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Studentbeurzen Nederlandse Hartstichting 2022 Call for Proposals - Deadline 1 september 2023

Studentbeurzen Nederlandse Hartstichting 2022 Call for Proposals - Deadline 1 september 2023

11 May 2023

Binnen het dr. E. Dekker-programma voor persoonsgebonden beurzen stelt de Nederlandse Hartstichting per universiteit twee studentbeurzen beschikbaar. De beurs bedraagt maximaal € 3.000.

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Harry Crijns Research Grant - Deadline 17 september 2023

Harry Crijns Research Grant - Deadline 17 september 2023

25 April 2023

De Harry Crijns Research Grant, in het leven geroepen door het Hart en vaat onderzoekfonds Limburg, in te stelle wordt periodiek toegekend aan jonge wetenschappers die zich bezighouden met klinisch cardiovasculair onderzoek en daarmee bijdragen aan de realisering van de doelstellingen van de foundation.

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Pieter Goossens

Post doc

Dr Pieter Goossens graduated in 2012 at the Maastricht University, studying atherosclerotic plaque macrophage accumulation in the group of Prof. Menno de Winther (Department of Molecular Genetics ). He then joined the lab of Dr Toby Lawrence at the Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy in Marseille (France) as a post-doctoral researcher, where he investigated the mechanisms through which tumor-associated macrophages obtain their characteristic phenotype. In 2016, he returned to the Maastricht University where, in the lab of Prof. Erik Biessen at the Department of Pathology, he studies macrophage phenotypical and functional heterogeneity in the atherosclerosis context.

Macrophages display a high degree of phenotypic heterogeneity that reflects the cells’ micro-environment. Pieter combines classical histology with transcriptomics, multi-label fluorescent microscopy and mass spectrometry imaging to study the spatial distribution of macrophage subsets in human and murine atherosclerotic plaques and the impact of local triggers on their phenotype and functions.

 

Pieter-goossens

Department of Pathology
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht
Room number: 5.06
T: +31(0)43 387 46 30

  • 2023
    • Lu, C., Donners, M. M. P. C., Karel, J., de Boer, H., van Zonneveld, A. J., den Ruijter, H., Jukema, J. W., Kraaijeveld, A., Kuiper, J., Pasterkamp, G., Cavill, R., Perales-Patón, J., Ferrannini, E., Goossens, P., & Biessen, E. A. L. (2023). Sex-specific differences in cytokine signaling pathways in circulating monocytes of cardiovascular disease patients. Atherosclerosis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2023.04.005
    • Ruder, A. V., Temmerman, L., van Dommelen, J. M. A., Nagenborg, J., Lu, C., Sluimer, J. C., Goossens, P., & Biessen, E. A. L. (2023). Culture density influences the functional phenotype of human macrophages. Frontiers in Immunology, 14, [1078591]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1078591
  • 2022
    • Goossens, P., Lu, C., Cao, J., Gijbels, M. J., Karel, J. M. H., Wijnands, E., Claes, B. S. R., Fazzi, G. E., Hendriks, T. F. E., Wouters, K., Smirnov, E., van Zandvoort, M. J. M., Balluff, B., Cuypers, E., Donners, M. M. P. C., Heeren, R. M. A., & Biessen, E. A. L. (2022). Integrating multiplex immunofluorescent and mass spectrometry imaging to map myeloid heterogeneity in its metabolic and cellular context. Cell Metabolism, 34(8), 1214-1225.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2022.06.012
    • Christ, A., Goossens, P. G., Wijnands, E., Jin, H., Legein, B., Oth, T., Isaacs, A., Stoll, M., Vanderlocht, J., Lutgens, E., Daemen, M. J. A. P., Zenke, M., & Biessen, E. A. L. (2022). Low Density Lipoprotein Exposure of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Blunts Toll-like Receptor 7/9 Signaling via NUR77. Biomedicines, 10(5), [1152]. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10051152
  • 2021
    • Jin, H., Goossens, P., Juhasz, P., Eijgelaar, W-J., Manca, M., Karel, J., Smirnov, E., Sikkink, C. J. J. M., Mees, B., Waring, O., van Kuijk, K., Fazzi, G., Gijbels, M., Kutmon, M., Evelo, C., Hedin, U., Daemen, M. J., Sluimer, J., Matic, L. P., & Biessen, E. (2021). Integrative multiomics analysis of human atherosclerosis reveals a serum response factor-driven network associated with intraplaque hemorrhage. Clinical and Translational Medicine, 11(6), [e458]. https://doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.458
    • Wilkinson, H., Leonard, H., Chen, D. X., Lawrence, T., Robson, M., Goossens, P., McVey, J. H., & Dorling, A. (2021). PAR-1 signaling on macrophages is required for effective in vivo delayed-type hypersensitivity responses. iScience, 24(1), [101981]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101981
  • 2020
    • Cao, J., Goossens, P., Martin-Lorenzo, M., Dewez, F., Claes, B. S. R., Biessen, E. A. L., Heeren, R. M. A., & Balluff, B. (2020). Atheroma-Specific Lipids in ldlr(-/-) and apoe(-/-) Mice Using 2D and 3D Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 31(9), 1825-1832. https://doi.org/10.1021/jasms.0c00070
    • Kerkhofs, D., van Hagen, B. T., Milanova, I. V., Schell, K. J., van Essen, H., Wijnands, E., Goossens, P., Blankesteijn, W. M., Unger, T., Prickaerts, J., Biessen, E. A., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., & Foulquier, S. (2020). Pharmacological depletion of microglia and perivascular macrophages prevents Vascular Cognitive Impairment in Ang II-induced hypertension. Theranostics, 10(21), 9512-9527. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.44394
  • 2019
    • Voogdt-Pruis, H. R., Ras, T., van der Dussen, L., Benjaminsen, S., Goossens, P. H., Raats, I., Boss, G., van Hoef, E. F. M., Lindhout, M., Tjon-A-Tsien, M. R. S., & Vrijhoef, H. J. M. (2019). Improvement of shared decision making in integrated stroke care: a before and after evaluation using a questionnaire survey. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), [936]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4761-2
    • Goossens, P., Rodriguez-Vita, J., Etzerodt, A., Masse, M., Rastoin, O., Gouirand, V., Ulas, T., Papantonopoulou, O., Van Eck, M., Auphan-Anezin, N., Bebien, M., Verthuy, C., Thien Phong Vu Manh, Turner, M., Dalod, M., Schultze, J. L., & Lawrence, T. (2019). Membrane Cholesterol Efflux Drives Tumor-Associated Macrophage Reprogramming and Tumor Progression. Cell Metabolism, 29(6), 1376-1389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2019.02.016
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