Group members
Group members
Group members
Jingxi Zhu, MSc
Jing Miao, MSc
Amanda Pronk, BSc
Research Technician
Salwa Afkir, BSc
Research Technician
Reshma Lalai, BSc
Research Technician
Trea Streefland
Research Technician
Past group members
• Rosa van den Berg (PhD defense 2017-10: Greased lighting: implications of circadian lipid metabolism for cardiometabolic health)
• Andrea van Dam (PhD defense 2017-10: Inflamed fat: immune modulation of adipose tissue and lipid metabolism)
• Geerte Hoeke (PhD defense 2018-05: A fatty battle: towards identification of novel genetic targets to comBAT cardiometabolic diseases)
• Lauren Tambyrajah (PhD studentship terminated 2018-02)
• Kimberly Nahon (PhD defense 2018-11: Combatting metabolic disease. Ethnic aspects, mechanisms and novel treatment strategies)
• Eline Kuipers (PhD defense 2019-09: Dietary modulation of adipose tissue and cardiometabolic health)
• Jimmy Berbée, PhD (2020-04 † )
• Maaike Schilperoort (PhD defense 2020-09: It’s about time: circadian rhythm and metabolism)
• Laura Janssen (PhD defense 2021-01: Cardiometabolic disease in South Asians: risk factors and therapeutic strategies)
• Lisanne Blauw (postdoc contract until 2021-02)
• Marcelo Ribeiro (postdoc contract until 2021-02)
• Enchen Zhou (PhD defense 2021-04: Novel pathways in cholesterol metabolism to combat cardiometabolic diseases)
• Zhuang Li (PhD defense 2021-04: From gut to brain: novel therapeutic strategies to combat obesity-associated cardiometabolic diseases)
• Minke Rijpkema (contract until 2022-01)
• Marina Barros (postdoc contract until 2022-01)
• Maaike Straat (PhD defense 2023-03: Modulating energy metabolism. Pathophysiological aspects and novel interventions)
• Wietse In het Panhuis (PhD defense 2023-04: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Interplay between sex, age, and circadian rhythm)
• Cong Liu (PhD defense 2023-05: Targeting inter-organ cross-talk in cardiometabolic disease)
• Huub van Eyk (PhD defense 2023-06: GLP-1 receptor agonism to improve cardiometabolic health)
• Leonard Pelgrom (postdoc contract until 2023-07)
• Aashley Sardjoe Mishre (PhD defense 2023-09 Non-invasive assessment of human brown adipose tissue: development of robust imaging methods to facilitate clinical translation)
• Zhixiong Ying (PhD defense 2023-12: Novel strategies to investigate lipoprotein metabolism and combat cardiometabolic disease)
• Hetty Sips (2024-06 † )