Team
Principle investigator
Team
Lara Holtes
Position PhD-student 2023 - 2027
Topic The genetic and epigenetic characterization of structural variants underlying retinitis pigmentosa type 17
Tabea Riepe, MSc
Position PhD candidate 2020-2024
Topic Improvement of splice prediction in the retina by deep learning methods
Kim Rodenburg, MSc
Position PhD candidate 2022-2026
Topic Long read sequencing approaches to unravel dominant inherited retinal diseases
Suzanne de Bruijn, PhD
Position Post-doc June 2021-
Position PhD candidate March 2017-May 2021
PhD defense 18 February 2022
Topic Solving the unsolved sensory diseases by combining transcriptome sequencing of sensory progenitor cells and whole genome sequencing
Rebekkah Hitti-Malin, PhD
Position Post-doc August 2020-
Topic Underlying genetic causes in macular dystrophies through a smMIPs based approach
Alumni
Emma van Berkel
Position Research Intern
Period February 2020 - July 2020 March 2023 - December 2023
María Rodriguez-Hildalgo
Position Guest PhD-student
Period June 2022 - November 2022
Janine Reurink
Position PhD candidate June 2018 - August 2022
Topic Identification and treatment of non-coding USH2A variants
PhD defense 6 April 2023
Current position Postdoc deafness genetics, group of Prof. Hannie Kremer, Radboudumc
Zeinab Fadaie-van Gestel, PhD
Position PhD-candidate July 2017-June 2021
Topic Identification of non-canonical and deep-intronic splice defects underlying inherited retinal disease
PhD defense 17 November 2021
Current position Postdoc Tytgat-lab, Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology
Victor de Jager, MSc
Position Bioinformatician
Topic Whole genome sequencing in unexplained IRD cases as well as the identification of modifier variants in Stargardt disease
Current position Teaching position at the Wageningen University & Research
Sanne Verbakel, MD, PhD
Position PhD candidate 2015-2019
Topic Inherited retinal diseases; studies on genotype, phenotype and treatment
PhD defense 13 December 2019
Current position Ophthalmologist in training, Radboudumc
Femke Bults, BSc
Position Research technician
Period October 2018 - June 2020
Current position Research technician, Department of Translational Metabolic Laboratory
