Marine Microbiologist with an interest in phytoplankton, algal physiology, primary production, DMSP production and sea ice habitats.

Structural Biology
cryo Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM)
Membrane Proteins

Joint PhD at Maquarie University of Sydney

Microbiology (studies and previous work experience),  neuroscience (studies and research projects), teaching in practicals

Neurogenetics, Pheromonal communication, social and sexual behaviours, reproduction, Drosophila.

Aging, cellular senescence, cancer

Avian Migration, Evolutionary ecology, Climate change, Dispersal, Population ecology, Adaptation to changing environments

Algae ecophysiology - Biogeochemistry

Clinical: reconstructive orthopedic surgery, children orthopedic surgery, knee surgery, foot and ankle surgeryResearch: cartilage and bone reconstruction, biomaterials, infection related to biomaterialsClinical reserach: healthy ageing, analysis movement after prosthetic surgery, conservative treatment osteoartritis

Behavioral physiological, neurobiological and neuroendocrinological pre-clinical research into short- and long-term consequences of social conflicts.

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.

Aging, cancer, age-related disease, cellular senescence

Animal Ecology, Ecophysiology, Microbiome

- ageing models
- life history trade-offs 
- immunosenescence
- ecoimmunology

Policy officer / Coaching and training for PhD students

Transport processes in plants, CO2 utilization in algae and plants, Stress physiology in plants

Conservation, Entomology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, Fruit protection

Molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases -Molecular Biology - Cell biology - Microbiology - Genomics - Next Generation Sequencing - Genotyping

Enzyme discovery, enzyme engineering, biocatalysis, redox enzymology

Chronobiology and Sleep

Behavioural Biology, behavioural development and steroid hormnones, animal personalities, behavioural lateralization

- Carbohydrate Active Enzymes (CAZymes)
- Structural analytics of carbohydrates (HPAEC-PAD, MS)
- Enzyme characterization & engineering
- Biomass degradation & valorization research

Learning and Memory, Hippocampal function, Synaptic plasticity, Sleep deprivation, Chemogenetics, Optogenetics, Memory Engrams Transgenic mouse models, Viral approaches, Long-term potentiation.

I’m researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), and a professor of Coastal Ecology at the University of Groningen. I study interactions between organisms and their environment in coastal ecosystems. My research primarily focuses on the ecosystem-level importance and functioning of “ecosystem engineers” – species that significantly modify habitat conditions. Ecosystem engineers are often the “foundation species” of a system, which basically means that many other species depend on them. Over the last decades, human impact has resulted in worldwide declines of foundation species-structured ecosystems such as bivalve reefs, seagrass meadows and salt marshes. In my research, I combine fieldwork, laboratory experiments, GIS and computer models to unravel how these systems function and how to preserve and restore them.

*  Chronobiology
*  Circannual rhythms
*  Clocks of wild organisms
*  Migration
*  Clock disruption
*  Evolution & ecology of timing
*  Seasonal biology
*  Environmental physiology
*  Ornithology

Self-organisation of social systems

Research support and strategy, grant writing support, liaison officer, ISO certification

RNA structure determination in living cells

Membrane Biophysics, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Lipid-protein interactions, Super-resolution microscopy

Theoretical Biology, Modeling

Inborn errors of metabolism, GSD-I, Cell signalling, metabolism, autophagy and cell biology

Non-coding RNAs, microRNAs, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), B-cell lymphoma

Dynamics of parental behaviour
Early-life environment, social stress and individual behaviour
Physiology of life histories and senescence
Fitness consequences and heritability of life-history decisions
Conserving threatened species

Endosomal transport, autophagy, behavioural neurogenetics, genetics, mitochondria, neurodegeneration

Endothelial cells, endothelial dysfunction, endothelial-mesenchymal transition, mitochondrial dysfunction, mitochondrial medicines, microRNA, epigenetics,  inflammation, heart failure, cardiac fibrosis, atherosclerosis, vascular calcification, (diabetic) retinopathy, kidney disease.

Microscopy, Cell Biology, Yeast, Research, Education, Peroxisomes

Islet biology

Island Biogeography, Phylogenetics, Biodiversity

biology, polar regions, arctic, ecology, geese, migration, grazing

animal behaviour, evolution of animal signals, sexual selection and mate choice, sensory ecology, phenotypic plasticity, speciation, biodiversity

Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, Stress, Brain Function

Background

- Microbiology & Biotechnology

- Analytical chemistry (LC/MS based approaches, metabolomics)

Current work within Center for Development and Innovation, UMCG:  

- Project Management Public-Private Partnerships 

- Coordination Public-Private Partnerships Allowance scheme UMCG 

- Project management & Communication BiomarkerBay (www.biomarkerbay.com)

-  Outreach and Societal Impact Support (Team Leader UMCG OASIS project with Anja Smykowski)

Auditory-vocal learning and memory

Ageing biology
Invertebrate biology
Stem cell biology

Hematopoietic stem cells

Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience

Photography, content creation, science journalism and -communication, strategy development, strategic communication

Antibiotica
Lanthipeptides
Posstranslationele Modification Enzymes
Peptide Design

Inflammation, vesicular transport, lipid metabolism, cholesterol transport, mouse transgenesis, liver disease

community ecology, plant communities, plant-plant interactions, facilitation, grazing, vertebrate herbivory, rewilding, seed predation, tree recruitment, exclosure studies, ecology of fear, return of the wolf, trophic cascades, predation, feral cats, half-open woodlands, salt marshes, semi-arid steppes, temperate forests, Juniperus communis

societal impact, EU funding, national funding, outreach, scientific storytelling, science communication, public engagement

Medical biology

Ethical and social aspects at the interface of natural sciences (especially the life and environmental sciences) and society.

Animal Ecology, Physiological Ecology, Wild Immunology

Immunology, Inflammation, Autoimmune Diseases, ANCA-associated Vasculitis

Physiology and ecology of seaweeds

Artistic Cognition
Human Cognition
Reflective Imagination
Behavioral Adaptation
Ecological Humanities

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Theoretical Biology; Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution; Evolutionary Game Theory; Dynamical Systems; Cultural Evolution; Evolutionary Systems Biology.

Regenerative Pharmacology

Molecular Microbiology, Microscopy techniques