Postdocs

Federico Berto, postdoc

f.berto@tudelft.nl

Affiliation:Delft University of Technology, Delft
Supervision:Carlas Smith
Project title:Innovative light-sheet microscopy for live imaging of organoids

Keywords:

computational imaging, smart microscopy, super resolution, quantitative imaging, image analysis

Work package involvement:

TechWP1.1 Subcellular live-imaging in transparent tissue
TechWP2.2 Automated control of microscopy
TechWP2.4 Automated control of biology 


Stijn den Daas, postdoc

Stijn.denDaas@radboudumc.nl

Affiliation:Radboudumc, Nijmegen
Supervision:Peter Friedl
Project title:Drugs and molecular interventions in tumour models in vitro and in vivo

Keywords:

tumour biology, intravital microscopy, drugs in action, cytoskeleton

Work package involvement:

BioWP1.3 Cell migration: self-organisation during tissue rearrangement
BioWP2.2 Tissue self-organisation gone awry: cancer initiation and progression
BioWP2.3 Immunological cell clearance in regeneration and cancer
BioWP3.1 Drug effects on tissues at the cellular and subcellular level
BioWP3.2 Interrogation and validation of drug mechanisms
TechWP1.2 Deeper live-imaging in mice
TechWP1.5 Label-free sensing strategies for drugs and biomarkers


Eike Mahlandt, postdoc

e.mahlandt@nki.nl

Affiliation:Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
Supervision:Jacco van Rheenen
Project title:

Optogenetics and genetically encoded reporters to image cancer progression in vivo
Keywords:optogenetics,  intravital imaging, T-cells

Work package involvement:

BioWP1.1 Cell proliferation and renewal: self-organisation at the tissue level
BioWP1.3 Cell migration: self-organisation during tissue rearrangement
BioWP2.1 Normal tissue repair: de-differentiation, cell division, cell migration
BioWP2.2 Tissue self-organisation gone awry: cancer initiation and progression
BioWP3.1 Drug effects on tissues at the cellular and subcellular level
BioWP3.2 Interrogation and validation of drug mechanisms
TechWP1.2 Deeper live-imaging in mice
TechWP1.3 Quantitative imaging with sensors across systems
TechWP1.5 Label-free sensing strategies for drugs and biomarkers 


Joyce Meiring, postdoc

j.c.m.meiring@uu.nl

Affiliation:Utrecht University, Utrecht
Supervision:Anna Akhmanova
Project title:

Illuminating the role of microtubules in 3D mesenchymal migration

Keywords:cytoskeleton, 3D migration, drugs in action

Work package involvement:

BioWP1.3 Cell migration: self-organisation during tissue rearrangement
BioWP3.1 Drug effects on tissues at the cellular and subcellular level
BioWP3.2 Interrogation and validation of drug mechanisms


Josiah Passmore, postdoc

j.b.passmore@uu.nl

Affiliation:Utrecht University, Utrecht
Supervision:Lukas Kapitein
Project title:

Automated Optogenetic Control of Cellular Dynamics

Keywords:optogenetics, smart microscopy

Work package involvement:

BioWP1.2 Cell differentiation: subcellular self-organisation and emergence of specialized cell functions
BioWP1.3 Cell migration: self-organisation during tissue rearrangement
TechWP1.1 Subcellular live-imaging in transparent tissue
TechWP1.4 Innovative labelling strategies for Expansion Microscopy
TechWP2.1 Real-time data analysis
TechWP2.2 Automated control of microscopy
TechWP2.3 Innovative actuation strategies
TechWP2.4 Automated control of biology


Bas Ponsioen, postdoc

b.ponsioen@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation:UMCU, Utrecht
Supervision:Hugo Snippert
Project title:

New strategies to calibrate FRET biosensors in 3D tissue models

Keywords:biosensors, FRET, organoids, drug response

Work package involvement:

BioWP2.1 Normal tissue repair: de-differentiation, cell division, cell migration
BioWP2.2 Tissue self-organisation gone awry: cancer initiation and progression
BioWP3.1 Drug effects on tissues at the cellular and subcellular level
BioWP3.2 Interrogation and validation of drug mechanisms
TechWP1.3 Quantitative imaging with sensors across systems
TechWP2.1 Real-time data analysis


João Ramalho, postdoc

j.m.deamildacostajacobramalho@uu.nl

Affiliation:Utrecht University, Utrecht
Supervision:Sander van den Heuvel
Project title:

Optogenetic control of cell division and cell fate in C. elegans

Keywords:C. elegans, cell differentiation, optogenetics

Work package involvement:

BioWP1.1 Cell proliferation and renewal: self-organisation
TechWP1.4 Innovative labelling strategies for Expansion Microscopy
TechWP2.3 Innovative actuation strategies
TechWP2.4 Automated control of biology


Maaruthy Yelleswarapu, postdoc

v.s.m.k.yelleswarapu@tue.nl

Affiliation:Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven
Supervision:Federica Eduati
Project title:

Plug based microfluidics and drug effects on cancer patient cells

Keywords:microfluidics, drugs in action, tumour biology

Work package involvement:

BioWP2.3 Immunological cell clearance in regeneration and cancer
BioWP3.1 Drug effects on tissues at the cellular and subcellular level
BioWP3.2 Interrogation and validation of drug mechanisms  


ECR committee
Wei Zhao, postdoc

w.zhao@prinsesmaximacentrum.nl

Affiliation:Princess Máxima Centre, Utrecht
Supervision:Anne Rios
Project title:


Deciphering ‘on-the-fly’ the functional behaviour of T-cell based cancer immunotherapy

Keywords:software development, immune cells, image analysis

Work package involvement:

BioWP2.2 Tissue self-organisation gone awry: cancer initiation and progression  BioWP2.3 Immunological cell clearance in regeneration and cancer
TechWP2.1 Real-time data analysis
TechWP2.2 Automated control of microscopy
TechWP2.4 Automated control of biology