dr. C. (Cyril) Moers

Transplant Surgeon / Tenure Track researcher

Faculty of Medical Sciences

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c.moers umcg.nl

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Research interests

Dr. Cyril Moers is transplant surgeon and researcher in the UMCG. His recent research has covered a whole spectrum of clinical and pre-clinical studies in kidney transplantation, focusing on interventions before or during organ preservation to better conserve organ quality and to quantify the impact that donor characteristics have on post-transplant outcome. He was secretary of the scientific steering committee of the international Machine Preservation Trial and authored several key publications on this topic, two of which appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine. His line of research now focuses on pre-transplant organ resuscitation and evaluation, for which he has been awarded a Kolff junior postdoc grant, a ZonMw Klinische Fellows grant and an Innovation Grant from the Dutch Kidney Foundation.

Publications

Comparable outcomes for old, older, and very old deceased donors in old kidney transplant recipients

de Boer, S. E., Tegzess, E., Kremer, D., Bemelman, F. J., Christiaans, M. H. L., Hilbrands, L. B., de Vries, A. P. J., de Vries, D. K., van de Wetering, J., Kimenai, H. J. A. N., van Zuilen, A. D., Moers, C., Berger, S. P. & Sanders, J.-S. F., 10-Jan-2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: American Journal of Transplantation.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Dose Heterogeneity in Transarterial Radioembolization after Fractional Administration of Holmium Microspheres: A Study in Perfused Human Tumor-Bearing Liver Explants under MR Imaging

van den Brekel, A., de Vries, K., Lantinga, V. A., Snoeijink, T. J., Gerritsen, A., Boswinkel, M., Roosen, J., Arranja, A. G., van den Heuvel, M. C., Moers, C., Fütterer, J. J., de Jong, K. P., de Meijer, V. E., Ruiter, S. J. S. & Nijsen, J. F. W., May-2026, In: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 37, 5, 10 p., 108571.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Optimizing Prolonged (6 h) Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Donor Kidneys (PROPER Study)

Arykbaeva, A. S., Lantinga, V. A., van Leeuwen, L. L., Engelse, M., Rabelink, T. J., Kers, J., Doppenberg, J. B., Huurman, V. A. L., Pol, R. A., Minnee, R. C., Leuvenink, H. G. D., Ploeg, R. J., Moers, C., de Vries, D. K. & Alwayn, I. P. J., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Artificial Organs.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Biomarkers in Ex Vivo Kidney Perfusion: A Shift Toward Omics Diagnostics

Lantinga, V. A., van Tricht, I. M., Leuvenink, H. G. D., Hosgood, S. A. & Moers, C., Mar-2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Transplantation. 110, 3, 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Cold Perfusion vs. Static Cold Storage of Deceased-Donor Kidneys - at 10 Years

Machine Preservation Trial Study Group, Schutter, R., Moers, C., Jochmans, I., Gallinat, A., Paul, A., Treckmann, J., Pirenne, J., Monbaliu, D., Strelniece, A., Tieken, I., Vogelaar, S., Rahmel, A., Leuvenink, H. G. D. & Ploeg, R. J., 6-Nov-2025, In: The New England journal of medicine. 393, 18, p. 1859-1861 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter (Research letter) › Academic › peer-review

Impact of device variability and protocol differences on kidney function during normothermic machine perfusion: A comparative study using porcine and human kidneys

Lantinga, V. A., Arykbaeva, A. S., Spraakman, N. A., Blom, E. W. P., Huijink, T. M., de Vries, D. K., Ploeg, R. J., Alwayn, I. P. J., Leuvenink, H. G. D., Moers, C. & van Leeuwen, L. L., Jan-2025, In: Artificial Organs. 49, 1, p. 93-107 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Improving outcomes in kidney transplantation through advances in donor organ perfusion

COPE consortium, Hunter, J., Hosgood, S., Moers, C., Leuvenink, H., Rabelink, T. J. & Ploeg, R., Dec-2025, In: Nature Reviews Nephrology. 21, p. 818–832 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Kidney Metabolism During Normothermic Machine Perfusion Differs Substantially From In Vivo Conditions

Ogurlu, B., van Furth, L. A., Zuo, Y., Hamelink, T. L., van Klinken, J. B., Pamplona, C. C., Bennedsgaard, S. S., van Leeuwen, L. L., Lantinga, V. A., Qi, H., Pool, M. B. F., Vendrell, I., Kessler, B. M., Fischer, R., Lin, L., Luo, Y., Jespersen, B., van Dijk, K. W., Bakker, B. M.& Pietzner, M., Leuvenink, H. G. D., Keller, A. K. & Moers, C., 3-Dec-2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Transplantation.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Machine-Learning-Based Activity Tracking for Individual Pig Monitoring in Experimental Facilities for Improved Animal Welfare in Research

Deutch, F., Weiss, M. G., Wagner, S. R., Hansen, L. S., Larsen, F., Figueiredo, C., Moers, C. & Keller, A. K., Feb-2025, In: Sensors. 25, 3, 21 p., 785.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

P.24: DonorLines: A prospective cohort- and biobank study of deceased organ donors in the Netherlands.

Dielwart, B., Posthumus, A. M., Jonker, J., Knoester, M., Moers, C., Leuvenink, H. G. D., Sanders, J. S. F., Bakker, S. J. L. & Pol, R. A., Dec-2025, In: Transplantation. 109, 12S, p. S120-S120

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review