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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

Head of Department
Prof. Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee
Professor of Personalized Medicine

Principal investigators

Clinical geneticist, research fellow in genetic skin disorders, head of DEB database
Clinical geneticist, Head of ELSI Program (Clinical Genetics, Epidemiology)

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

Professor of Functional Genomics
Professor of Systems Medicine

Jan Jongbloed, PhD

Genome Diagnostics

Adjunct professor, Immunogenetics
Tom de Koning, MD, PhD

Senior researcher, Inborn errors of metabolism

Alex Kurilshikov, PhD

Assistant Professor
Clinical geneticist

Birgit Sikkema-Raddatz, PhD

Researcher in Genome Diagnostics

Prof. Morris Swertz, PhD

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

Prof. Dineke Verbeek, PhD

Professor of Scientific Research in Medical Education

Helga Westers, PhD

Teaching coordinator, Researcher Development and Innovation section

Associate professor, Complex diseases

Associate Professor in Single-cell Functional Biology

Prof. Cisca Wijmenga, PhD

Lodewijk Sandkuil Professor of Human Genetics

Professor of the Human Genome and Exposome
Head of Clinic, Clinical geneticist, Researcher in cardiogenetics group

Postdoctoral researchers

Kristin Abbott, PhD

Researcher Genome Diagnostics
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)
Postdoc Swertz group  (Genomics Coordination Center)

Research staff

Jelkje Bergsma

Technician genome analysis facility

Michiel Fokkens

Research technician

Astrid Maatman
Research technician
Scientific editor
Rutger Modderman
Research technician
Mathieu Platteel
Research Coordinator

Emeritus Faculty

Eva van der Berg, PhD

Associate professor, Cytogenetics

Mieke Kerstjens, MD, PhD

Clinical geneticist

Head of Department

Klaas Kok, PhD

Senior researcher

Prof. Irene van Langen, MD, PhD

Emeritus professor of Clinical Genetics

Gerard te Meerman, PhD

Emeritus Associate professor, Mathematical genetics

Professor of Clinical Dysmorphology, Clinical Geneticist

Prof. Rolf Sijmons, MD, PhD

Professor of Medical Translational Genetics, Clinical Geneticist

Yvonne Vos, PhD

Clinical molecular geneticist

Laatst gewijzigd:13 mei 2025 14:22