Staff members with discipline Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.
Medical Cell Biology
Science Communication
Public Engagement
Science Communication
Public Engagement

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Coordinator Bèta Science Shop & Lecturer Science & Society
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Synthetic biology

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p.alvarez.sieiro rug.nl
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Lecturer in BSc Biology: Molecular Life Sciences
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Postdoc position in the Recon4IMD project
I am searching for a postdoc with skills in genome-scale metabolic modelling, who likes to collaborate in an interdisciplinary team to solve inherited metabolic diseases.
Vacancy: https://werkenbijumcg.nl/-/vacatures/postdoctoral-researcher-in-computational-systems-medicine/10419-02s00084jp
Recon4IMD project: https://www.recon4imd.org/
My group is specialised in: Systems Biology of Metabolic Networks and Metabolic Disease; Computational models of metabolic networks; Fluxomics; Metabolomics; Enzyme kinetics
I am searching for a postdoc with skills in genome-scale metabolic modelling, who likes to collaborate in an interdisciplinary team to solve inherited metabolic diseases.
Vacancy: https://werkenbijumcg.nl/-/vacatures/postdoctoral-researcher-in-computational-systems-medicine/10419-02s00084jp
Recon4IMD project: https://www.recon4imd.org/
My group is specialised in: Systems Biology of Metabolic Networks and Metabolic Disease; Computational models of metabolic networks; Fluxomics; Metabolomics; Enzyme kinetics

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b.m.bakker01 umcg.nl
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Professor of Medical Systems Biology
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Research Technician
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Research Analist
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Main interest: issue engineering and use of stem cells in wound repair. Expertise in collagen (connective tissue diseases; fibrosis) and cell/matrix interactions.

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r.a.bank umcg.nl
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Professor
Structural Biology
cryo Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM)
Membrane Proteins
cryo Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM)
Membrane Proteins

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Associate Professor, Head of cryo-EM unit
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Researcher
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I am a structural biochemist working in the field of bacterial proteins toxins.

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Assistant professor
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My research interest is the role that membrane proteins and lipids play as antigens in T cell activation, and their potential as vaccination agents.

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f.bianchi rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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iGEM - International Genetically Engineered Machine competition . Please find additional information in the links below.

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s.k.billerbeck rug.nl
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policy/strategy, academic & industrial partnerships, staff development & recruiting, quality management, technology transfer and public relations

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Research Manager
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Antigen presenting cells, macrophages, dendritic cells

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g.van.den.bogaart rug.nl
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Professor in Molecular Immunology
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l.westers rug.nl
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Degree programme coordinator bachelor and master Pharmacy
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Hematology, Leukemia, Epigenetic regulation of gene expression

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v.van.den.boom umcg.nl
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Aging, cellular senescence, cancer

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m.borghesan rug.nl
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r.a.l.bovenberg rug.nl
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Honorary professor Synthetic Biology and Cell Engineering
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Next generation probiotics
Gut microbiome interaction with host
Anaerobic bacterium
Gut microbiome interaction with host
Anaerobic bacterium

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g.bravo.ruiseco.sanchez umcg.nl
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j.broos rug.nl
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Associate professor
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Biomolecular Chemistry

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b.brouwer rug.nl
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PhD-candidate
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s.w.m.bruggeman umcg.nl
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Rosalind Franklin fellow (scientist, junior group leader)
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Lecturer BSc Biology: Biomedical Sciences
Transcriptional, translational and post-translational control of gene regulation.
Moelcular mechansims in ageing, lifespan determination and age-related diseases.
Molecular mechanims and metabolic alterations in tumour development.
Moelcular mechansims in ageing, lifespan determination and age-related diseases.
Molecular mechanims and metabolic alterations in tumour development.

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c.f.calkhoven umcg.nl
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Professor
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Atomic force microscopy, viruses

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m.cantero.reviejo rug.nl
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s.chordia rug.nl
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PhD student
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Heterologous protein production; Protein purification; Protein-protein interactions; Surface plasmon resonance (SPR); Small GTPases; Cytokines (TRAIL; RANKL; MIF) and their receptors

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Lecturer Pharmacy
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Organic chemistry, enzyme kinetics, bioorthogonal reactions, cell-based studies

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Associate professor Pharmaceutical Epigenetics
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Professor
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Bacterial gene expression, protein localization, protein secretion, bacteria-host interactions, bacterial pathogenesis, imaging of bacterial infections

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j.m.van.dijl01 umcg.nl
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Professor of Medical Microbiology
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Neurodegeneration, Mitochondrial function, Inflammation, Potassium channels

