Alumni
Staff alumni
Staff alumni
Laura van Eyndhoven
Year: 2023
Position: PhD student
Thesis/project title: Decoding type I interferon response dynamics using microfluidics and modeling
Nikita Subedi
Year: 2022
Position: PhD student
Thesis/project title: Decoding functional heterogeneity in immune cells: New avenues for immunotherapy
Nidhi Sinha
Year: 2022
Position: PhD student
Thesis/project title: Single Cell Approach Towards Immune Signaling Dynamics
Erin M. O'Brien
Year: 2022
Position: PhD student
Thesis/project title: Zooming in on macrophage plasticty and T cell interactions
Role/additional info: Guest researcher from Kara Spiller Lab, Drexel University
Annelies Wauters
Year: 2021
Position: PhD student
Thesis/project title: Shaping Polymeric Nanocarriers for Immunotherapy
Eleni Chouri
Year: 2020
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Thesis/project title: Unraveling IFN-I response dynamics in the pathophysiology of systemic lupus erythematosus
Yu Zhao
Year: 2019
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Thesis/project title: Development of Smart Nanogel Vaccines against Bacterial Toxins
Role/additional info: Guest researcher from Tang Lab, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Jorieke Weiden
Year: 2019
Position: PhD student
Thesis/project title: Synthetic immune niches for localized cancer therapy
Role/additional info: Co-promotor, Radboudumc - Tumor Immunology
Loek J Eggermont
Year: 2018
Position: PhD student
Thesis/project title: A synthetic dendritic cell platform for immune activation
Role/additional info: Co-promotor, Radboudumc - Tumor Immunology
Florian Wimmers
Year: 2017
Position: PhD student
Thesis/project title: Probing functional cellular heterogeneity using single cell technology: implications for immunotherapy
Role/additional info: Co-promotor, Radboudumc - Tumor Immunology
Simone Sittig
Year: 2016
Position: PhD student
Thesis/project title: Human blood dendritic cell subsets pinpointing the most potent subset for dendritic cell-based cancer immunotherapy
Role/additional info: Co-promotor, Radboudumc - Tumor Immunology
Student alumni
Student alumni
Evelien van der Linden
Year: 2023
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Investigation of cytokine secretion in Jurkat T-cells with droplet microfluidics and bulk analysis
Thomas van de Kreeke
Year: 2022
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Temporal perturbation of STAT1/2 activities reveal dynamic ligand discrimination of type I interferon signalling
Chantal Vreezen
Year: 2022
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Collaboration to success: quorum sensing in type i interferon response dynamics of plasmacytoid dendritic cells
Maarten van Zon
Year: 2022
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: The effect of a microfluidics-generated ‘artificial PCM’ on chondrocyte phenotype and matrix production
Sebastiaan Heester
Year: 2022
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Dissecting the IL-10 feedback loop present in a small population within pro infammatory stimulated macrophages
Jo-Anne Ewald
Year: 2022
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Studying the ability of plasmacytoid dendritic cells to produce interleukin-10 and its potential effect on Interferon-alpha and Tumor-Necrosis-Factor-alpha
Damla Metindogan
Year: 2022
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: The effect of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway on the IFNα production in pDCs
Myrthe Kapteijns
Year: 2022
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: The influence of Trichostatin A on the cell fate of first and second versus non-responder of in bulk activated pDCs focusing on IFN-I production
Carolien Verbiest
Year: 2022
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: The effect of epigenetic modifications on IFN-I production by human plasmacytoid dendritic cells
Nouaman Ljamâi
Year: 2022
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: The effect of interferon beta double-pulse stimulation on STAT1/2 activation dynamics
Shanna Edelenbosch
Year: 2022
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Temporal STAT1/2 activities in single cells under double-pulse IFNα stimulation
Jesse Hulleman
Year: 2022
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Cytotoxic T-cell activation at the bulk and single-cell level
Ashley Sturtewagen
Year: 2022
Position: Internship student
Thesis/project title: IL-10 secreting macrophages shows an anti-inflammatory feedback in bulk stimulation of LPS in a density hydrogel experiment and in combination with cytokines
Robin van den Dungen
Year: 2022
Position: Internship student
Thesis/project title: Characterization of interferon gene s¡gnatures and interferon secretion dynamics on TNFα and lFNα
Vincent Verberne
Year: 2021
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Decoding heterogeneity: drivers of first responding cells in type 1 interferon response
Choi Ha Hyun
Year: 2021
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: A quantitative study on the expression of CD56 on IL-4, IL-15, and IFN-α monocyte derived dendritic cells
Kirsten Brusse
Year: 2021
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Cytotoxic capabilities of moDCs
Freek Blanke
Year: 2021
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Macrophage anti- and pro-inflammatory balance for homeostasis; a potential role for immune evasion in the tumor microenvironment
Kaylee de Jong
Year: 2021
