2025
Within Sanquin around 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.
Please, always check the university website for last minute changes.
| PhD candidate | Date | Title | University |
| Giulia Iacono | 18 December 2025 | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) | |
| Laura Kummer | 27 November 2025 | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) | |
| Esther de Boer | 13 November 2025 | University of Amsterdam | |
| Mariarosaria Miranda | 6 November 2025 | University of Amsterdam | |
| Tom Arfman | 29 October 2025 | University of Amsterdam | |
| Lieke van Zogchel | 14 October 2025 | Liquid biopsies in pediatric solid tumors | Utrecht University (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Suzanne Castenmiller | 5 September 2025 | University of Amsterdam | |
| Saskia van der Velden | 5 September 2025 | University of Amsterdam | |
| Stijn Groten | 4 September 2025 | Proteomic perspectives on Endothelial Responses | Utrecht University (Faculty of Science) |
| Jet van den Dijssel | 10 July 2025 | SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cell responses in healthy and immunocompromised individuals | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Nordin Zandhuis | 17 June 2025 | The rheostats of the immune response: post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression by RNA-binding proteins in adaptive immunity | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Jan Karregat | 11 June 2025 | Iron supplementation as a blood service policy | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Merel Wemelsfelder | 20 May 2025 | Optimizing the blood supply chain: A data-driven approach to improve blood product utilization and patient safety | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Economics and Business) |
| Syeldy Langi Sasongko | 14 April 2025 | The Modern Blood Bank: Preparing for an Uncertain Future | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Anna Kroeze | 14 February 2025 | Cell-free DNA and immune cell dynamics in acute Graft-versus-Host Disease and systemic inflammation | University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Mads Delbo Larsen | 15 January 2025 | The power of a few – on the origin and regulation of afucosylated IgG responses | Utrecht University (Faculty of Science) |