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a.m.dolga rug.nl
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Associate professor - Regenerative Neuropharmacology
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jackie.dong rug.nl
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PhD student
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Membrane biology, Protein translocation and membrane protein biogenesis, multidrug resistance, biotechnology of filamentous fungi and yeast, membrane biology of hyperthermophilic Archaea, Synthetic cells

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Professor in Molecular Microbiology
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m.duin rug.nl
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Researchanalist
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Neuroscience, molecular biology, neuroinflammation, gene expression, epigenetics, cellbiology, development, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease

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b.j.l.eggen umcg.nl
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Professor
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Professor in Molecular Neurobiology and Neuroimmunology
Background:
Our group is working at the cross roads of inflammation and neuronal function with molecular, cellular and behavioural approaches in various neuronal disease models.
Molecular... read more
Background:
Our group is working at the cross roads of inflammation and neuronal function with molecular, cellular and behavioural approaches in various neuronal disease models.
Molecular... read more

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Professor
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Clinical Molecular Biologist in Pathology
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Liver fibrosis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Microbiome, Human Intestinal and Liver organoids

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Professor of Experimental Hepatology and Gastroenterology
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Molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases -Molecular Biology - Cell biology - Microbiology - Genomics - Next Generation Sequencing - Genotyping

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m.a.chlebowicz umcg.nl
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PostDoc/ MMMio
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We are interested in the consequences of aneuploidy, an abnormal DNA content affecting 2 out of 3 cancers. By understanding how cancer cells make use of the advantages of aneuploidy and cope with the disadvantages of aneuploidy, we hope to get to... read more

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f.foijer umcg.nl
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Full professor
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Enzyme discovery, enzyme engineering, biocatalysis, redox enzymology

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Full Professor
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j.a.f.geertsma rug.nl
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PhD Candidate
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e.geuverink rug.nl
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Corinna Glasner is scientific project manager for the leadpartner of the two INTERREG V projects EurHealth-1Health and health-i-care and research associate at the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention. Her expertise lies in molecular... read more

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Scientific Project Manager
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Autophagy, phagophore, autophagosome, yeast, microscopy

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r.gomez.sanchez umcg.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher
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p.grijpstra rug.nl
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Cell movement
Signal transduction
Signal transduction

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p.j.m.van.haastert rug.nl
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Professor in Cell Biochemistry
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Natural product discovery and characterization
Engineering of microbial cell factories
Enzyme discovery and characterization
Structural Biology, macromolecular X-ray crystallography
Engineering of microbial cell factories
Enzyme discovery and characterization
Structural Biology, macromolecular X-ray crystallography

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Assistant Professor for Pharmaceutical Biology
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microbial metabolism, systems biology, single cell analysis, modeling

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m.heinemann rug.nl
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Professor
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Applied Biotechnology/Microbiology/Molecularbiology/
Protein X-ray Crystallography/ Proteomics (LC-MS)/ Mass spectrometry Analytical Chemistry
Protein X-ray Crystallography/ Proteomics (LC-MS)/ Mass spectrometry Analytical Chemistry

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Coördinator Analytical Unit at Stratingh Institute for Chemistry
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I am following the traineeship data professional from Samenwerking Noord. This traineeship is facilitated by YER. As my first trainee position I will be the manager open source program office (OPSO) at the CIT. I will attend this position till the 30th of... read more

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Manager OSPO / Teammeber DCC

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Professor of Pharmacology

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Professor
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Stemcells in relation to cardiomyopathy

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Postdoctoral fellow
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RNA structure determination in living cells

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d.incarnato rug.nl
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor
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louis.van.de.zande rug.nl
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Emeritus Associate professor
Molecular genetics, (meta-)genomics, (meta-)transcriptomics, microbiology, DNA-seq, RNA-seq, bacteriocins, lantibiotics, anti-microbial peptides, gene expressions and regulation, Bioinformatics, Statistics, R, Perl, Python, JavaScript, PHP, Linux... read more

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Bioinformatician / Lecturer
Understanding chemosensitivity of testicular germ cell tumors, Inducing apoptosis and inhibiting pro-survival to enhance drug efficacy in cancer, Identifying novel drugable pathways in ovarian and cervical cancer.

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s.de.jong umcg.nl
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Professor
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Molecular Biology, Physiology, Endocrinology, Nuclear Hormone Receptors, Energy Metabolism, Type 2 diabetes, NAFLD, ABC transporters

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j.w.jonker umcg.nl
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Professor
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c.p.joschko umcg.nl
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Analytical chemistry. Carbohydrate & enzyme characterization. Protein and DNA analysis, gene expression and protein purification. Plant biomass.

