The AR&D Research grants enable researchers from Amsterdam UMC to perform research in the field of reproduction and development (the circle of life). Below an overview of last years' awarded grants, along with a summary of the final results.
Laureates 2024
| Seed Funding Grant (€30,000) | |
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| Amber Boots, Epidemiology & Data Science | The ART of brain development: Brain and cognitive development in children conceived after assisted reproductive technology |
| Annemarie van de Geer, Neonatology | DISCLOSE (Discovery of Late Onset Sepsis in Preterm Infants) |
| Nina Johannesson, Pediatric Infectious Diseases | Cytomegalovirus-placenta project: MAGENTA project |
| Jermo Hanemaaijer-van der Veer, Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Selective Contrast Enhancement of soft tissue for Microfocus Computed Tomography: the use of gold-labelled antibodies for visualization of neural tissue |
| Laura van Loendersloot, Reproductive medicine | Do thyroid antibodies impact fertility outcome in subfertile women? An observational cohort study evaluating fertility treatment outcomes in women with and without thyroid antibodies |
| Bruno Sovran, Pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition | Unravel the role of the MYO5B mutation in the intestinal epithelial cells to develop therapeutic strategies for children with chronic intestinal failure |
Laureates 2023
| Start small, Think Big grant (€25,000) | |
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| Tjiske Zaat, Centre for Reproductive Medicine | The importance of vaso-active hormones of the corpus luteum on endometrium and trophoblast in assisted reproduction |
| Bernadette de Bakker, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Using cutting edge imaging modalities to study the intimate hidden security of early life |
| Judith Dekker, Obstetrics and Gynecology Reproductive Medicine | Birth Factors relating to Early Onset Endometriosis |
| Jan-Paul Roovers, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Application of tissue-engineered amniotic membranes for surgical repair of vesicovaginal fistulas |
| Emilie van Limburg, Stirum Obstetrics and Gynecology | Cervical length measurement to predict preterm birth: overview on population differences, different cut offs and gestational age |
| Larissa van der Windt, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Core outcome measurement instruments to measure late neurodevelopmental morbidity in studies investigating prevention of preterm birth |
Laureates 2022
| Move Forward grant (€50,000) | |
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| Jantine van Voorden, Reproductive Biology Laboratory | Conversion of patient-derived iPSCs into trophoblast stem cells: an innovative approach to study placental disease |
| Iris Sanou, Reproductive Biology Laboratory | Enabling parenthood: Unravelling testicular cell interactions pathways that hamper sperm formation in vitro |
| Jenny van Dongen, Biological Psychology | Epigenetic signature of monozygotic twinning: a tool to study the vanishing twin syndrome and genetic influences on twinning |
| Anne Timmermans, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Comparative carbon Footprint assessment of treatment options for uterine fibroids (COFFEE) |
| Jasper Linthorst, Human Genetics | ELEMENT: Evaluating the accuracy of micro-organisms detection using NIPT data |
| Eva Kontopodi, Pediatrics | Antiviral effects of human milk on cytomegalovirus infection in human infant gut organoid models; the effect of processing human milk (AVATAR study) |
| Paramedic Science Grant (€25000) | |
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| Sarah Michon, Centre for Reproductive Medicine | Re-use of disposable specula in treatment of fertility patients undergoing multiple inseminations: A discrete choice experiment and small sample pilot study Re-Spec-t |
Laureates 2021
| Start small, Think Big grant (€25,000) | |
|---|---|
| Kelly Dingess, Pediatrics | Immunity against SARS-Coronavirus 2 in breast milk: Deep Immunoglobulin clonal profiling by mass spectrometry of the COVID MILK – Extended and POWER MILK Studies |
| Brenda Kazemier, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Lockdown for COVID-19 and prevalence of infections in pregnancy in the Amsterdam UMC |
| Mauritia Marijnen, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Linking national registries PALGA and Perined to understand the effect of specific placental lesions on key obstetric outcomes |
| Eva van der Meij, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Developing multidisciplinary convalescence recommendations for recovery after childbirth; a modified Delphi study |
| In Between Grant (€50,000) | |
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| Liesbeth van Leeuwen, Obstetrics and Gynecology | PREGCOVAC-19: The efficacy, optimum timing and safety of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant women |
