Research staff Virology
Research staff Virology
Dr. P.J. (Peter) Bredenbeek (Assistant Professor)
- Molecular biology of positive-stranded RNA viruses
- Flaviviruses
- Immunobiology of flavivirus infections
- Vaccines
Dr. E.C.J. (Eric) Claas (Molecular Medical Microbiologist, Molecular Diagnostics)
- Etiology of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections
- Clinical relevance of molecular diagnostics
- Automation of the molecular diagnostic workflow
- Syndromic and rapid testing
- The role of NGS in diagnostic microbiology
Dr. M.C.W. (Mariet) Feltkamp (Associate Professor; PI DNA viruses (HPyV, HPV and TTV))
- Medical Virology, consultation and diagnosis. President of ESCV (European Society for Clinical Virology)
- Human polyomavirus (HPyV) infection of the immunocompromised host
- Torque tenovirus (TTV), marker of functional immunity
- Human papillomavirus (HPV), role in cancer, vaccination and screening
Prof. Dr. A.E. (Alexander) Gorbalenya (Professor Emeritus, PI Bioinformatics and virus evolution)
- Origin and evolution of RNA and DNA viruses
- Virus taxonomy
- Molecular mechanisms of proteolytic processing in viruses
- Structure and function of nidovirus enzymes
Dr. M.J. (Martijn) van Hemert (Associate Professor, PI Molecular virology and antiviral strategies)
- Moleculaire virologie
- Ontwikkeling antivirale middelen
- RNA virus-gastheer interacties
- SARS-CoV-2 onderzoek
- Chikungunya en Zika virus onderzoek
Dr. Ir. M. (Marjolein) Kikkert (Associate Professor, PI Innate immunity and immune evasion)
- Molecular virology and cell biology of RNA virus infections
- Antiviral innate immunity
- Viral innate immune evasion
- Development of antiviral strategies
Prof. Dr. A.C.M. (Louis) Kroes (Professor, Head of Department)
- Diagnostics and treatment of van viral infections
- Infections in immunocompromised patients
- Human herpesviruses
- Parvovirus B19
Prof. Dr. E.J. (Eric) Snijder (Professor, PI Molecular biology of +RNA viruses)
- Moleculaire biologie en evolutie van +RNA virussen
- RNA virus-gastheer interacties
- Antivirale medicijnontwikkeling en resistentie
- Nidoviruses (arteri- en coronavirussen)
Dr. A.C.T.M. (Ann) Vossen (Associate Professor, PI Congenital cytomegalovirus infection)
- Clinical Virology
- Cytomegalovirus and Herpes simplex virus
- Antiviral resistance
- Congenital Cytomegalovirus infections
Dr. J.J.C. (Jutte) de Vries (Assistant Professor, PI viral metagenomics)
- Clinical virology
- Viral metagenomics
- Viral respiratory infections
- Viral meningitis/encephalitis
- Viral infections in immunocompromised patients
Prof. Dr. B.A.M. (Ben) van der Zeijst (Professor Emeritus)
- Vaccine development
- Vaccination
- Cytomegalovirus infections