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cell cycle regulation and dynamics, post-translational modifications, Xenopus laevis, live cell microscopy

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j.l.kamenz rug.nl
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Assistant Professor (Rosalind Franklin fellow)
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s.g.kaya rug.nl
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PhD Candidate
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Clinical Chemist

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Function
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Cell Biology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Microscopy

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i.j.van.der.klei rug.nl
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Professor
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j.w.kok umcg.nl
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Associate Professor
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Endothelial cells, endothelial dysfunction, endothelial-mesenchymal transition, mitochondrial dysfunction, mitochondrial medicines, microRNA, epigenetics, inflammation, heart failure, cardiac fibrosis, atherosclerosis, vascular calcification, (diabetic)... read more

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Associate Professor
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Biology of cancer stem cells: novel therapeutic opportunities

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f.a.e.kruyt umcg.nl
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Professor
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Bile acids, Cholesterol, Lipids, Nuclear receptors, Fluxomics


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j.p.lacava umcg.nl
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Molecular Cell Biology

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m.h.k.linskens rug.nl
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Lecturer/ Associate Professor Cell Biochemistry
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Function
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chunzhe.lu rug.nl
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology, Microbiology, Food Science & Technology, Intellectual Property and Patents , Applied Biocatalysis, Starch, Carbohydrates

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Director School of Science and Engineering
Electrophysiology, Single-molecule Nanopore Technology

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giovanni.maglia rug.nl
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a.marmolejo.garza umcg.nl
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Promovendus (PhD Student)
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Advanced fluorescence microscopy, single-molecule microscopy, super-resolution microscopy, smFRET, membrane proteins, GPCRs

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i.maslov rug.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher at the Membrane Enzymology group
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Autophagy, aggrephagy, protein aggregate, neurodegenerative diseases, BPAN

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m.mauthe umcg.nl
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Chemical Biology, Biomolecular Chemistry, Biotechnology, (Bio)catalysis

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c.mayer rug.nl
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Biotechnical proceedings and moleculair/genetic biology, as well as field work assitance.

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Research Analist / Biotechnician
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m.meijer04 umcg.nl
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systems biology, TOR signaling, cell growth, cell cycle, mathematical modelling, machine learning, probability & statistics

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Associate Professor
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teresa.mitchell.garcia rug.nl
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PhD student
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Professor of Experimental Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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n.l.mulder umcg.nl
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Research Technician
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Gene Regulation with emphasis on the control of translation
Molecular mechanisms in life span determination, ageing and age related diseases
Molecular mechanisms in cancer development
Molecular mechanisms in life span determination, ageing and age related diseases
Molecular mechanisms in cancer development

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c.muller umcg.nl
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Research Associate
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Therapy resistance; Bioengineering; Tumour microenvironment; 3D cell culture; Extracellular Vesicles.

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a.p.nagelkerke rug.nl
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Associate Professor
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Postdoctoral researcher
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k.e.niezen-koning rug.nl
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European Clinical Laboratory Geneticist (Biochemist, PhD, ErCLG) Metabolic Diseases
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e.a.a.nollen umcg.nl
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Professor
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marco.van.den.noort rug.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher
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Research in the Onck group aims at understanding the micromechanical and functional behavior of (biological) materials based on an accurate description of the underlying (bio-) physical mechanisms. Computational techniques (e.g. molecular dynamics, finite... read more

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p.r.onck rug.nl
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Full Professor
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(genetic) metabolic diseases
translational research
nutrient sensing
stable isotope-based metabolic flux analysis
transcriptional regulation
translational research
nutrient sensing
stable isotope-based metabolic flux analysis
transcriptional regulation

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m.h.oosterveer umcg.nl
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Principal Investigator

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t.r.oppewal rug.nl
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f.g.ostergaard rug.nl
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Molecular biology, protein biochemistry and bioinformatics.

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m.p.pedersen rug.nl
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Ph.D. student
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Head of the Interfaculty Mass Spectrometry Center
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Type 1 Diabetes pathophysiology, pancreatic islets, biomaterials

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e.pinheiro.machado umcg.nl
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PhD student
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Biocatalysis, enzymology, protein engineering, directed evolution, enzyme inhibitors, synthetic biology

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Professor of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

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v.d.pool rug.nl
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PhD Student
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Membrane Transport, Synthetic Biology, Enzymology, Membrane Biology, Fluorescence Microscopy, Membrane Reconstitution, Structure-Function of Proteins

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Professor in Biochemistry
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a.prats.lujan rug.nl
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Systems biology of Predatory Bacteria

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r.van.raaphorst rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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Structural Biology, Virology

