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Social and economic background influences survival in intensive care: Research with societal impact

Social and economic background influences survival in intensive care: Research with societal impact

18 August 2026

A large-scale study by researchers from Maastricht UMC+ and Amsterdam UMC demonstrates that lower socioeconomic status (SES) of patients admitted to Dutch intensive care units contributes to worse survival.

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Fatma Karapinar appointed as Professor in Medication Safety

Fatma Karapinar appointed as Professor in Medication Safety

12 August 2026

As of 1 June 2026, Dr Fatma Karapinar has been appointed Professor of Medication Safety at Maastricht University.

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Armand Jaminon

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Dr. Armand Jaminon received his BSc and MSc degree in Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Leiden. Next, he obtained his PhD degree at the University of Maastricht for research on the role of vascular smooth muscle cells in vascular remodeling processes and their involvement in calcification. After his PhD he continued to work in the group of Prof. Schurgers on the RegMedXB project.

Armand currently works on the Cardiovascular Moonshot of the RegMedXB consortium. Here he focusses on coronary artery health, by developing models that can replace or clean calcified coronary arteries and correct pathological vascular smooth muscle cells thereby avoiding coronary bypass grafting.

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Department of Biochemistry
Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht
PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht
Room number: 4.318
T: +31(0)43 388 13 76

