At the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, researchers are committed to making an impact every day. Sabine, for example, focuses on the role of immune cells in liver diseases. In Nice to meet you, she talks about her background and her work at FHML.

Dr Sabine Daemen was born and raised in the Maastricht region. After completing her bachelor's and master's degrees in Biomedical Sciences at Maastricht University, she stayed in the area in the best possible way. She obtained her PhD at the Department of Nutrition & Human Movement Sciences (NUTRIM), then left for three years to do a postdoc in the United States, returning to Maastricht in 2022. She now works at the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), where she conducts research into liver diseases.

''After completing my PhD, I wanted to remain in the field of metabolism, but also learn something new. In the United States, I began to study fatty liver disease and immune cells. It was a gradual process: as we obtained more results, the idea grew that certain macrophages might have a protective function, rather than just causing damage.''

Click here to read the full article or listen to Sabine's lecture during our annual symposium that takes place on Wednesday 26 November: https://youtube.com/live/17cD_lNdvoU?feature=share