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k.rafie rug.nl
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Assistant Professor, Pharmacology of host-pathogen interactions
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f.m.reggiori umcg.nl
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in vivo metabolism, stable isotopes, metabolomics

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Professor of Inborn Variation of Metabolism, emeritus
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Biotechnical procedures and molecular/genetic analysis

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c.e.reitzema-klein rug.nl
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Researche technician / Biotechnicus
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m.requesens.rueda umcg.nl
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biomolecular chemistry & catalysis

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full professor
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w.h.roos rug.nl
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Professor
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n.j.rueda.forero umcg.nl
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Ph.D Student Pathology-UMCG
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m.g.s.rutten umcg.nl
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PostDoctoral Researcher
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e.g.sanchez.rueda rug.nl
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PhD student
Complex traits Genetics, Complex traits mapping, Genetics in Isolates, Genome-wide association studies, Quantitative genetics, Genotype Imputation Methods

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s.sanna umcg.nl
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d.j.scheffers rug.nl
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Professor of Bacterial Cell Biology
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Biocatalysis, Redox enzymes, Biocatalytic cascades, Protein engineering, Synthetic biology, Strain engineering

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Associate Professor (Rosalind Franklin Fellow)
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s.schwarzer rug.nl
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I am a medical doctor working in the research field of molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology.

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d.shatskiy rug.nl
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MD, PhD student
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Molecular techniques DNA, labmanagement, insect rearing.

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m.siebers rug.nl
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Research Technician for EGDB (Evolutionary Genetics, Development & Behaviour)
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h.h.w.sillje umcg.nl
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Head Experimental Cardiology Laboratory
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Inflammation, vesicular transport, lipid metabolism, cholesterol transport, mouse transgenesis, liver disease

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a.j.a.van.de.sluis umcg.nl
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Professor of Molecular Genetics and Translational Biology
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Research technician
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Cryo-Electron Microscopy

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a.stetsenko rug.nl
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Facility technician at Electron Microscopy unit
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Medical biology

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d.struik umcg.nl
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Postdoc
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Computational protein nanopore design

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m.j.tadema rug.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher
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p.g.tepper rug.nl
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Research chemist
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c.thangaratnarajah rug.nl
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Protein X-ray crystallography, structural enzymology, structural biology, biocatalysis, protein engineering and design

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Assistant Professor
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• Plant specialized metabolism
• Functional genomics
• Bioenergy crops
• Abiotic stress
• Nectar production
• Functional genomics
• Bioenergy crops
• Abiotic stress
• Nectar production

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k.j.tiedge rug.nl
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Assistant Professor | Functional Genetics and Genomics
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g.tjallinks rug.nl
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PhD Candidate
Aging, extracellular matrix, neurodegeneration, cancer

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m.trombetta.lima rug.nl
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Assistant Professor - Rosalind Franklin Fellow
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Evolutionary Cell Biology
Comparative genomics of Eukaryotes
Chromosome/Nuclear Biology
Comparative genomics of Eukaryotes
Chromosome/Nuclear Biology

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e.c.tromer rug.nl
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Research Fellow
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Single-molecule biophysics

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Function
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Immunoblotting, Cloning, Confocal Microscopy, Chromatography

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o.unal rug.nl
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PhD student
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Nuclear Pore Complex, Nuclear envelope, cellular ageing, intrinsic disorder, liquid-liquid phase separation, Baker's yeast

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Associate professor
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STED super resolution microscopy, image-analysis, single-molecule biofysics, cell biology

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r.vlijm rug.nl
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Assistant Professor Molecular Biophysics
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Strategie & beleid

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Managing Director
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Function
Research Technian (Moleculair) Neurobiology / Manager Immunohistochemistry lab
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Cell cycle regulation and cellular responses to genotoxic stress, DNA damage and repair pathways and their relevance for cancer treatment.

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Function
Professor of Molecular Oncology, Board member Comprehensive Cancer Center UMCG
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Carbohydrate chemistry
Glycobiology
Glycobiology

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Function
Associate Professor (Rosalind Franklin fellow) - Chemical Glycobiology
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Gynecologic Oncology


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m.d.witte rug.nl
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Associate Professor
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Proteomics/Mass Spectrometry/Biochemistry

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Principal investigator
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CRISPR-Cas, Protein Engineering, High throughput screening, Synthetic Biology

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Function
Assistant Professor - Chemical Pharmaceutical Biology
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zhengyang.wu rug.nl
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PhD student
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Molecular Microbiology, Microscopy techniques

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a.u.zielinska rug.nl
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Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and nematode worm (Caenorhabditis elegans) ageing studies
RNA-seq
RNA-seq

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