Academic appointments:

2010-

Associate professor

Department of Farm Animal Health, Department of Equine Sciences, 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