Meet the group

May 2023
May 2023

Stan J.J. Brouns,

PhD

Professor of Molecular Microbiology

Tracey de Ruijter

Administrative support

contact

Aswin Muralidharan, PhD

Postdoc

Delft University of Technology

Sam van Beljouw

PhD candidate

Delft University of Technology

Daan van den Berg

PhD candidate

Delft University of Technology

Reza Amini Hounejani, PhD

Postdoc, Delft University of Technology

Elisabed Zaldastanishvilli, PhD

Guest researcher

Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Georgia

Anna Haagsma, PhD

Technician

Delft University of Technology

Jelger Esser

Technician

Delft University of Technology

Ana Rita Costa, PhD

Technician

Delft University of Technology

Lucia Malone, PhD

EMBO fellow

Postdoc

Delft University of Technology

Alicia Rodriguez Molina

PhD candidate

Delft University of Technology

Marina Mahler

PhD candidate

University of Otago


Current thesis and internship students

Desi Fierlier, MSc Life Science and Technology, TU Delft

Pippi Genee, MSc Biomedical Sciences, UVA

Catalina IJspeert, MSc Nanobiology, TU Delft

Ilinka Stanciu, MSc Biomedical Sciences, UVA

Jasper Geissler, MSc Biomedical Sciences, UVA

Alumni

Postdocs

  • Cristobal Almendros Romero (2017-2020)
  • Franklin Nobrega (2016-2020)
  • Teunke van Rossum (2018-2022)

Technicians

  • Thomas Todeschini (2019-2020)
  • Boris Estrada Bonilla (2018-2021)

PhDs

  • Matthijs Jore
  • Edze Westra
  • Sinan al-Attar
  • Tim Kunne
  • Marnix Vlot
  • Paul van Erp
  • Daan Swarts
  • Benjamin Lehner (2019)
  • Patrick de Jonge (2019)
  • Sebastian Kieper (2020)
  • Jochem Vink (2021)
  • Becca McKenzie (2021)
  • Cristian Aparicio-Maldonado (2023)

Guests

 

  • Peter Fineran, PhD (2013)
  • Olga Musharova (2014)
  • Emiel ten Buren (2015)
  • Matvey Kolesnik (2019)

Previous group photo's

April 2022
April 2022
March 2022 Team activity in de Efteling
March 2022 Team activity in de Efteling
October 2021, new and old group reunion
October 2021, new and old group reunion
December 2020
December 2020
October 2019
October 2019
April 2019
April 2019
November 2018. Missing in this picture: Teunke van Rossum, Anna Haagsma, Benjamin Lehner
November 2018. Missing in this picture: Teunke van Rossum, Anna Haagsma, Benjamin Lehner
In the ISS module at the ESA Astronaute training center in Cologne. October 2017
In the ISS module at the ESA Astronaute training center in Cologne. October 2017
2017 Delft team | Becca, Cristian, Jochem, Patrick, Stan, Oliver Franklin, Benjamin, Sebastian, Cristobal. Not in picture: Anna, Tim, Marnix
2017 Delft team | Becca, Cristian, Jochem, Patrick, Stan, Oliver Franklin, Benjamin, Sebastian, Cristobal. Not in picture: Anna, Tim, Marnix

June 2017

BBQ in Scheveningen

June 2016

The day we all hit our targets. Thanks Seb for introducing us to this sport.

February 2016

The Bacterial Genetics group of Microbiology has been bigger then ever before. This picture was taken at the annual dinner.

January 2016

Tim took us to his favourite boulder climber hall in Utrecht and had a nice dinner afterwards.

2016 Top row FLTR: Rebecca McKenzie, Nicolo Baldi, Marnix Vlot, Alice Di Girolamo, Prarthana Mohanraju. Bottom row FLTR Sanne Klompe, Renee Kapteijn, Jasper Bannenberg, Jochem Vink, Tim Kuenne, Stan Brouns. Missing is Yifan, Patrick and Franklin
2016 Top row FLTR: Rebecca McKenzie, Nicolo Baldi, Marnix Vlot, Alice Di Girolamo, Prarthana Mohanraju. Bottom row FLTR Sanne Klompe, Renee Kapteijn, Jasper Bannenberg, Jochem Vink, Tim Kuenne, Stan Brouns. Missing is Yifan, Patrick and Franklin
2015 FLTR: Stan, Willem, Alicia, Shreyans, Alex, Franklin, Silke, Tim, Marnix, Jochem
2015 FLTR: Stan, Willem, Alicia, Shreyans, Alex, Franklin, Silke, Tim, Marnix, Jochem
2014 FLTR: Stan, Anne, Olga, Tim, Gosia, Marnix, Lieuwe
2014 FLTR: Stan, Anne, Olga, Tim, Gosia, Marnix, Lieuwe

Host institute

Research interest

My lab is interested in the interaction between microbes and bacteriophages. We study the mechanisms that bacteria use to protect themselves from infections including CRISPR, and explore the adaptations that viruses have evolved to avoid defence systems. We isolate and engineer bacteriophages for phage therapy applications.

Funding

Stan J.J. Brouns, PhD

Professor of Molecular Microbiology

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Address

Department of Bionanoscience

Kavli Institute of Nanoscience

Delft University of Technology

Applied Sciences Building (nr. 58) Office E1.480

Van der Maasweg 9

2629 HZ Delft

Netherlands