Carlijn (C.) Voermans PhD
Training
Cell biology, hematopoiesis and transplantation biology
Thesis
Migration of human hematopoietic progenitor cells
Promotor: Prof D. Roos, PhD and Prof A.E.G.Kr von dem Borne, MD PhD
co-promotors: Prof C.E. van der Schoot, MD, PhD en Dr. W.R. Gerritsen, MD PhD
Maart 2001
Research interests
Projects are focused on bone marrow micro-environment; i.e. hematopoietic stem cell regeneration, megakaryocytopoiesis, mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) migration and the development of new cellular therapies
Technology
- Selection and culturing of CD34+ cells
- In vitro adhesion/migration assays
- Lentiviral transduction of CD34+ cells
- Micro-array
- Flowcytometry
- rt-PCR
- Isolation and culturing of MSC
- In vivo analysis of stem cell homing
Resume
| 2006-present | Senior scientist/head of Laboratory for Stem Cell transplantation of Sanquin Research, Amsterdam |
| 2004-2005 | Postdoctoral fellow at Duke University Medical Center, dept Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Durham (NC), USA at the laboratory of Dr. T. Reya |
| 2001-2004 | Postdoctoral fellow/head of laboratory for Stem Cell transplantation of Sanquin Research Amsterdam |
| 1996-2000 | PhD student at Dept of Experimental Immunohematology, CLB/ SanquinAmsterdam and the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Dept of Medical Oncology Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Research project: Migration of human hematopoietic progenitor cells |
| 1995-1996 | Research fellow at the Nelson Institute of environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Centre Tuxedo (NY), USA |
| 1989-1995 | University of Amsterdam, Medical Biology |
