MSc Students

Antoine Gleizes
Antoine Gleizes
After having worked in our laboratory as a MSc student in 2018, Antoine is back to the University of Montpellier, France, where he will work at his PhD project entitled "Role of the transcriptional factor RIP140 in the regulation of stemness and drug resistance of colon cancer cells" in Vincent Cavaillès’ laboratory.

https://ircm.fr/index.php?pagendx=118&project=crcm_en
Caterina Purini
Caterina Purini
Caterina Purini worked in Riccardo’s laboratory from August 2012 to September 2013 as a MSc student.

Currently, she is Head of Communications and Public Relations at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL) in Vienna, Austria.
www.mfpl.ac.at
Danny Feijtel
Danny Feijtel
Danny Feijtel currently works at the departments of Molecular Genetics and Radiology & Nuclear Medicine of the Erasmus MC as a PhD student.

His current projects focus on the radiobiology of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in neuroendocrine cancer.
Davide Roaschio
Davide Roaschio
Davide Roaschio joined Riccardo´s laboratory for his 6-months MSc “MolMed” internship, when he characterized and studied tumours of the gastrointestinal tract.

After completing his research MSc degree at Erasmus MC, Davide is now responsible for the R&D department of Loewe Biochemica, a leading company in the field of plant pathogen diagnostics.
Juanjiangmeng Du
Juanjiangmeng Du
Juanjiangmeng Du worked in Riccardo's lab from 2010 to 2012 as an MSc student from the Molecular Medicine program.

She carried out a MSc thesis project on the role of the transcription factor TCF7L1 in colorectal carcinogenesis and the feedback loop between TCF7L1 and the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.

Currently, she is about to finish her PhD in genomics under the supervision of Prof. Peter Nürnberg in Cologne Center for Genomics/ CECAD in the University of Cologne.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanjiangmeng-du

 
Mario Román Cabezas
Mario Román Cabezas
After having successfully defended his MSc thesis in Molecular Medicine, our Mario Román Cabezas is back to Spain to study to become a Medical Biologist (i.e. studying for entry exam for Biology/Biochemistry Residency, Spanish Specialised Health Care “Biólogo Interno Residente, Formación Sanitaria Especializada”).

His MSc work has also been published!
Cell Death Dis 14, 337 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-023-05857-2
Marti Borkent
Marti Borkent
Marti Borkent joined the lab in 2008 as a MSc student from the Molecular Medicine program. During her 6 months internship, she studied the role of b-catenin signaling in cancer stem cells.

After completing her MSc, Marti joined Konrad Hochedlinger’s lab in Boston, MA, to do her PhD research that she hopes to soon finalize.

Currently, she is completing her medical degree at the Erasmus MC.
Martin Watson
Martin Watson
Martin Watson was in Riccardo's lab from 2011 to 2012 where he worked at his MSc thesis on in vitro and in vivo tumorigenic potential of human CRC cell lines. He then carried on as a research technician, until 2013.

Martin is currently working at the Stavanger University Hospital (Norway), department of Research (Gastrointestinal Translational Research Unit).
Medine Cansoy
Medine worked in Riccardo`s lab as MSc student from 2011 until 2012. Her work concerned on the relation between IL-6 on chemotherapy resistance of endometrial cancer stem cells.

Later on she continued as a PhD student until 2014.
Myrrhe van Spronsen
Myrrhe van Spronsen
Myrrhe was in Riccardo’s laboratory from February 2005 to August 2005. She investigated the role of the APC gene in chromosomal instability, which was a project for her Molecular Medicine MSc thesis.

Thereafter, she completed a master in Neuroscience and did a PhD with Prof. Casper Hoogenraad in Neurobiology, followed by a post doc at Yale (US) and UCL (UK) with Prof. James Rothman (Nobelprize 2013) to study the mechanisms of neuropsychiatric diseases.

Myrrhe received several scientific awards among which the Dutch Neuroscience Thesis Award. Currently, she is combining a clinical and scientific career in Psychiatry at the UMC Utrecht.
Rebecca van Dorsten-Wakabayashi
Rebecca van Dorsten-Wakabayashi
Rebecca van Dorsten-Wakabayashi did her Molecular Medicine MSc thesis in Riccardo’s laboratory from 2012 till 2013.

At the moment she is doing a PhD in HIV Virology in the laboratory led by Prof. Lynn Morris and Prof. Penny Moore in at the NICD in Johannesburg South Africa, affiliated with Witwatersrand University.
Tânia Martins Garcia
Tânia Martins Garcia
Tânia Garcia was in Riccardo’s laboratory from September 2014 to August 2015. She investigated the role of cKit receptor in the gut stem cell niche, project for her Molecular Medicine MSc thesis.

Nowadays, Tânia is a PhD candidate at Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, at the AMC in Amsterdam.
Wiktoria Szymańska
Wiktoria Szymańska
After having successfully defended her MSc thesis in Molecular Medicine, Wiktoria Szymanska has now joined Bristol Myers Squibb as a Manufacturing Associate in Leiden, The Netherlands.

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