Center for Cell and Gene therapy

Our experts

Our team brings together expertise in pharmacy, GMP manufacturing, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, and the development of cell and gene therapies. We combine hands-on experience in cleanroom production with deep knowledge of the rules and standards that apply to medicines for clinical trials. Working closely together, we guide each project from development through manufacturing to the release of the finished product.

We are committed to reliable, high-quality work and to supporting researchers, clinicians, and other partners every step of the way.  

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About our team

Our team combines a broad range of expertise needed to bring cell and gene therapies and challenge agents safely from the laboratory to the patient. Together we cover pharmacy, GMP manufacturing, quality assurance, quality control, regulatory affairs, and process development. This means that within one team we can develop a manufacturing process, produce a product under GMP conditions, test it, and prepare it for use in clinical trials.

Many of our team members have years of experience in their field, and we work in close collaboration so that knowledge is shared across disciplines. We collaborate with research groups within the hospital, and with academic and other partner groups both nationally and internationally (e.g. DARE-NL, ReNEW, MuSICC, CORE-ATMP, IMPACT, P-SMART). Because cell and gene therapy is a fast-moving field, we invest continuously in training and education. Team members are trained for their specific tasks and regularly update their knowledge and skills, so that we maintain high-quality, up-to-date services.

Our team
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Pauline Meij, PhD
Head of CCG
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Eileen van der Stoep, PharmD, PhD
Hospital Pharmacist
Qualified Person
Deputy head

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Inge van Amerongen-Westra, PhD
Qualified Person
QC lead

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Helene Roelofs, PhD
Qualified Person

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Fong Lin, MSc
Research technician

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Susanne Kortekaas, MSc
Projectmanager / QA

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Natascha Fonseca Neves
Research technician

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Mara Tihaya, MD
Researcher CMC development and regulation

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Pim Schipper, PhD
Researcher CMC development and regulation

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Gonzalo Mullen
Research technician

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Vladimir van Hoek
Research technician

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Chris Maddocks, PhD
Researcher CMC development and regulation

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Akvilė Gasiūnaitė, MSc
PhD student

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Nina Nooteboom, MSc
PhD student

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Thijs Rietveld, MSc
PhD student