Current Members
Dr. Annemarie Boleij
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Associates
Prof. dr. Iris Nagtegaal
Iris is a pathologist specialized in gastrointestinal pathology. She is the chair of our research theme and group leader of the colorectal cancer research group.
Prof. dr. Bas Dutilh
Bas is a biofinformatician specialized in metagenomics. We have a long standing collaboration with his metagenomics group and co-supervise multiple PhD-students.
Dr. Daniel Garza
Daniel is a bioinformatician specialized in metabolic models. He obtained his PhD, and worked as postdoc in our group to understand microbiome function in colon cancer.
Dr. Tanya Bisseling
Tanya is a gastroenterologist specialized in hereditary syndromes and colorectal cancer screening, involved in patient inclusion and part of our multidisciplinary team.
Previous Members
Graduated PhD 2023
Carlijn Bruggeling
Carlijns PhD-research focussed on colon bacterial biofilms and their role in neoplasia development in patients with Lynch syndrome and ulcerative colitis.
Graduated PhD 2022
Rahwa Taddese
Rahwa's PhD-research focused on bacteria enriched in the tumour microenvironment and their impact on colon epithelial cells.
Graduated PhD 2020
Daniel Garza
Daniels PhD-research focussed on the application of genomic scale metabolic models to explore microbial ecology and evolution.