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Onderzoek Department of Genetics Staff
University Medical Center Groningen

All research staff

The research section comprises PhD students, postdocs and senior staff with backgrounds in genetics, molecular biology, statistical genetics, epidemiology and bioinformatics. We are a lively, international group with researchers and staff from all over the world.

Name

Position

Principal investigators

Head of Department

Prof. Cisca Wijmenga, PhD

Lodewijk Sandkuil Professor of Human Genetics

Prof. Rolf Sijmons, MD, PhD

Professor of Medical Translational Genetics, Clinical Geneticist

Professor of Clinical Dysmorphology, Clinical Geneticist

Prof. Morris Swertz, PhD

Head of the Genomics Coordination Center and MOLGENIS team, Professor of Biomedical Big Data Science

Professor of Functional Genomics
Professor of Systems Medicine
Professor of the Human Genome and Exposome

Eva van der Berg, PhD

Associate professor, Cytogenetics

Assistant professor, Complex diseases
Adjunct professor, Immunogenetics

Prof. Dineke Verbeek, PhD

Associate professor, Neurogenetics

Yvonne Vos, PhD

Clinical molecular geneticist

Jan Jongbloed, PhD

Genome Diagnostics

Mieke Kerstjens, MD, PhD

Clinical geneticist

Clinical geneticist
Head of Clinic, researcher
Clinical geneticist, research fellow in genetic skin disorders, head of DEB database

Birgit Sikkema-Raddatz, PhD

Head of Genome Diagnostics

Kristin Abbott, PhD

Researcher Genome Diagnostics

Klaas Kok, PhD

Senior researcher

Associate professor, Complex diseases

Coordinator of Next-Generation Sequencing, Genome Analysis Facility, Development and Innovation section

Helga Westers, PhD

Teaching coordinator, Researcher Development and Innovation section

Tom de Koning, MD, PhD

Senior researcher, Inborn errors of metabolism

Associate Professor in Single-cell Functional Biology

Alex Kurilshikov, PhD

Assistant Professor

Postdoctoral researchers

Postdoc Swertz group  (Genomics Coordination Center)
Postdoc Franke group and Swertz group (Genomics Coordination Center)
Postdoc and project manager Swertz group (Genomics Coordination Center)
Postdoc and project manager Swertz group (Genomics Coordination Center)

Research Assistant Professor

Mathieu Platteel
Research Coordinator

Michiel Fokkens

Research technician

Astrid Maatman
Research technician
Rutger Modderman
Research technician

Jelkje Bergsma

Technician genome analysis facility

Scientific editor

Editor and webmaster

Emeritus Faculty

Prof. Irene van Langen, MD, PhD

Emeritus professor of Clinical Genetics

Gerard te Meerman, PhD

Emeritus Associate professor, Mathematical genetics

Laatst gewijzigd:07 mei 2024 10:38