Travel grant

Research Principles of research Grants and awards

Acknowledging excellence

To acknowledge the excellence of our scientists and to stimulate them to further their career, Radboudumc and its research institutes annually grant several awards and subsidies. Furthermore, our scientists also receive prestigious national and international awards and subsidized grants.

A selection

With over 4,000 researchers at Radboudumc, there is so much happening. Here a selection of the grants and subsidies awarded to our researchers.

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Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO

European Research Council ERC

Spinoza Prize

The NWO Spinoza Prize is known as the "Dutch Nobel Prize". It is a mark of honor and a stimulus for further research. see laureates

Other external grants and awards

Charity foundations

Radboud Institute for Health Sciences

John Graunt Award

Since 2016, the Radboud Institute for Health Sciences honors an outstanding scientist every two years for their extraordinary achievements in one of the population sciences.

Richard Grol Visiting Scientist Award

The Radboud Institute for Health Sciences honors a foreign researcher or teacher with the Richard Grol Visiting Scientist Award.

4 year PhD positions

To stimulate innovative health sciences research, a number of PhD positions are annually available within RIHS. In 2020 funding will be made available for 6 Junior Researcher projects.

RIHS PhD Award

The RIHS PhD Award is annually awarded to the best thesis within the RIHS.

RIHS Science Award

The RIHS Science Award is annually awarded to the best peer-reviewed scientific publication within RIHS.

RIHS Societal Impact Award

The RIHS Societal Impact Award is annually awarded to a RIHS research product with a high impact on society.

RIHS Supervisor of the year

From 2018 onwards RIHS awards the supervisor of the year.

Hans Bloemendal Medal

The Hans Bloemendal Medal is bestowed by the Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences on very prominent scientists active in a wide variety of research fields. read more

4-year PhD position

To stimulate innovative molecular life sciences research a number of PhD positions are annually available within RIMLS.

4-year PhD position

In line with our mission to generate basic knowledge in the molecular medical science and to translate this knowledge into clinical applications, into the development of diagnostics and into the treatment of patients through translational research programs, the RIMLS Institute announces the PhD round.

For more information send an email to rimls.info@radboudumc.nl or go this link.

Previous winners

Round	PhD	Supervisor	Title of project
2020		Gosse Adema	Tumor targeting bifunctional SIRPα-anti-GD2 fusion antibodies for immunotherapy of Neuroblastoma
2020		Willeke Daamen	Spatiotemporal signalling scaffolds mitigating skin fibrosis
2020		Peter-Bram 't Hoen	Prediction of tissue-specific splicing to improve diagnosis of inherited retinal diseases
2020		Joost Hoenderop	Klotho in the kidney: a hormone goddess or still a myth?
2020		Taco Kooij	Functional characterization of unique parasite-specific mitochondrial carrier
2020		Niels Riksen	Myeloid cell reprogramming in aortic valve stenosis
2020		Bert van der Reijden	Understanding transcription factor mutations in familial leukemia, neutropenia and thrombocytopenia
2020		Johan van der Vlag	The role of antigen presentation by glomerular endothelial cells in the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
2019	Felicitas Pardow	Ellen van den Bogaard	An old drug in a new jacket: towards drug repositioning of leflunomide for inflammatory skin diseases
2019		Joost Drenth	Understanding the ‘L’ in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
2019	Esther Markus-Smeets Daphne Dorst	Martin Gotthardt	Targeting activated cancer-associated fibroblasts for effective and personalized treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
2019	Negar Hassani Besheli	Sander Leeuwenburgh	Injectable, self-healing colloidal biomaterials made of cell-penetrating gelatin and mesoporous silica nanoparticles for treatment of bone infection (InsideBone)
2019	Cas van der Made	Mihai Netea	Functional genomics of primary immunodeficiencies – towards personalized medicine in PIDs
2019	Michele Schinkel	Ronald van Rij	The virome of vector mosquitoes and its effect on pathogen transmission
2019	Nikoleta Argyrou	Ronald Roepman	Targeting the tip of the cell’s antenna - how ciliary tip dysfunction drives complex phenotypes in ciliopathies
2019	Asima Abidi	Jolanda de Vries	Dendritic cells to prevent cancer: Immune responses against neoantigens after dendritic cell vaccination of Lynch syndrome.
2018	Diede van Ens	Willemijn Hobo	Harnessing the immune system in myelodysplastic syndromes: combining hypomethylating agents with dendritic cell vaccination
2018	Valentina Carotti	Joost Hoenderop	Kidney organoids as disease model to rescue Mg2+ wasting tubulopathies
2018	Simone Kersten	Alexander Hoischen	Solving the Unsolved – Integrated DNA and RNA Analysis to Unravel the Causes of Primary Immunodeficiencies
2018	Charlotte Hoogstraten	Tom Schirris	Towards a systems pharmacology approach to understand and prevent drug-induced acute kidney injury
2018	Mariolina Bruno	Frank van de Veerdonk	Identifying novel immunotherapeutic treatment strategies in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with COPD
2018	Valentina Palacio Castañeda	Wouter Verdurmen	Engineering anthrax toxin-based systems for the tumor-specific targeting of BCL-2 family proteins in ovarian cancer
2018	Tim Baltussen	Paul Verweij	How Aspergillus fumigatus escapes from azole stress
2018	Baranca Buijsers	Johan van der Vlag	Heparanase: a double-edged sword in the development of glomerulonephritis