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Hydrogel droplets in microfluidics as a tool for dissecting cellular heterogeneity; novel applications for understanding immunologic interactions
Laurian de Vries
Year: 2021
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: CD56, CD11c, and CCR7 expression in stimulated monocyte-derived dendritic cells
Mark Sweep
Year: 2020
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Studying macrophage polarisation in health and in cancer using a single-cell, adherent cell culture method
Vera Koomen
Year: 2020
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Optimization of droplet-based microfluidic assays to study immune cells at single-cell level
Dennis Verkooijen
Year: 2020
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Evaluating the effect of polymersome morphology on cytotoxicity and cellular uptake
Ayla Hokke
Year: 2020
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: High-throughput droplet-based microfluidic assay to study single-cell cytotoxicity in real time
Justin Lebens
Year: 2020
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Mathematical modeling of type I and type II interferon pathways for decoding single cell immune dynamics
Activities of STAT1 in response to dynamic interferon stimulation
Gilles Berntsen
Year: 2020
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Sex differences in the human macrophage response to resorbable synthetic biomaterials in vitro
Lars Houben
Year: 2020
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: A droplet-based platform for assessing NK cell mediated cytotoxicity in real time
Luc Hendriks
Year: 2020
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Length-dependent activation of RIG-I and MDA5 by viral dsRNA and its effect on the immune response generation in NIH/3T3 fibroblasts analyzed at a single-cell level
Laura Ritter
Year: 2020
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Live monitoring of single plasmacytoid dendritic cell survival
Tanja Ypma
Year: 2020
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: The detection of circulating tumor cells based on the Warburg effect using droplet-based microfluidics
David Janse
Year: 2020
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Numerical modelling and simulation of microfluidic large scale. integration device
Lynn C.E. Bongaerts
Year: 2020
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: NKg2A, NKp46 and NKg2D expression on heterogeneous NK cells
Thomas van de Kreeke
Year: 2020
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Expression of CCR7, CD107a and CD2 in relation to NK cell heterogeneity
Ilse van Roessel
Year: 2020
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: The influence of tumor cells and the tumor microenvironment on the heterogeneity of natural killer cells
Esmée Bosman
Year: 2020
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Heterogeneity of tissue-resident natural killer cells
Kjell Steps
Year: 2019
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: The influence of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions on the polarization of macrophages
Sarah van der Weerd
Year: 2019
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Influence of IL-15 on the interferon gamma production of NK 92 cells
Josja Veul
Year: 2019
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: The difference in the amount of INF-y production between single cells and cells in bulk, when stimulated by IL-12
Hanna Merényi
Year: 2019
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: The effect of cell-cell contact on the activation of NK-92 cells to produce IFN-γ when stimulated with IL-18
Bart Tiemeijer
Year: 2018
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Probing macrophage plasticity and heterogeneity using microfluidic single-cell encapsulation and multicolor flow cytometry
Kwankwan Zhu
Year: 2018
Position: Master Student
Thesis/project title: Detection of circulating tumor cells using pH-responsive antibodies and droplet-based microfluidics
Roderick Verberne
Year: 2018
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Decoding cellular communication using droplet based microfluidics
Vincent Verberne
Year: 2018
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Multiple cell encapsulation in microfluidic droplets
Luc Hendriks
Year: 2018
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Characterization of 3-inlet droplet microfluidic device for single and multiple cell encapsulation
Dennis Verkooijen
Year: 2018
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Decoding cellular communication using droplet based microfluidics
Ayla Hokke
Year: 2018
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: The characterization of a three-inlet droplet microfluidic device
Vera Koomen
Year: 2017
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Determination of heterogeneity by comparing the cytokine secretion of single Jurkat T-cells to the bulk population
Tim Voermans
Year: 2017
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Heterogeneity of Jurkat cells during bulk stimulation by different PHA concentrations
Tamara Labeur
Year: 2017
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Determine heterogeneity and the effect of different concentrations stimuli on the secreted IFN-γ cytokine of Jurkat T-cells
Riv Maas
Year: 2017
Position: Bachelor student
Thesis/project title: Determine heterogeneity and the effect of different concentrations stimuli on the secreted IFN-γ cytokine of Jurkat T-cells