2020
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 |
| Joost van Sambeeck | 9 December 2020 | Optimal red blood cell matching | Twente Unversity (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science) |
| Steven Heshusius | 2 December 2020 | Switching Gear: Hemoglobin switching throughout erythropoiesis | Erasmus University Rotterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Dacia Henriquez | 1 December 2020 | Recognition and management of persistent postpartum haemorrhage; time to take timing seriously | Leiden University (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Marten Hansen | 25 November 2020 | In vitro blood production from induced pluripotent stem cells | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Francesca Aglialoro | 6 November 2020 | The bright and DARC side of detection: Role of membrane proteins during erythroid maturation | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Annemarie van de Geer | 5 November 2020 | Neutrophil defects and deficiencies | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Rosa de Groot | 4 November 2020 | Associations of environmental characteristics and lifestyle behaviours with donor blood parameters. | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Faculty of Social Sciences) |
| Marlijn Verwimp-Hoeks | 3 November 2020 | Red Blood Cell Transfusions in Hemato-oncological Patients: Don’t iron out the consequences | Leiden University (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Louise Treffers | 26 October 2020 | Modulation of antibody-dependent cancer cell destruction by neutrophils | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Malgorzata Przeradzka | 26 October 2020 | ‘Le charme discret’ of the Von Willebrand factor - factor VIII complex | Utrecht University (Faculty of Science) |
| Tiffany Timmer | 13 October 2020 | The role of genes and lifestyle behaviors in iron and erythrocyte parameters in blood donors | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Felix Behr | 9 October 2020 | To settle or wander: Transcriptional regulation and recall responses of tissue-resident memory T cells | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Eelke Béguin | 7 October 2020 | Beneath the surface - Cellular responses in the vasculature | Utrecht University (Faculty of Science) |
| Lisa Klinkenberg | 6 October 2020 | Engaging African ethnic minorities as blood donors | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Tjeerd Piersma | 8 September 2020 | Blood donor careers: A dynamic approach to donating blood | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Faculty of Social Sciences) |
| Benoit Nicolet | 3 September 2020 | You only live twice: Gene expression regulation in hematopoiesis and T cells | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Julian Freen-van Heeren | 10 June 2020 | FISHing out the good guys: enhancing T cell effector function | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Peter-Paul Unger | 30 April 2020 | B Cells and Beyond: Regulation of human B cell differentiation and antibody formation. | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Science) |
| Ellie Karampini | 24 April 2020 | Weibel-Palade Body Formation and Release: an Odyssey through the Secretory Pathway | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Maike van Hezel | 28 February 2020 | Effect of red cell transfusion on the host immune response in critically ill patients | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Nigel Stapleton | 21 February 2020 | To bind or not to bind: A study into FcRn interactions | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Suzanne Gunnink | 31 January 2020 | Not all that glitters is gold – platelet transfusions for preterm neonates | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Yvonne Dorland | 21 January 2020 | Crosstalk in the bone marrow. Interactions of endothelial, hematopoietic and mesenchymal stromal cells | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Willem Falkenburg | 16 January 2020 | Rheumatoid Factors | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |