Jan Wijnholds – Head

foto Jan Wijnholds Jan is principle investigator at the LUMC Department of Ophthalmology, coordinated the CRB1 Gene Therapy program and EU consortia studying the mechanistic functions of CRB1. He published 105 original publications (and 6 other) that were cited more than 9400 times.                                          Rossella Valenzano - PhD Student

RossellaRossella is PhD student at the LUMC Dept Ophthalmology working on USH2A retinal organoids using CRISPR/Cas and viral vectors                                                                     Charlotte Andriessen – Research Assistant

charlotte andriessenCharlotte is research assistant at the Department of Ophthalmology, is an expert on iPS retinal organoids and animal studies, and works on CRB1 and ABCA4 retinal gene therapy.                                            Vaishnavy Karthikeyan - PhD student

image VaishnaviVaishnavi is PhD student at the LUMC Dept Opthalmology working on iPS retinal organoids and suppression of retinal degeneration.                       Andy McDonald – PhD student

Andy McDonald 3Andy is PhD student at the Department of Ophthalmology and studies the functions of RPGR and ABCA4 in human iPSC-derived retina e.g. by CRISPR/Cas gene editing.                Xuefei Lu - Research Associate 

Xuefei LuDr Xuefei Lu is research associate at the Department of Ophthalmology and works on CRB1 gene therapy, and is an expert on Adenovirus associated virus (AAV) technology, and iPS derived retina technology.                                          Yiheng Wang – PhD student

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Yiheng is PhD student at the Department of Ophthalmology and works on gene editing. 

Simin Cheng – PhD student

 Photo Simin ChengSimin is PhD student at the Department of Ophthalmology and works on gene editing.

 

 

FORMER TEAM MEMBERS

Postdocs:

- Wendy Aartsen, PhD, 2004-2010
- Svetlana Alexeeva, PhD, 2002-2004
- Henrique Alves, PhD, 2016-2018
- Jeroen Dudok, PhD, 2009-2014
- Carmen Gallego, PhD, 2020-2022
- Robert Hoek, PhD, 2008-2013
- Ditte Lundvig, PhD, 2008-2011
- Anna Malysheva, PhD, 2002-2004
- Jan Meuleman, PhD, 2002-2004
- Bokyung Park, PhD, 2008-2011
- Lucie Pellissier, PhD, 2009-2014
- Koen van Cleef, PhD, 2006-2009
- Serge van de Pavert, PhD, 2002-2005
- Agnes G. van Rossum, PhD, 2004-2006

PhD students:

- Nanda Boon, PhD, 2018-2022
- Thilo Buck, PhD, 2015-2021
- Pete Quinn, PhD, 2011-2019
- Henrique Alves, PhD, 2009-2014
- Albena Kantardzhieva, PhD, 2001-2005
- Michaela Orlova, MSc, 2018-2019
- Alicia Sanz Sanz, MSc, 2005-2008

 Research Assistants:

- Carla Neefjes-Mol, BAS, 2000-2002
- Inge Versteeg, BAS, 2002-2007
- Rogier Vos, BAS, 2006-2015
- Dounia Willemsen, BAS, 2004-2005

Students/Trainees (year; daily co-supervisor):
â–ºVinod Adhin (MLO 2010; Robert Hoek)
â–ºHuda Ali (MLO 2008; Koen van Cleef)
â–ºHind Almushattat (MSc 2018; Thilo Buck)
â–ºRousjan Amir (MLO 2013/14; Lucie Pellissier)
â–ºRousjan Amir (HLO 2018/19; Nanda Boon/Michaela Orlová)
â–ºLydianne Antonia (MLO 2009; Ditte Lundvig)
â–ºMomna Aslam (MLO 2014; Lucie Pellissier)
â–ºMacha Beijnen (HLO 2017/2018; Henrique Alves)

