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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.

 

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PhD candidateDateTitle University
Jessica Del Castillo Alferez14 December 2026 Utrecht University, Faculty of Science
Hilde van der Staaij12 November 2026 Leiden University, Faculty of Medicine
Michela Leoni30 October 2026 University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine
Eva Smit27 October 2026 University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine
Silvia Neri7 October 2026 University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine
Santhe van der Meulen18 September 2026The story of the E-cad, the β-cat, the FOX(O3) and the rat and their role in stress erythropoiesis 
 		University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine
Elise Huisman10 September 2026 Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Medicine
Nina Gelineau9 September 2026Liquid Biopsies, in it for the long runUtrecht University
Florencia Morgana4 September 2026Tregonomics: Navigating Regulatory T Cell Heterogeneity for Adoptive Cell TherapyUniversity of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine
Huan Zhang3 September 2026From Development to Disease: Cellular Models of Hematopoiesis and Platelet DisordersErasmus University Rotterdam
Franke Quee3 September 2026Blood donor testing as a sentinel for emerging infectionsUniversity of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine
Amber Meulenbeld9 June 2026Ironing out blood donation. Perspectives, predictions and policies for blood donor iron management.University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine
Alexandra Ciauşescu4 June 2026Learning to donate: Exploring existing and creating new spaces for learning about donating blood productsVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Lydian de Ligt4 June 2026Breaking the cycle. Targeting the interplay between red blood cells and inflammation in sickle cell disease.University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine
Caroline Hochheuser18 May 2026The bone marrow as a metastatic niche in neuroblastoma. Impact of metastasis on tumor-, mesenchymal stromal cell- and hematopoietic stem cell niches.Utrecht University, Faculty of Medicine
Anouk Jurgens13 May 2026Margins of the Message: Cracking the 3′UTR Enigma in T Cell Immunology: How RBPs and mTOR program selective post-transcriptional controlUniversity of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine
Renske van 't Oever23 April 2026Bridging the Gaps: Prevention, Management, and Future Perspectives in Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn'Leiden University, Faculty of Medicine
Marit Jalink17 April 2026Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: evaluation of diagnostic features in correlation with the clinical courseLeiden University, Faculty of Medicine
Lisan Kuijper25 March 2026Charting the B Cell Landscape: Unraveling human antigen-specific B cell responses to infection and vaccinationUniversity of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science
Janita Oosterhoff17 March 2026Maternal antibodies to fetal platelets: a complex-related storyUtrecht University, Faculty of Science
Tim Postmus19 February 2026Towards novel therapies of ITTP: Defining and shielding of antibody epitopes on ADAMTS13University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine
Christine Kreher16 February 2026A needle in a haystack: Antigen-specific CD4 T cell responses in physiological and pathological contextsUniversity of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science
Bert Veuskens7 January 2026Complementing the factor H protein family: from assays to outcomesUniversity of Amsterdam, Faculty of Medicine