Sander Kooijmans
In 2011 I started my PhD project on extracellular vesicle (EV) engineering for drug delivery purposes in the Schiffelers lab. There, I gained expertise in EV surface engineering and critically evaluated methods to load RNA in EVs. After defending my thesis in 2016, I moved to the lab of Giovanni Camussi in Turin (Italy) to work on the application of stem-cell derived extracellular vesicles in regenerative therapy. One year later I returned to the Schiffelers lab and started to work on the design and optimization of lipid nanoparticles for mRNA-based immunotherapy. In 2019 I was awarded a VENI grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). In my VENI project, I will work on deciphering the role of EV subpopulations in RNA delivery. Using my multidisciplinary experience on both clinically advanced drug delivery systems and exploratory drug carriers, I aim to transform exciting and innovative academic research to clinical applications.
Contact
Email: s.kooijmans-2@umcutrecht.nl
Phone: +31(0)887557654
Keywords research
Extracellular vesicles, exosomes, extracellular vesicle engineering, lipid nanoparticles, RNA delivery, mRNA-based immunotherapy, drug delivery
Research topic
Drug delivery using extracellular vesicles and lipid nanoparticles
Type of research
Nanoparticle design and testing, extracellular vesicle biology
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