  • 2025
    • Heuschkel, M. A., Jaminon, A., Gräber, S., Artati, A., Adamski, J., Jankowski, J., Schurgers, L., Marx, N., Jahnen-Dechent, W., & Goettsch, C. (2025). Hypotaurine Reduces Glucose-Mediated Vascular Calcification. Acta Physiologica, 241(8), Article e70075. https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.70075
    • Ganizada, B. H., Reesink, K. D., Parikh, S., Saraber, P. J. M. H., Cleutjens, J. P., Isabella, A., Krebbekx, M. Q. E., Jaminon, A. M., Maassen, C. F. M., Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Spronck, B., van der Laan, K., Koenen, R. R., Lorusso, R., Maessen, J. G., Bidar, E., & Schurgers, L. J. (2025). Loss of wall stress homeostasis in ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm: histomorphometric insights into patient variants. The Journal of Physiology, 603(14), 3899-3922. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP288734
  • 2024
    • Tobal, R., Potjewijd, J., de Vries, F., van Doorn, D. P. C., Jaminon, A., Bittner, R., Akbulut, C., van Empel, V., Heeringa, P., Damoiseaux, J., Schurgers, L., & van Paassen, P. (2024). Dephosphorylated uncarboxylated Matrix-Gla-Protein as candidate biomarker for immune-mediated vascular remodeling and prognosis in pulmonary hypertension. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 26633. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77000-w
  • 2023
    • Ganizada, B. H., Reesink, K. D., Parikh, S., Ramaekers, M. J. F. G., Akbulut, A. C., Saraber, P. J. M. H., Debeij, G. P., Jaminon, A. M., Natour, E., Lorusso, R., Wildberger, J. E., Mees, B., Schurink, G. W., Jacobs, M. J., Cleutjens, J., Krapels, I., Gombert, A., Maessen, J. G., Accord, R., ... MUMC TAA Student Team (2023). The Maastricht Acquisition Platform for Studying Mechanisms of Cell-Matrix Crosstalk (MAPEX): An Interdisciplinary and Systems Approach towards Understanding Thoracic Aortic Disease. Biomedicines, 11(8), Article 2095. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11082095
    • Wang, R., Damanik, F., Kuhnt, T., Jaminon, A., Hafeez, S., Liu, H., Ippel, H., Dijkstra, P. J., Bouvy, N., Schurgers, L., ten Cate, A. T., Dias, A., Moroni, L., & Baker, M. B. (2023). Biodegradable Poly(ester) Urethane Acrylate Resins for Digital Light Processing: From Polymer Synthesis to 3D Printed Tissue Engineering Constructs. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 12(17), Article 2202648. https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202202648
    • Panagiotou, N., McGuinness, D., Jaminon, A. M. G., Mees, B., Selman, C., Schurgers, L., & Shiels, P. G. (2023). Microvesicle-Mediated Tissue Regeneration Mitigates the Effects of Cellular Ageing. Cells, 12(13), Article 1707. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12131707
    • Dzhanaev, R., Hasberg, C., Gorgels, A., Schmitz, C., Winkler, C. F., Malyaran, H., Graeber, S., Gentier, A., Jaminon, A., Agten, S., Hackeng, T., Akbulut, A. C., Schurgers, L., Mottaghy, F. M., Goettsch, C., & Jahnen-Dechent, W. (2023). Application of the mineral-binding protein fetuin-A for the detection of calcified lesions. Theranostics, 13(2), 659-672. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.78773
  • 2022
    • Beghi, S., Furmanik, M., Jaminon, A., Veltrop, R., Rapp, N., Wichapong, K., Bidar, E., Buschini, A., & Schurgers, L. J. (2022). Calcium Signalling in Heart and Vessels: Role of Calmodulin and Downstream Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases. International journal of molecular sciences, 23(24), Article 16139. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232416139
    • Jaminon, A. M. G., Rapp, N., Akbulut, A. C., Dzhanaev, R., Reutelingsperger, C. P., Jahnen-Dechent, W., & Schurgers, L. J. (2022). A Semi-Automated and Reproducible Biological-Based Method to Quantify Calcium Deposition In Vitro. Journal of visualized experiment, 2022(184), Article e64029. https://doi.org/10.3791/64029
    • Skenteris, N. T., Seime, T., Witasp, A., Karlöf, E., Wasilewski, G. B., Heuschkel, M. A., Jaminon, A. M. G., Oduor, L., Dzhanaev, R., Kronqvist, M., Lengquist, M., Peeters, F. E. C. M., Söderberg, M., Hultgren, R., Roy, J., Maegdefessel, L., Arnardottir, H., Bengtsson, E., Goncalves, I., ... Matic, L. (2022). Osteomodulin attenuates smooth muscle cell osteogenic transition in vascular calcification. Clinical and Translational Medicine, 12(2), Article 682. https://doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.682
    • van der Laan, K. W. F., Reesink, K. D., van der Bruggen, M. M., Jaminon, A. M. G., Schurgers, L. J., Megens, R. T. A., Huberts, W., Delhaas, T., & Spronck, B. (2022). Improved Quantification of Cell Density in the Arterial Wall-A Novel Nucleus Splitting Approach Applied to 3D Two-Photon Laser-Scanning Microscopy. Frontiers in physiology, 12, Article 814434. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.814434
  • 2021
    • van Gorp, R. H., Baaten, C. C. F. M. J., Habibi, A., Jaminon, A. M. G., Peeters, F. E. C. M., Leenders, P., Crijns, H. J. G. M. C., Heemskerk, J. W. M., Reutelingsperger, C. P., Spronk, H. M., & Schurgers, L. J. (2021). Vitamin K antagonist use induces calcification and atherosclerotic plaque progression resulting in increased hypercoagulability. European heart journal open, 1(2), Article oeab017. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oeab017
    • Jaminon, A. M. G., Akbulut, A. C., Rapp, N., Kramann, R., Biessen, E. A. L., Temmerman, L., Mees, B., Brandenburg, V., Dzhanaev, R., Jahnen-Dechent, W., Floege, J., Uitto, J., Reutelingsperger, C. P., & Schurgers, L. J. (2021). Development of the BioHybrid Assay: Combining Primary Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Blood to Measure Vascular Calcification Propensity. Cells, 10(8), Article 2097. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10082097
    • Dai, L., Li, L., Erlandsson, H., Jaminon, A. M. G., Qureshi, A. R., Ripsweden, J., Brismar, T. B., Witasp, A., Heimbürger, O., Jørgensen, H. S., Barany, P., Lindholm, B., Evenepoel, P., Schurgers, L. J., & Stenvinkel, P. (2021). Functional vitamin K insufficiency, vascular calcification and mortality in advanced chronic kidney disease: A cohort study. PLOS ONE, 16(2), e0247623. Article e0247623. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247623
  • 2020
    • Jaminon, A. M. G., Dai, L., Qureshi, A. R., Evenepoel, P., Ripsweden, J., Soderberg, M., Witasp, A., Olauson, H., Schurgers, L. J., & Stenvinkel, P. (2020). Matrix Gla protein is an independent predictor of both intimal and medial vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 6586. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63013-8
  • 2019
    • Jaminon, A., Reesink, K., Kroon, A., & Schurgers, L. (2019). The Role of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Arterial Remodeling: Focus on Calcification-Related Processes. International journal of molecular sciences, 20(22), Article 5694. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20225694
    • Posthuma, J. J., Posma, J. J. N., van Oerle, R., Leenders, P., van Gorp, R. H., Jaminon, A. M. G., Mackman, N., Heitmeier, S., Schurgers, L. J., ten Cate, H., & Spronk, H. M. H. (2019). Targeting Coagulation Factor Xa Promotes Regression of Advanced Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein-E Deficient Mice. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 3909. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40602-w
  • 2017
    • Stoehr, R., Schurgers, L., van Gorp, R., Jaminon, A., Marx, N., & Reutelingsperger, C. (2017). Annexin A5 reduces early plaque formation in ApoE -/- mice. PLOS ONE, 12(12), Article 0190229. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190229
    • Chen, Z., Qureshi, A. R., Parini, P., Hurt-Camejo, E., Ripsweden, J., Brismar, T. B., Barany, P., Jaminon, A. M., Schurgers, L. J., Heimburger, O., Lindholm, B., & Stenvinkel, P. (2017). Does statins promote vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease?European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 47(2), 137-148. https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.12718
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