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 (see where we come from map).
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Name |
Position |
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Principal investigators |
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| Prof. Nine Knoers, MD, PhD | Head of Department |
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Prof. Richard Sinke, PhD |
Head of Genome Diagnostics |
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Prof. Cisca Wijmenga, PhD |
Lodewijk Sandkuil Professor of Human Genetics, Rector Magificus of the University of Groningen |
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Prof. Irene van Langen, MD, PhD |
Head of Clinical Genetics section, Professor of Clinical Genetics |
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Prof. Rolf Sijmons, MD, PhD |
Head of Development and Innovation section, Professor of Medical Translational Genetics |
| Prof. Conny van Ravenswaaij, MD, PhD | Professor of Clinical Dysmorphology |
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Prof. Morris Swertz, PhD |
Head of the Genomics Coordination Center and MOLGENIS team, Professor of BioInformatics - ‘Biomedical BiG Data Science’ |
| Prof. Lude Franke, PhD | Professor of Functional Genomics |
| Prof. Jingyuan Fu, PhD | Professor of Systems Medicine, VICI and ERC consolidator grant holder |
| Prof. Alexandra (Sasha) Zhernakova, MD, PhD | Professor of the Human Genome and Exposome, VIDI and ERC starting grant holder, Rosalind Franklin Fellow |
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Eva van der Berg, PhD |
Associate professor, Cytogenetics |
| Vinod Kumar Magadi Gopalaiah, PhD | Assistant professor, Complex diseases |
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Gerard te Meerman, PhD |
Emeritus Associate professor, Mathematical genetics |
| Iris Jonkers, PhD | Adjunct professor of Immunogenetics, Rosalind Franklin Fellow, VIDI grant holder |
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Prof. Dineke Verbeek, PhD |
Rosalind Franklin Fellow, Associate professor, neurogenetics/SCA |
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Yvonne Vos, PhD |
Clinical molecular geneticist |
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Jan Jongbloed, PhD |
Clinical molecular geneticist |
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Mieke Kerstjens, MD, PhD |
Clinical geneticist |
| Jan C. Oosterwijk, MD, PhD | Clinical geneticist |
| Peter van den Akker, MD, PhD | Clinical geneticist and research fellow, genetic skin disorders, head of DEB database |
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Researcher, Genome diagnostics, Development and Innovation section |
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Kristin Abbott, PhD |
Researcher, Genome diagnostics, |
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Klaas Kok, PhD |
Senior researcher |
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Hermien de Walle, PhD |
Epidemiologist, Head of EUROCAT |
| Prof. Sebo Withoff, PhD | Associate professor, Complex diseases |
| Serena Sanna, PhD | Senior researcher in Wijmenga group, complex diseases |
| Cleo van Diemen, PhD | Coordinator of Next-Generation Sequencing |
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Helga Westers, PhD |
Teaching coordinator, Development and Innovation section |
| Tom de Koning, MD, PhD |
Senior researcher, inborn errors of metabolism |
| Monique van der Wijst, PhD |
Assistant Professor in Functional Genomics research group |
Postdocs |
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| Joeri van der Velde, PhD | Postdoc Swertz group (Genomics Coordination Center) |
| Patrick Deelen, PhD | Postdoc Franke group and Swertz group (Genomics Coordination Center) |
| Lennart Johansson, PhD | Postdoc and project manager Swertz group (Genomics Coordination Center) |
| Pieter Neerincx, PhD | Postdoc and project manager Swertz group (Genomics Coordination Center) |
| Rudolf Fehrmann, PhD | Bioinformatician/researcher in Franke group |
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Alex Kurilshikov, PhD |
Researcher in Zhernakova group |
| Eleanora (Noortje) Festen, MD, PhD | Researcher in Wijmenga/Weersma group |
| Peter van den Akker, MD, PhD | Clinical geneticist, researcher, head of DEB database |
| Paul van der Zwaag, MD, PhD | Clinical geneticist, researcher |
Research Technicians |
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| Mathieu Platteel | Manager of lab data production unit |
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Ludolf Boven |
Technician and webmaster |
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Michiel Fokkens |
Research technician |
| Astrid Maatman | Research technician |
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Bianca van Rijkom |
Research technician |
| Rutger Modderman | Research technician |
Genome Analysis Facility |
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Prof. R.H. Sijmons, Head of Development and Innovation section |
Facility manager, Email R.H.Sijmons@umcg.nl |
| Cleo van Diemen | Coordinator of Next-Generation Sequencing service |
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Jelkje Bergsma |
Technician |
Scientific editors |
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| Kate Mc Intyre, PhD | Editor and webmaster |
| Laatst gewijzigd: | 10 februari 2022 15:16 |