Round	PhD	Supervisor	Title of project
2017	Massis Krekorian	Erik Aarntzen	Multimodal imaging of distinct immune cell populations with optimized nanoparticles
2017	Gijs Franken	Jeroen de Baaij	CNNM2 as a new hotspot in blood pressure regulation
2017	Elke Muntjewerff	Geert van den Bogaart	Unraveling the role of autophagy in antigen cross-presentation
2017	Ralph Maas	Harry Dolstra	Deciphering immune checkpoint pathways crippling natural killer cell immunity against cancer
2017	Marilen Benner	Irma Joosten	Lessons learned in utero: born to be alive
2017	Elianne Bulthuis	Werner Koopman	Targeting mitochondrial morphology to combat mitochondrial disease
2017	Bodine Bezemer	Ronald van Rij	Dissecting virus-host interactions in iPSC-based cell culture models for Zika and Dengue virus
2017	Cenna van Manen	Ronald Roepman	Scrutinizing disassembly of the primary cilium and its role in cell cycle regulation and ciliopathie

Round	PhD	Main applicant (fund)	Main applicant (clinic)	Title of project
2016	Suraya Elfrink	Annemiek van Spriel	Han van Krieken	Discovery of CD37 as new diagnostic biomarker in human B cell malignancies; understanding CD37-induced signaling
2016	Lisa Hetzel	Ulrich Brandt	Jan Smeitink	Mitochondrial disease mutation m.3243 A>G tRNALeu - From fundamental mechanisms to personalized biomarkers.
2016	Marlies Noz	Leo Joosten	Niels Riksen	Bad memories: trained innate immunity as a novel mechanism in atherogenesis
2016	Kathrin Rabold	Gosse Adema	Mihai Netea	Targeting the metabolic reprogramming of inflammation in tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs): a new therapeutic approach in cancer’
2016	Laura de Vries	Joost Schalkwijk	Robert Sauerwein	Targeting Plasmodium falciparum Coenzyme2A biosynthesis for clinical development of novel selective antimalarials
2016	Chao Ma	Joost Hoenderop	Bastiaan de Galan	Treatment of hypertension by inhibition of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 in diabetes type 2
2016	Estel Collado Camps	Roland Brock	Martin Gotthardt	Targeted cell-penetrating peptide-driven receptor internalization as an innovative precision medicine approach for cancer theranostics

Round	PhD	Supervisor	Title of project
2015	Elja Louer	Peter Deen	Age-related macular degeneration Sucs: from understanding to personalized therapy
2015	René van Aerts	Joost Drenth	A comprehensive, molecular approach to generate improved patient care for polycystic liver disease
2015	Roos Schellevis	Anneke den Hollander	Chronic central serous chorioretinopathy: Piecing it (back) together
2015	Lianne Beunk	Peter Friedl	Tissue-guided cancer cell invasion: molecular biophysics and implications for therapy
2015	Selma van Esveld	Martijn Huijnen	From the nucleoid to man and back
2015	Robin Nadar	Sander Leeuwenburgh	Combating bone metastases by delivering bone-seeking, theranostic platinum-based anticancer drugs
2015	Rahwa Taddese	Iris Nagtegaal	Tumor promotion or inhibition? The effect of gut bacteria on colorectal cancer
2015	Nils Rother	Johan van der Vlag	Deathly kisses: Apoptotic blebs and neutrophil extracellular traps cooperate in the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
2015	Laurens van de Wiel	Gert Vriend	A holistic approach to the analysis of genetic variation in patients
2015	Remco van Cruchten	Bé Wieringa	Ribostasis problems in degenerative disease: Understanding myotonic dystrophy pathobiology through analysis of repeat-RNA structure
2014	Jan-Hendrick Venhuizen	Peter Friedl	P120 catenin as master regulator of microenvironment-dependent plasticity of cancer cell dissemination and metastasis
2014	Sami Mohammed	Joost Hoenderop	The renal cell's antenna to regulate Ca2+ transport
2014	Rinske van Oorschot	Joop Jansen	GFI1B in megakaryocyte and platelet biology
2014	Sabrina Boer	Jack Schalken	Elongated primary transcription in prostate cancer
2013	Ideke Lamers	Heleen Arts	A genetic and functional approach to determine whether disrupted polarized exocytosis results in retina-renal ciliopathies
2013	Till Mathan	Sonja Buschow	Plasmacytoid dendritic cell anti-cancer vaccination: Unraveling the molecular and cellular mechanisms that lead to clinical success
2013	Peer Arts	Alexander Hoischen	Primary Immunodeficiencies - From genetic basis to therapeutic targets.
2013	Human Riahi	Jamie Kramer	Epigenetic regulation of transcriptional plasticity in response to environmental stimuli

Awards PhD retreat

The best lecture and poster prize is awarded annually to the best lecture presented during the annual PhD retreat.

Awards PhD retreat

The best lecture and poster prize is awarded annually to the best lecture presented during the annual PhD retreat.
For more information please send an email to: rimls.graduateschool@radboudumc.nl

Previous winners

Year	Best Lecture(s)	Best Poster	Best Debater
2019	Anique ter Braak Robin Nadar	Rutger Jan Röring	-
2018	Jorrieke Weiden Marti Boss	Felix Fennemann	-
2017	Guido van Mierlo Omar Tutakhel	Christopher Geven	-
2016	Jessie van Buggenum Paul de Jonge	Jasmijn van Kampen	-
2015	Christian Büll Katharina Becker	Sarah Weischer	-
2014	Jeroen de Baaij	René Raavé	-
2013	Joep de Ligt Sabine Klischies (best contribution from the IRB students from Barcelona)	Jorn Havinga	-
2012	Joël van Mierlo	Bonnie Nijhof	Robin van der Lee
2011	Wieteke Hoeymakers	Mirthe Erkens	Sylvie Noordermeer
2010	Jayne Hehir-Kwa	Hanka Venselaar	Renoud Marijnissen
2009	Heleen Arts	Jenny van der Wijst	-
2008	Susan Mulders	Jeroen Middelbeek	Laurens v.d. Meer
2007	Susan Mulders	Jeroen Strating	Gang Cao
2006	Esmeralda Davidson Kristopher Clark	Tsing Cheng	Azza El-Sheikh
2005	Marije Koenders	Qing Chang	Joris Robben
2004	Stan van de Graaf	Dagmar Eleveld	-

Best MSc thesis

Every year, RIMLS gives an award to the most outstanding Master's dissertation.

Best MSc thesis

The Master's thesis is a proof of the ability of a Master's student to perform scientific research and to present his/her findings in a clear and concise manner. Yearly RIMLS gives an award to the most outstanding Master's dissertation.

Nominations should be sent to rimls.info@radboudumc.nl before 1 December 2019. Nominations must be accompanied with a motivation including a (digital) copy of report.

Download criteria form.

Previous winners

Year	Winner	Title of report
2018	Eline van Houtum	Glycoengineered molecules to target the sialic acid-siglec axis in tumor immunology
2017	Anouk Becker	Novel strategy for targeted nanovaccines for cancer immunotherapy
2016	Marilen Benner	Differential effects of microbes on endometrial lymphocytes. Analysis of endometrial and placental lymphocytes and the possible role of the local microbiome
2015	Felix Fennemann	Site-directed antibody functionalization for targeted vaccination
2014	Bart van Beusekom	Re-refinement in protein structure validation
2013	Sarah Weischer	Blocking Aberrant Sialylation in Cancer Cells -A Sweet Way to Augment Anti‐Tumor Immunity
2012	Margo Dona	Dissecting the function of ninl and c20orf12 using Danio Rerio as a model organism. Two players of the Usher protein network
2011	Pascal Miessen (shared) Christian Büll (shared)	A novel microRNA inhibitor in mouse cytomegalovirus is veiled as microRNA target Acute Inflammatory Response to Mannan Provides an Activating Environment for Arthritogenic SKG T-cells
2010	Veronika te Boekhorst	Control of cancer cell invasion and nuclear deformability by nuclear lamins
2009	Anna Haeger	The role of (local) cellular NAD+-levels during glioma growth and migration
2008	-	-
2007	Hanneke Wittgen	Application of a rapid, reversible and tunable protein regulation method to regulate the expression of the Ca²⁺ channel TRPV5
2006	Anneke Navis	Characterisation of RPGRIP1 interacting proteins
2005	Elisa Börger	The development of signet ring cell differentiation in mucinous carcinomas
2004	Stanley Hato	Not available
2003	Sophia Bruggeman	Not available
2002	Mike de Bruijni	Not available
2001	-	-
2000	Pascal Duijf	Not available
1999	Christiaan de Kock	Not available
1998	Manon Zweers	Not available
1997	Erik Vossenaar	Not available

Best PhD thesis

Every year, RIMLS gives an award to the most outstanding PhD dissertation.

Best PhD thesis

The doctoral thesis is a proof of the ability of the PhD candidate to perform independent scientific research. Yearly RIMLS gives an award to the most outstanding thesis.

Nominations should be sent to rimls.info@radboudumc.nl before 1 December 2019. Group leaders are invited to propose candidates. Thesis should be defended between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2019. Nominations must be accompanied with a motivation including a (digital) copy of the thesis.

Download criteria.

Previous winners

Year	Winner	Title of thesis
2018	Mani Diba	Development of composite biomaterials with self-healing properties.
2017	Pascal Miesen	Untangling the piRNA pathway in the arbovirus vector mosquito Aedes aegypti.
2016	Kalijn Bol	Dendritic cell-based immunotherapy in melanoma
2015	Jeroen de Baaij	The Distal Convoluted Tubule: the Art of Magnesium Transport
2014	Ellen van den Bogaard	From skin development to disease pathogenesis and therapeutics - The power of 3D skin models
2013	Jurjen Tel	Plasmacytoid dendritic cells & immunotherapy of cancer
2012	Theo Plantinga	Modulation of inflammation by genetic variation in innate immunity
2011	Jenny van der Wijst	New patches in the molecular understanding of renal magnesium handling
2010	Joost Lesterhuis	Dendritic cells in cancer immunotherapy
2009	Camiel Boon	Hereditary retinal disease, Clinical and genetic studies on the role of the peripherin/RDS gene, the BEST1 gene, and the CFH gene
2008	David Koolen	Opy number variation and mental retardation
2007	Lisenka Vissers	Molecular karyotyping by array CGH. Linking gene dosage alterations to disease phenotypes
2006	Tom Neijenhuis	Epithelial Ca2+ and Mg2+ channels in health and disease
2005	Manon Zweers (shared) Toni Gabaldon (shared)	Tenascin-X. Clinical and biological aspects Origin and evolution of the mitochondrial proteome: applications for protein function prediction in the eukaryotes
2004	Edwin Janssen	Not available
2003	Ole Madsen	Not available
2002	Anneke den Hollander	Not available
2001	Jan Koenderink	Not available
2000	Joost Hoenderop	Not available
1999	Anne Lenferink	Not available
1998	Albert de Roos	Not available
1997	Lex Bakker (shared) Marcel Verbeek (shared)	Not available Not available

Best publication

Since 2011, RIMLS awards a prize for the best peer-reviewed publication annually. The publication should relate to a major scientific "breakthrough" that advances scientific understanding.

Best publication

Since 2011, RIMLS awards annualy a prize for the best peer-reviewed publication. The publication should relate to a major scientific "breakthrough" that advances scientific understanding.

Submission motivation & publication title and abstract should be sent to rimls.info@radboudumc.nl before 1 December 2019.

Download criteria and application form.

Previous winners

Year	Winner	Title of publication
2018	Florian Wimmers, et al.	Single-cell analysis reveals that stochasticity and paracrine signaling control interferon-alpha production by plasmacytoid dendritic cells.
2017	Tania Crişan, et al.	Uric acid priming in human monocytes is driven by the AKT-PRAS40 autophagy pathway.
2016	de Winde, C.M. et al	Tetraspanin CD37 protects against the development of B cell lymphoma.
2015	Weren, R. et al	A germline homozygous mutation in the base-excision repair gene NTHL1 causes adenomatous polyposis and colorectal cancer
2014	Cheng, S.C. et al	mTOR- and HIF-1α-mediated aerobic glycolysis as metabolic basis for trained immunity
2013	Habibi et al	Whole-Genome Bisulfite Sequencing of Two Distinct Interconvertible DNA Methylomes of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
2012	Bronkhorst, E. et al	The DNA virus Invertebrate iridescent virus 6 is a target of the Drosophila RNAi machinery
2011	van de Veerdonk, F. et al	STAT1 mutations in autosomal dominant chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

Master-PhD grant

Facilitating excellent students and involving research in education are key elements in the policy of the Radboud university medical center.

Master-PhD grant

Facilitating excellent students and involving research in education are key elements in the policy of the Radboud university medical center.

The Executive Board (RvB) of the Radboudumc has allocated money to give top students the opportunity to perform research as a PhD student on a self-written project.

For more information please send an email to rimls.info@radboudumc.nl

Year	Winner	Title of project
2018	Mariya Chernyavska	Adenovirus-mediated local IgA production: a novel approach for cancer immunotherapy.
2018	Eline van Houtum	Towards improvement of cancer therapy by targeting the sialic acid-Siglec axis.
2018	Julie Verhoef	Shedding a super-resolution light on mitochondrial fission during schizogony in human malaria parasites. Supervisor: Taco Kooij, theme Infectious diseases and global health.
2018	Wouter van Wegen	Flow sensing and electrolyte reabsorption in ciliary dysfunction.
2017	Anouk Becker	Back on track: Reverting immune suppression of CD1c+CD14+ dendritic cells using chemistry-based delivery systems.
2017	Mark van Goor	TRPV structure and function: mechanistic insight into the functional diversities of TRPV ion channels.
2017	Rutger Jan Röring	Single cell ‘omics approaches for the identification of monocyte subpopulations in trained immunity and tolerance.
2017	Daan Viering	Make More Mitochondria: Mitochondria as novel target in anti-hypertensive therapy.
2016	Viola Klück	From bench to bedside: unravelling inflammatory mechanisms of hyperuricemia to prevent gout and associated diseases.
2016	Julia van Tuijl	High fat diet-induced trained immunity in atherosclerosis.
2016	Laurens Verscheijden	Building a virtual child to predict drug disposition in the pediatric brain.
2016	Cansu Yanginlar	rained autoimmunity as a driver in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus.
2015	Gaby Eliesen	Handling of biologicals by human placenta and the risk of their use during pregnancy.
2015	Shokoufeh Cheheili Sobbi	The role of neuroinflammation in cognitive decline post-cardiac surgery. The FOCUS study.
2015	Jeroen Slaats	Tumor immune escape: unravelling and overcoming the immunosuppressive mechanisms and niche in melanoma.
2015	Inge Wortel	Computational reconstruction of the tumour microenvironment: towards personalized cancer immunotherapy.

Microscopic Image contest

Images made with a MIC microscope.

Microscopic Image contest

To participate submit an image and a short explanation.
Deadline to submit an image is 1 December 2019.

Please send your image and explanation to rimls.info@radboudumc.nl

Requirements:

Images are made with a MIC microscope
Images can be used to promote the MIC

Previous winners:

Year	Winner	image
2018	Leontien van der Bent

Travel grant

RIMLS travel grants are available for work-related travel (e.g. conference, work placement) expenses.

Supervisor of the year

Excellence is shown in many ways, and excellent supervision is something we should all strive for!

Supervisor of the year

Is your supervisor your superhero? Inscribe him or her to compete for the “Supervisor of the year” title! All you need to do is fill in your supervisor’s name and 3 reasons why he or she is a source of inspiration. The name of the submitter will remain anonymous. Deadline is 1 December 2018, shortly after which the three nominees will be announced. The winner will be chosen by public vote and will be announced at the New Year’s Drinks, 15 January 2019. Be creative and participate, they deserve it!

Please send your nominations to: rimls.info@radboudumc.nl

Previous winners:

Year	Winner	Theme
2018	Matthijs Kox	Infectious diseases and global health
2017	Ronald van Rij	Infectious diseases and global health

Funding and support

Are you a student or researcher at Radboudumc and do you wish to obtain a grant, national or international, for your research group or as an individual? To help you get started, we offer an overview of some of the available grants including some funded by Radboudumc. see overview

Year	Winner	Journey
2019	Cenna van Manen	€ 500 for a work placement at Karls university of Tuebingen, Germany
2019	Remco van Cruchten	€ 450 to visit the International Myotonic Dystrophy Consortium meeting, Sweden
2019	Lisanne Gommers	€ 1,000 to visit the conference Keystone Symposia Microbiome: Chemical Mechanisms and Biological Consequences, Canada
2019	Elke Muntjewerff	€ 1,000 to visit th annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists in May 2019, San Diego, USA
2019	Daan Panneman	€ 1,000 to visit the Gordon Conference on Mitochondrial Dynamics and Signaling, USA
2019	Eva-Leonne Göttgens	€ 465 to visit the 38th ESTRO meeting in Milan
2019	Georgina Flórez-Grau	€ 400 for a work placement at the Immunology Institute in Marseille, France
2019	Jorge Dominquez Andres	€ 500 to visit the Conference: 2nd Human & Translational Immunology, Greece
2018	Edyta Swider	€ 500,- to visit the ISMRM conference in Paris, France
2018	Jos Smits	€ 1000,- to visit the International Investigative Dermatology meeting in Orlando, Florida, USA
2018	Vera Dunlock	€ 700,- to visit the conference “Tetraspanin scaffolds in cancer and infectious disease” in Arizona, USA
2018	Nicole Visser	€ 1000,- for a work placement at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, USA
2018	Daphne Lobeek	€ 400,- to visit the 8'n international Symposium Sentinel Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Cancer - Consensus Meeting in London, UK
2018	Hanna Niehues	€ 1000,- to visit the International Investigative Dermatology meeting in Orlando, Florida, USA
2018	Martijn van den Bosch	€ 500,- to visit the OARSI 2018 World Congress in Liverpool, UK
2017	Marilen Benner	Keystone symposium: "Maternal‐Fetal Cross" Washington D.C., USA
2017	Carlijn Bruggeling	Work placement at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, USA
2017	Amelieke Cremers	Work placement at the Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
2017	Andreas Kompatscher	Experimental Biology Meeting 2017, Chicago, USA
2017	Svenja Mennens	Symposium EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
2017	Nelleke Spruijt	Keystone Conference: Hematopoiesis. Banff, Alberta, Canada
2017	Laurens van de Wiel	European Human Genetics Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016	Brooke Latour	Keystone Symposium: Ubiquitin Signaling (X3), Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler, Canada
2016	René Marke	The American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference 2016 in San Diego, USA
2016	Pascal Miesen	Keystone symposium. Small RNA silencing: Little Guides, big biology, Keystone Resort, Colorado USA
2016	Wouter Touw	Work visit, Imperial College, London, UK
2016	Lotte de Winde	7th European Conference on Tetraspanins, Sheffield University Medical School, UK
2016	Jenny van der Wijst	60th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting (in combination with a work visit to the lab of Dr. Yifan Cheng), Los Angeles, USA
2015	Christian Büll	Glyco23, 23rd International Symposium on Glycoconjugates, Croatia
2015	Alex Garanto Iglesias	Work placement, Iowa, USA
2015	Kirsten Kuipers	Pneumococcus congress, Oxford, UK
2015	Marije Sloff	TERMIS World Congress, Boston, USA
2015	Sophieke van der Steen	19th Biennial Meeting of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology, France
2015	Florian Wimmers	EFIS/EJI Immunology Summer School, Porto Cervo, Italy
2014	Michele Fedecostante	IRB-PhD retreat, Barcelona, Spain
2014	Tessa van der Geest	IRB-PhD retreat, Barcelona, Spain
2014	Lisanne van Oppen	IRB-PhD retreat, Barcelona, Spain
2014	Rocio Acuna	Conference European Society for Human Genetics, Milan, Italy
2014	Jeroen de Baaij	ISN Forefronts, Boston, USA
2014	Ellen van den Bogaard	8th Georg Bajka Int symp on atopic dermatitis (ISAD), Nottingham, UK
2014	Arthur Kuipers	Gordon Conference Barga Lucca, Italy