Microbiology
Although most methods I apply are bioinformatics-oriented, I consider myself primarily a microbiologist. My work has focused on Escherichia coli, vaccine-preventable pathogens (N. meningitidis, H. influenzae), invasive streptococci (S. pyogenes, S. suis) and other public health relevant pathogens such as TB, Salmonella, Vibrio cholerae, Shigella sonnei, Candida auris and Aspergillus fumigatus.
Bioinformatics
During my PhD, postdoc and subsequent role at the RIVM I developed microbial bioinformatics skills, increasingly applied to public health problems. This ranges from building and maintaining Snakemake pipelines (https://github.com/orgs/RIVM-bioinformatics/repositories?q=juno) to implementing genomic typing tools (https://github.com/RIVM-bioinformatics/auriclass) to research analyses (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01562-w).
Epidemiology
One of the objectives of the EUPHEM fellowship is teaching public health microbiologists how to apply epidemiological methods, and the role that microbiology (including bioinformatics) plays in this.
Jobs
- EUPHEM fellow, RIVM, 2024-2026
- Team lead microbial bioinformatics, RIVM, 2022-2024
- Postdoctoral researcher, NRLBM/Amsterdam UMC, 2021-2022
- PhD student, AIGHD/Amsterdam UMC, 2017-2021