lab Members
Annette Schenck
Full Professor
Full Professor
Strives to do cool science relevant to patients with Neurodevelopmental disorders.
Loves flies, her group, and her family
Franziska Kampshoff
Technical assistant
Technical assistant
Likes to go for a swim, and has a healthy passion for baking
Mireia Coll Tané
Post-doc
Post-doc
Sleep in Drosophila models of chromatinopathies
Loves to travel around the world, her dog Willow, and handcrafting.
Laura Blok
PhD candidate
PhD candidate
Drosophila and human habituation in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Enjoys hiking and camping, and believes you can never have enough plants.
Lara van Renssen
PhD candidate
PhD candidate
Sleep of people and flies with neurodevelopmental syndromes
Also passionate about rowing and visiting the zoo.
Jingyi (Adela) Long
PhD candidate
Epilepsy and sleep
Likes to share delicious snacks and help "gaining weight". On weekends, she explores the Netherlands!
Marina Boon
PhD candidate
PhD candidate
Adult phenotypic reversibility of learning deficits in ID/ASD models
Loves her cat Semi, lives in a plant jungle, and enjoys eating her way through different cultures.
Boyd van Reijmersdal
PhD candidate
PhD candidate
Identifying common therapies for groups of rare neurodevelopmental disorders
Likes to ride bikes and discover good music.
Jie (Stella) Han
PhD candidate
PhD candidate
Melanie de Wit
Student Assistant
Student Assistant
Loves reading, good food, doing cool science, and cuddling with cats.
Owns a lot of plants.
Barbara Hulsen
Student Assistant
Student Assistant
Eveline Francis
Intern
Intern
I enjoy hiking and reading. I also have a deep affection for all animals, perhaps flies a bit less so, but who knows, maybe that will change after this internship.
Adam Lo-fo-wong
Intern
Intern
Variabilty of the habituation phenotype and mate-copying in fruitflies.
When my cat Yonah meows I meow back.
Also likes to play guitar and games!
Beheshta Popal
Intern
Intern
Master’s student Biomedical Sciences. Loves afghan food, netflix and f.r.i.e.n.d.s. :)
Hester Vogelaar
Intern
Intern
Likes to read, bake cookies and sleep, loves her cat Wollo.
Niek Sluiters (on picture)
Lab support
Lab support
Joshua
Lab support
Lab support
Sarah Stephenson
Affiliated researcher
Team leader Neurogenetics
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Melbourne, Australia
Drosophilarge
I basically do everything. Without me, everybody above me is completely lost.
The fly food is yummie though, so not complaining.
Drosophilittle
♫ They see me crawling, they hatin'
Our Alumni
Post-docs and other researchers:
Prof. Paul Lasko (Radboud Excellence professorship)
Kevin Lüthy (Post-doc)
Michaela Fenckova (Post-doc)
Monique van der Voet (Post-doc)
Prof. Christiane Zweier (Guest researcher)
Jamie Kramer (Post-Doc)
Eiko de Jong (Post-Doc)
PhD students:
Euginia Singgih
Ilse Eidhof
Sarah Foriel
Benjamin Harich
Human Riahi Asl
Benjamin Harich
Tom Koemans
Anna Castells-Nobau
Bonnie Nijhof
Korinna Kochinke
Merel Oortveld
Technicians and lab support:
Chiara Pignato (Student Assistant)
Caroline Vogels (Technician)
Irene Janssen (Technician)
Jolanda de Gooyert (Technician)
Marije Asbreuk (Student Assistant)
Nikky Kaptein (labsupport via Pluryn)
Carswell Werleman (labsupport via Pluryn)
Tom van de Broek (labsupport via Pluryn)
Internship students:
Isabel Quak
Renée Schepers
Kai Prins
Sanne Papeleu
Ana Serna
Chiara Pignato
Laura Winkler
Jonathan Feenstra
Lara Gerding
Kira Hoeffer
Jessica Luyckx
Janne Knuiman
Ella Najlah
Izel Erdogan
Christos Sougklakos
Ella Najlah
Emma Brinkmann
Alina Krebbers
Cas Boshoven
Isabel Terwindt
Lisa van Ninhuys
Lise Verkooijen
Lisa van Ninhuys
Sheren Christine
Lejla Koco
Rik Scharn