â–ºFabio Bigini (MSc 2022; Andy McDonald)
â–ºJesse Boesveld (MSc 2012; Robert Hoek)
â–ºArend Boogaard (HLO 2019/20; Nanda Boon)
â–ºLisa-Milou Bouma (MLO 2012; Henrique Alves)
â–ºAb van der Brink (MLO 2008; Wendy Aartsen)
â–ºChristine Brussel (MLO 2010; Henrique Alves)
â–ºThilo Buck (MSc 2014; Lucie Pellissier)
â–ºMarjet Dirks (MSc 2013; Peter Quinn)
â–ºClarisse Dondogori (MLO 2014/15; Pete Quinn)
â–ºYacintha van Doorn (HLO 2017/18; Thilo Buck)

â–ºMohamed El Kandoussi (MLO 2021/22; Charlotte Andriessen/Xuefei Lu/Carmen Gallego)
â–ºMoira Goeman (MLO 2015; Pete Quinn)
â–ºIswariyaraja Sridevi Gurubaran (MSc 2011; Henrique Alves)
â–ºNynke van de Haar (MLO 2017/18; Henrique Alves)
â–ºPenny Hartsuiker (MLO 2010/11; Lucie Pellissier/Ditte Lundvig)

â–ºLars Haver (HLO 2020/2021; Nanda Boon)
â–ºMarco Heuvelman (MLO 2014; Lucie Pellissier)
â–ºThalisha ten Holt (MLO 2012; Lucie Pellissier)
â–ºDanique Honders (MLO 2014/15; Pete Quinn)
â–ºMathilde Hoogerwerf (MLO 2012; Lucie Pellissier)
â–ºRein Hoogstraaten (MSc 2013; Henrique Alves)
â–ºJairo Hulshof (MSc 2015; Pete Quinn)
â–ºAaron Jansen (MLO 2012; Rogier Vos)
â–ºNienke de Jonge (BSc 2011; Robert Hoek)
â–ºAlwin Kamermans (MLO 2007; Wendy Aartsen)
â–ºMees Kamps (MLO 2018/19; Henrique Alves/Michaela Orlova)
â–ºChristian Kerker (BSc 2011; Lucie Pellissier)
â–ºRob van Kollenburg (BSc 2010/11; Robert Hoek)
â–ºMartijn Koomen (MLO 2017/18; Thilo Buck)

â–ºDanielle Koot (BSc 2020; Thilo Buck)
â–ºNienke Koot (HLO 2010; Bokyung Park)
â–ºNienke Koot (HLO 2017; Henrique Alves)
â–ºOswald Kraaikamp (MLO 2012; Lucie Pellissier)
â–ºNiels Land (MLO 2008; Koen van Cleef)
â–ºChelsey Linnenbank (HLO 2018/19; Nanda Boon) & research assistant summer 2019
â–ºSarina Maigoda (MLO 2015/16 Pete Quinn; 2016/17 Thilo Buck)
â–ºNaoual Markouch (MLO 2011/12; Robert Hoek/Rogier Vos)
â–ºEline Nagel (MLO 2016/17; Pete Quinn)
â–ºMoniek Nieuwendijk (MLO 2013; Henrique Alves)
â–ºCharlotte Ohonin (BSc 2015/16; Pete Quinn)
â–ºArman Özçelik (MLO 2012/13; Rogier Vos)
â–ºMaxime Peters (MLO 2013/14; Rogier Vos)
â–ºRawien Ramdien (MLO 2014; Pete Quinn/Rogier Vos)
â–ºAriadna Rocha Sierra (MLO 2019/2020; Thilo Buck)
â–ºEsmee Romero (MLO 2008; Wendy Aartsen)
â–ºAnna Ryjkova (MLO 2009; Wendy Aartsen)
â–ºFeline Spiering (MLO 2011/12; Lucie Pellissier)
â–ºPanwasa Suriya (HLO 2011/12; Jeroen Dudok)
â–ºFadime Üzel (MLO 2010; Henrique Alves)

â–ºSuzanne Veltkamp (MSc 2021; Nanda Boon)

â–ºRoel Verhoeff (MLO 2020/21; Thilo Buck)

â–ºIlse Voshart (MLO 2018/19; Thilo Buck)
â–ºAyse Nur Yilmaz (HLO 2015/16; Pete Quinn/Thilo Buck)

â–ºRutger van Zoeren (MLO 2019/20; Nanda Boon)
â–ºSteven Zuidam (HLO 2022/23; Xuefei Lu/Charlotte Andriessen)

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