HG (Gerben) de Zwaan
Promovendus2022 - Now: PhD student in Thijs Ettema's Microbial Evolution lab, working on cell extraction methods, targeted isolation and live cell imaging of novel uncultured archaea.
2019 - 2022: MSc (Cellular and Molecular) Biotechnology at Wageningen University:
- Internship: Development and Optimization of FISH tools to target microbial symbiotic systems at NIOZ with Dr. Laura Villanueva and Dr. Anja Spang
- Thesis: Immunomodulation of chicken macrophages using bacteriophages and feed components at Cell biology and Immunology @ WUR with Dr. Edwin Tijhaar and Paulina Krzysica, MSc.
2014 - 2018: Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Life Sciences: Biomolecular Research
- Internship: Understanding the role of TBL1x in DNA damage response.
at the UMC Utrecht, Molecular Cancer Research division, Burgering Lab with Dr. Sabina van Doeselaar. - Internship: The effect of the nutritional state of Nematostella vectensis on Insulin/Tor signaling and transcription. at the Sars international Center (Bergen, Norway) with Dr. Patrick Steinmetz and Anja Kirschbauer, MSc.