | '2O21: A Vascular Odyssey' | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Science) |
Rianne Opstelten | 14 October 2021 | Still waters run deep: Making sense of (regulatory) T cell heterogeneity to improve adoptive cellular therapy | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
Asena Abay | 13 October 2021 | Shaping erythropoiesis under in vitro flow | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
Loreto Parga Vidal | 8 October 2021 | Embarking on a journey: Generation, maintenance and reactivation of tissue-resident memory T cells | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
Lea Berkhout | 23 June 2021 | Dynamics of TNF during TNF inhibitor treatment | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Science) |
Ivo van der Bijl | 23 june 2021 | Studies on platelets and wound healing | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
Anna Oja | 18 June 2021 | Not just the help: The labyrinthine ways of human CD4+ T cells | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
Thomas Klei | 16 June 2021 | Erythrocyte samsara | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Science) |
Boğaç Erçığ | 21 May 2021 | A sweet touch on ADAMTS13: Insights into the pathophysiology of immune TTP | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
Nuno Gomes Graça | 20 May 2021 | A suit of armor around ADAMTS13; Exploring paths towards resistance against autoantibodies of immune TTP patients | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
Twan de Waard | 19 May 2021 | Tuning the Show: Genetic engineering to unravel antigen presentation by the Human Leukocyte Antigen class I | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Science) |
Nadia Freato | 24 February 2021 | Viribus Unitis - the molecular synergism between coagulation factors VIII and IX | Utrecht University (Faculty of Science) |
Robin Temming | 19 February 2021 | Opsonin interactions with immunoglobulin-Fc receptors and their effector functions | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
Marea van der Rijst | 17 February 2021 | On the variation of SMIM1 expression |noVel insights in erythrocytes and during erythropoiesis | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
Johana Hrdinová | 29 January 2021 | ADAMTS13 and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: On the edge between hemostasis and autoimmunity | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |