Host-Microbe
Interactions Group
Sebastiaan van Kessel
PhD student
E: s.p.van.kessel(at)rug.nl
P: +31(0)503637634
Office no.: 5172.0632
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Carmen Aranzamendi
Lab manager
P: +31(0)503632387
Office no.: 5172.0632
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Team
Panagiotis Kelefiotis Stratidakis
PhD student
E: p.kelefiotis.stratidakis@rug.nl
P: +31(0)503632387
Office no.: 5172.0632
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MSc./BSc. Students/Erasmus
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Mihovil Joja
Nektaria Liakouli
Mink Sieders
Abhi Sreepada
Marie Herrnhold
Shanti Kok


Alumni (Ph.Ds., visiting researchers )
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Julia Aresti
Thesis title: Detection and characterization of novel metabolites from the gut microbiota with liquid chromatography-electrochemistry-mass-spectrometry, and identification of their biological function
Current position: Review Operations Specialist at Frontiers
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Pamela González Dávila
Thesis title: Unlocking the mysterious interconnection between the gut microbiota and catestatin
Barbora Waclawiková
Thesis title: That gut instinct! Novel insights in the interplay between the microbiota, serotonin metabolism and gut function
Current position: Postdoc , University of Groningen
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Sebastiaan van Kessel
Thesis title: Interplay between gut bacteria and Parkinson's disease medication
Current position: Phytopathology Researcher, NAK (Dutch General Inspection Service for seeds of agricultural crops)
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A. Osama El Gendy
Current position: Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni Suief University, Egypt
Katlynn Bugda Gwilt
Current position: Research Fellow at Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
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Maria-Jose Guerraty Olavarrieta, Erasmus+
Paula Meth, MSc student
Linsey Bhiekharie, MSc student
Bindekt Algra
Willemijn M. Brouwer , MSc student
Maja Stevanoska, MSc student
Amber Bullock, MSc student
Fleur Brinkman, MSc student
Rogier van Essen, MSc student
Akke Vsser, BSc student
Maartje Wolf, MSc student
Stephanie Roethig, BSc student
Hussam Abbas, BSc student
Simon Winkel, MSc student
Gwen Ruitenbeek, MSc student
Aldert de Jong, MSc student
Jack Jansma, MSc student
Thom Weitenberg, MSc student
Hiltje de Jong, MSc student
Maria Castejón Mariscal de Gante, MSc student
Alexandra Frye, MSc student
Julie Brouillet, MSc student
Pamela D. Gonzalez, MSc student
Semih Toptas, BSc student
Pinar Onat, BSc student
Fleur Brinkman, BSc student
Marten Chaillet, BSc student
Dildar Baz, BSc student
Alumni (MS.c./BS.c)
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