Interns
Below you can see a list of internship projects at MaCSBio (academic year 2023/24).
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Interns 2023/24
| Student | Internship |
|---|---|
| Alejandro Adriaque Lozano | Title: Using Knowledge Graphs for Drug Repurposing for (post-)COVID-19 Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon Program: Master Systems Biology, UM |
| Julia Bous | Title: Metabolic modeling of cellular aging Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: Master Biomedical Sciences, University of Liege |
| Justin Cornelis | Title: Modelling metabolic network models through mixed-integer linear programming Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: Bachelor MSP, UM |
| Sanne de Bruijn | Title: Improving the prediction of reactions used in cellular metabolic tasks Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: Medische Natuurwetenschappen |
| Lucia di Pietro | Title: Computational modelling of the metabolic networks of glial cells Supervisor: Renaud Jolivet and Marian Breuer Program: Erasmus student |
| Jordy Gnanapragasam | Title: Metabolic Tasks: Exploring Immune Cell Function and Vitality with Cell Type-Specific Transcriptomics Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon Program: Bachelor BBS, UM |
| Alicia Hobdell | Title: Genome-scale metabolic model construction and analysis in fibroblasts Supervisor: Marian Breuer and Mike Gerards Program: Bachelor MSP, UM |
| Catalina Keuser | Title: Modeling the Metabolic Diversity of the Brain's Glial Cells Supervisor: Renaud Jolivet and Marian Breuer Program: Bachelor MSP, UM Honours programme |
| Sydney Kissel | Title: An anatomical and functional characterization of the human thalamic reticular nucleus Supervisor: Michelle Moerel Program: Bachelor MSP, UM |
| Nikita Krstevska | Title: Old cells, new pathways: Curating more metabolic pathways of cellular senescence Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: Biochemistry and Cell Biology |
| Sorismonde Manchester Vareille | Title: Improving the calculation of metabolic task scores in genome-scale metabolic models Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: Bachelor MSP, UM |
| Matthieu Marienbach | Title: Theoretical analysis of a neural interface Supervisor: Niccolo Calcini Program: Bachelor MSP, UM |
| Ella von Moeller | Title: Studying Cell Type-specific T-cell Metabolism using Pathway- and Network-based Approaches Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon Program: Bachelor UCM, UM |
| Andrea Pascaud | Title: Metabolic Modeling of Cellular Senescence Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: Bachelor MSP, UM |
| Diego Rodriguez Esperante | Title: Predictive metabolic profiling in endometrial steroid endocrinology Supervisor: Michiel Adriaens Program: Master Systems Biology, UM |
| Alex Rovira Rincon | Title: Predicting outcome of deep brain stimulation in tinnitus patients Supervisor: Michelle Moerel Program: Master Systems Biology, UM |
| Linda Sudmale | Title: Exploring Synaptic Efficiency in Neural Networks Supervisor: Renaud Jolivet Program: Business Engineering |
| Pablo Tejero Sanz | Title: Construction of a genome-scale metabolic model of cellular senescence in fibroblast Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: Master Systems Biology, UM |
Interns 2022/23
| Student | Internship |
|---|---|
| Paula Aldaz Laquidain | Title: Infant nutrition: The relation of HMO to infant weight and growth in early life Supervisor: David Barnett, Ilja Arts Program: UC Venlo Bachelor |
| Cléophée Bruchou | Title: Simulating myelin plasticity Supervisor: Renaud Jolivet Program: Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) |
| Jean Janssen | Title: Digital Twins; using personalizable in silico models to characterize glycaemic control Supervisor: Michiel Adriaens, Balazs Erdos Program: Bachelor Data Science and AI |
| Akiya Hoken | Title: Predicting optimal diet in the context of exercise performance Supervisor: Michiel Adriaens Program: Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) |
| Ioannis Panagopoulos | Title: Functional analysis of mitochondrial dynamics Supervisor: Mike Gerards Program: University of Thessaly |
| Smriti Rajesh | Title: Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: MSP |
| Isabel Wassink | Title: Using pathway models to understand the molecular mechanisms of immune cells in pancreatic cancer Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon Program: Master BMS |
| Michail-Georgios Papachristos | Title: Supervisor: Michelle Moerel, Michiel Adriaens Program: Master MSB |
| Rosa Maria Marroquin Sala | Title: Modeling the Metabolic Diversity of the Brain’s Glial Cells Supervisor: Renault Jolivet, Marian Breuer Program: BMS |
| Jasmijn van Zaanen | Title: Metabolic Modelling of Glial Cells Supervisor: Renault Jolivet, Marian Breuer Program: Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) |
| Rebecca Werhahn | Title: Identifying mitochondrial dynamics related proteins Supervisor: Mike Gerards Program: Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) |
| Mathias Verschueren | Title: Quantifying parameter uncertainty in computational models of the human glucose-insulin regulatory system Supervisor: Balazs Erdos Program: DACS |
| Alina Schepers | Title: Characterizing Auditory Processing in the Human Thalamic Reticular Nucleus Supervisor: Michelle Moerel, Michiel Adriaens Program: Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) |
| Pia Mozdzanowski | Title: Investigating Immune Regulatory Mechanisms in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Supervisor: Michiel Adriaens Program: University College Maastricht (UCM) |
| Ella von Moeller | Title: Constraint-based modelling for Cellular Senescence Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: University College Maastricht (UCM) |