| Velja Mijatovic, Center for Reproductive Medicine | Evaluating the long-term neurocognitive effects of preconceptional exposure to iodinated contrast on the offspring (Neuro-H2Oil Study) |
| Wendy Dankers, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Experimental Immunology | Designing an in vitro placenta model to study maternal-fetal tolerance in SLE patients |
| Mandy Spaan, Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology and Data Science | School performance of children conceived by assisted reproductive technology |
| Renee Burger, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Obstetric conditions and cardiovascular health across ethnic groups in the Netherlands |
| Wes Onland, Pediatrics, IC Neonatology | The effect of Systemic Hydrocortisone on the Preterm Brain assessed by neuroimaging in the SToPBPD (Systemic Hydrocortisone To Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in preterm infants) study |
Laureates 2020
| In Between Grant (€50,000) | |
|---|---|
| Yousif Dawood, Obstetrics and Gynecology | The human fetal microbiome: fact or fiction? |
| Myrthe Smits, Center for Reproductive Medicine | Senescence as a driving force in ovarian ageing and female fertility decline |
| The Bigger Picture Grant (€100,000) | |
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| Marieke Buijtendijk, Medical Biology | 3D foetal heart models to improve prenatal detection of congenital heart disease |
Laureates 2019
| Start Small Think Big Grant (€25,000) | |
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| Freyja van Lint, Human Genetics | The devil is in the details: Skewed paternal inheritance in cardiomyopathies due to selfish spermatogonial selection? |
| Kelly Nijsten, Obstetrics and Gynecology | The effects of in utero undernutrition due to hyperemesis gravidarum on offspring’s cardiometabolic disease risk and the possible beneficial effect of maternal early nutritional intervention |
| Danai Georgiadou, Reproductive Biology Laboratory Obstetrics and Gynecology | Discordant Monozygotic Twinning in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome: A Study of Embryonic Pluripotency and Epigenetic Reprogramming – Development of iPSCs |
| Douwe Visser, Neonatology | Diagnostic value of soluble CD14 subtype in neonatal sepsis |
| Ekaterina Jordanova, Center for Gynecologic Oncology Obstetrics and Gynecology | Angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis in uterine adenomyosis |
| Mariëlle Alders, Human Genetics | Methylation profiling as a diagnostic test |
| In Between Grant (€50,000) | |
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| Hamdi Mbarek, Biological Psychology | The SMAD3 gene and ovarian response to FSH and live birth in IVF |
| Callista Mulder, Center for Reproductive Medicine Reproductive Biology Laboratory | Securing a fertile future for young boys with leukemia: the role of somatic cells in vitro |
| Janneke van ’t Hooft, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Long term follow-up of children exposed in-utero to progesterone for prevention of preterm birth |
| Anna Landman, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Long-term health follow-up of children after in utero exposure to low-dose aspirin, the APRIL follow-up study |
| Anke Witteveen, Midwifery Science | Hair cortisol concentration as a valid indicator of prenatal depression |
| Baudewijntje Kreukels, Medical Psychology | Sex hormones, cognition, and the role of cardiovascular and psychological factors: a study in elderly transgender people receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy |
| Maurice van den Hoff, Medical Biology | The glycosylation status of Follistatin-like 1 regulates development and growth |
| The Bigger Picture Grant (€100,000) | |
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| Marissa Harmsen, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Anti-angiogenesis therapy for adenomyosis: from bench to bedside |
| Martijn Finken, Pediatrics | Patient-tailored Glucocorticoid Treatment to Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Enhance Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Very Preterm Infants |
| Geert Hamer, Center for Reproductive Medicine | Role of germ cell-specific genes in the origin and development of cancer |
Laureates 2018
| Out of the Box Grant (€60,000) | |
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| Marie van Dijk, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Exploration of a novel minimal-invasive prenatal diagnostic technique |
| Bernadette de Bakker, Medical Biology | High resolution 3D imaging of foetal anatomy |
| Thijs van Mens, Vascular Medicine | Obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome: the etiological role and therapeutic potential of the gut microbiome |