Leiden hiPSC Centre
Our experts
Our team includes experienced researchers as well as technical staff. In addition to the execution of standard services we constantly update quality control measures, work on the improvement of existing methods and the implementation of new ones and develop research tools which are of interest for a wide range of scientists.
Our team
Christian Freund, PhD, Facility Head
- supervision facility
- advice on research projects, experimental strategies and design
Babet van der Vaart, PhD, senior researcher
- advice on research projects
- experimental design for genetic modification of hiPSCs with CRISPR/Cas9
- genetic modification of hiPSCs with CRISPR/Cas9
- development of new tools by genetic modification of hiPSCs (e.g. STRAIGHT-IN hiPSCs, split-fluorescent reporter hiPSCs, CRISPRi/a)
Christian Freund, PhD, Facility Head
- supervision facility
- advice on research projects, experimental strategies and design
Babet van der Vaart, PhD, senior researcher
- advice on research projects
- experimental design for genetic modification of hiPSCs with CRISPR/Cas9
- genetic modification of hiPSCs with CRISPR/Cas9
- development of new tools by genetic modification of hiPSCs (e.g. STRAIGHT-IN hiPSCs, split-fluorescent reporter hiPSCs, CRISPRi/a)
Christiaan Arendzen, senior technician, PhD candidate
- advice on research projects
- experimental design for genetic modification of hiPSCs with CRISPR/Cas9
- genetic modification of hiPSCs with CRISPR/Cas9-generation of hiPSCs
- generation of new tools for hiPSC generation
- automation of hiPSC culture