| Lea Gschwenter | Title: Network Biology: Modeling the Epigenetic Regulatory Network of Immune Cells Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon Program: University College Maastricht (UCM) |
| Catalina Keuser | Title: Metabolic modeling of cellular aging Supervisor: Renault Jolivet, Marian Breuer Program: Bachelor Biomedical Sciences (BBS) |
| Julia Bous | Title: TBA Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: Bachelor Biomedical Sciences (BBS) |
| Joshua Müller | Title: Drug repurposing approaches to identify candidate drugs for COVID / long-COVID Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon Program: Bachelor Biomedical Sciences (BBS) |
| Clarissa Falempin | Title: TBA Supervisor: Mike Gerards Program: Bachelor Biomedical Sciences (BBS) |
| Jakho Katrina | Title: Supervisor: Mike Gerards Program: Bachelor Biomedical Sciences (BBS) |
| Julia Streutker | Title: TBA Supervisor: Renault Jolivet Program: Bachelor Biomedical Sciences (BBS) |
| Gabriela Ioan | Title: TBA Supervisor: Michiel Adriaens Program: None |
| Jelle Bonthuis | Title: TBA Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) |
| Skye McKenna | Title: TBA Supervisor: Marian Breuer Program: Bachelor Biomedical Sciences (BBS) |
Interns 2021/22
| Student / Program | Title | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Sonia Bălan MSP |
Metabolic modeling of cellular senescence | Marian Breuer |
| Nina Valenbreder MSP |
Modelling metabolism along the gut-heart axis | Michiel Adriaens |
| Carlijn Steen Master BMS |
Elucidating the landscape of mitochondrial dynamics: the exhibition of a novel phenotype | Mike Gerards, Irene Hemel |
| Liana Franssen Fontys |
Functional characterisation of mitochondrial dynamics candidate proteins | Mike Gerards, Irene Hemel |
|
Mehrdad Pouyanfar |
Pattern recognition and feature extraction from continuous glucose monitoring(CGM) signals | Balazs Erdos, Michiel Adriaens |
| Nadia Pandi MSP |
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of pancreatic cancer | Martina Summer-Kutmon |
| Elaine Casey Research Master Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience |
Using High Resolution fMRI to Model Auditory Learning | Michelle Moerel |
|
Thomas von Rein |
Learning and memory: From gene networks to brain activation patterns. | Michelle Moerel, Daan van Beek |
|
Bastien Nihant |
Predicting the metabolic state of the heart using genetic data | Michiel Adriaens |
|
Femke Smit |
Network modeling and simulation of CEACAM6 function in C.albicans-macrophage interaction | Michiel Adriaens |
|
Vignesh Shaju |
Genetics of memory | Michiel Adriaens, Daan van Beek |
|
Lucas Reed |
Metabolic Modelling of Cellular Senescence | Marian Breuer |
Interns 2020/21
| Student/Program | Title | Supervisor |
| Kao Wei Chen |
Modeling metabolism in Dilated Cardiomyopathy-using robust Metabolic Transformation Analysis | Michiel Adriaens |
|
Dimna Barbosa |
Context-specific metabolic modeling of the senescent phenotype in fibroblasts and epithelial cells: a comparative study | Marian Breuer |
|
Sonia Balan |
Improving Constraint-Based Metabolic Models of Cellular Senescence by Making use of Metabolic Tasks (Honor's Programme) | Marian Breuer |
|
Yvar Hulshof |
Adapting context-specific metabolic model construction methods to create representative models using alternate optimal solutions | Marian Breuer, Michiel Adriaens |
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Michalis Papachristos |
Mathematical Analysis of Senescent Cell Metabolic Networks through Constraint-Based Modelling and Steady-State Flux Statistics | Marian Breuer |
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Rianne Smit |
Association between cardiometabolic drugs and blood metabolome: A cross-sectional study | Pooja Mandaviya |
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Nina Valenbreder |
Metabolism along the Gut-Heart Axis (Honour’s Research Programme) | Michiel Adriaens |
|
Bram Nap |
Context-specific genome-scale metabolic models of the failing human cardiomyocyte show modulation in metabolism | Michiel Adriaens |
|
Jip de Kok |
An evaluation of machine learning models for atopic health outcome prediction using infant gut microbiome data | David Barnett |
|
Mitchel Bartels |
Functional analysis of the involvement of candidate proteins in mitochondrial dynamics | Mike Gerards |
|
Emiel Slaats |
Metabolic modeling of senescent cells | Marian Breuer |
|
Rita Sarantidou |
Identifying the key pathways involved in a pearl-necklace like mitochondrial phenotype | Mike Gerards |
|
Charlotte Delvaux |
Sex-Specific Differences in the Cardiac Metabolism, from Healthy to Heart Failure | Michiel Adriaens |
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Astrid Hofman |
Determining the Effect of TTN Variants on Cardiac Metabolism in Dilated Cardiomyopathy | Michiel Adriaens |
|
Daniel Kaestner |
Explainable State Classification Of Cells Affected By The Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease | Charlie Pieterman |
|
Likhitha Puliyadi |
Identifying novel mitochondrial DNA replication and maintenance proteins | Mike Gerards |
|
Hannah Schultheiss |
Studying tinnitus mechanisms through computational modelling | Michelle Moerel |
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Eva Thielecke |
Improving the construction and analysis of metabolic models in the context of cellular senescence | Marian Breuer |
|
Kabir Arora |
Michelle Moerel | |
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Minke Stevens |
The effect of auditory category learning on cortical sound representation | Michiel Adriaens |
|
Calvin Classon |
Creating COVID-19 molecular pathway models for data analysis | Martina Summer-Kutmon |
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Rocheliëne Tokaai |
Creating COVID-19 molecular pathway models for data analysis |
Martina Summer-Kutmon |
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Nanda Knoops |
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of pancreatic cancer | Martina Summer-Kutmon |