2009

Former student research projects / Internships

Codes after each name indicates: Year of placement_Number_A (=academic student), _B (=polytechnic student), or _C (=guest investigator)

Linda Versteegh, VU, biomedical sciences (2009_7_A)
Period:  June 2009 – March 2009 (1 month – spread out)
Place: (Literature study)
Title: Dientamoeba fragilis, evidence for pathogenicity?

Jasper de Groot, LUMC, medical student, (wetenschapsstage) (2009_6_A)
Period: June 2009 – Oct 2009 (14 weeks)
Place: Indonesia, Flores (8 weeks) + LUMC (6 weeks)
Title: The epidemiological distribution of soil transmitted helminths in Ende region (Flores, Indonesia) as determined by microscopy and real-time-PCR.

Jan Focko Nauta, LUMC, medical student, (wetenschapsstage) (2009_5_A)
Period: June 2009 – Oct 2009 (14 weeks)
Place: Indonesia, Flores (8 weeks) + LUMC (6 weeks)
Title: The epidemiological distribution of Plasmodium spp. in Ende region (Flores, Indonesia) as determined by microscopy and real-time-PCR.

Gabriel Novelo Siera, MSc Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (2009_4_A)
Period: May 2009 (2 weeks)
Place: LUMC
Title: Comparison of stool culture versus PCR in patients for strongyloidosis in adult patients in Thailand

Yvonne Aryeete, Guest investigator – Ghana (2009_3_C)
Period: May 2009 – August 2009 (10 weeks)
Place: LUMC
Title: Molecular diagnosis and genotyping of schistosomiasis in Ghana

Caspar Roelofs, VU, MSc biomedical sciences (2009_2_A)
Period: March 2009 – Sept 2009 (5 months)
Place:  LUMC
Title: Development of a multiplex real-time PCR for the detection of opportunistic intestinal parasites

Maria Kaisar, Guest investigator – Indonesia (2009_1_C)
Period: Feb 2009 – April 2009 (3 months)
Place: LUMC
Title: Molecular diagnosis of parasitic infections in Indonesia