Academic appointments:

2010-

Associate professor

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Research is focussed on the loss and gain of (puri)potency in germ cells, early embryos and stem cells.

2003-2010     

Assistant professor, Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Postdoctoral training

2002-2003     

Postdoctoral researcher, Division of Cellular Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam the Netherlands. Group Peter ten Dijke

2001-2002     

Postdoctoral researcher, Renal Unit,  Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA. Group Herbert Y. Lin

1997-2000     

Junior researcher, Hubrecht Laboratory, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Groups Jacqueline Deschamps and Kirstie Lawson.

International work visits:

1995                           

Visiting scientist, Wellcome CRC Institute for Cancer and Developmental Biology, Cambridge UK. Group Anne McLaren

PhD degree:

1993-1997      

Hubrecht Laboratory, Utrecht

Promotor: Siegfried de Laat; copromotor: Christine Mummery

Thesis titel: TGF-βs and their receptors in mammalian development

Education:

1986-1992      

MSc Biology, Utrecht University