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Roermond, LI, NL

Geleen, Limburg, Nederland

Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

At the Biotechnology Solutions department of MSD animal health I was involved in the upscaling of new viral vaccine production. For which I worked with both CHO and HEK cell lines, which were cultured from small scale shake flasks up until 50L bioreactor. The main aim of my research was towards optimizing bioreactor conditions to achieve the best yields.

Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

The work at LivingMed Biotech was directed to engineering bacteria to produce nanobodies and cytokines to target the hypoxic environment of tumors. Work during these months included the construction of plasmids using techniques like PCR, digestion, linear ligation and Golden Gate assembly. Integration of genes of interest into bacterial chromosomes was.

Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

In the Central Diagnostics lab, my work involved the analysis of tryptase levels in blood samples using immunoCAP tryptase on the Phadia 250 system. However, most work focused on data analysis, mainly utilizing Bhattacharya analysis to determine baseline and elevated tryptase levels.

Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

For this internship I worked with professional female cyclists, to identify whether the absolute top used different training methods than the other cyclists. For this, training data of the athletes was analysed to see diferences in intensity and duration of training sessions. Also, VO2 max tests were perfomed and crosschecked to see if the VO2 max could.

Master'S Degree, Biomedical Sciences, General

Thesis: Clostridium as an innovative cancer treatment Specialization: Inflammation and Pathophysiology

Bachelor'S Degree, Health Sciences

Thesis: Difference in training between world class and high level cyclists Specialization: Biology and Health