2024
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 candidate | Date | Title | University |
Leendert Porcelijn | 17 December 2024 | The diagnostic value of plasma thrombopoietin levels and platelet autoantibodies | Leiden University (Faculty of Medicine) |
Judita Rudokaitė | 29 November 2024 | AINAR: Artificial Intelligence for Needle Anxiety Reduction | Tilburg University (Faculty of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Cognitive Science and AI) |
Iris Kreft | 20 November 2024 | Profiles in Spectra: Mass spectrometry-based proteomics of plasma and platelets in hematological disorders | Utrecht University (Faculty of Science) |
Tamara Verkerk | 12 November 2024 | Exploring the interplay between immune cells and tumors insights into antigen presentation and tumor immune evasion | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Science) |
Panagiota Bouti | 5 November 2024 | Shaping neutrophil responses against cancer: The role of integrin regulation | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
Meryem Baysan | 15 October 2024 | Towards better monitoring of oxygen imbalance in critically ill patients | Leiden University (Faculty of Medicine) |
Joris Schröder | 11 October 2024 | Social Dynamics of Cooperation: How Motivational Diversity, Social Contagion, Communication, and Group Formation Shape Blood Donation Behaviour | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Faculty of Social Sciences) |
Caroline Graf | 7 October 2024 | Cross-Cultural Insights on the Role of Psychological and Institutional Factors for Real-World Prosocial Behavior and Cultural Change | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Faculty of Social Sciences) |
Laura Lighaam | 27 September 2024 | The features and dynamics of lgG4 B cell responses: lnsights in B cell-mediated immune tolerance | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Science) |
Roos Krimpenfort | 14 June 2024 | From solid roots to rustling leaves: E-cadherin and β-catenin across the branches of hematopoiesis in evolution | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
Nienke Oskam | 28 March 2024 | Immunoglobulin M: Structure, function and specificity in health and autoimmunity | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Science) |
Max Grönloh | 27 March 2024 | Where white blood cells wander: homing in on leukocyte extravasation hotspots | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Science) |
Nathalie Lak | 19 March 2024 | Liquid biopsies in pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma and beyond | Utrecht University (Faculty of Medicine) |
Marieke Vinkenoog | 15 February 2024 | Data-driven donation strategies | Leiden University (Faculty of Science) |
Thijs van Osch | 6 February 2024 | Fc Glycosylation of alloantibodies in platelet refractoriness | Utrecht University (Faculty of Science) |
Wesley Huisman | 1 February 2024 | Risks and potential benefits of adoptively transferred virus-specific T cells | Leiden University (Faculty of Medicine) |
Sarah Valk | 1 February 2024 | Out for blood: causal inference in clinical transfusion research | Leiden University (Faculty of Medicine) |