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MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

15 November 2024

Dr Sabine Daemen (Dept of Internal Medicine) received a Career Development Grant (160k) from the Dutch Digestive Foundation (MLDS).

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Our new Division Leaders

Our new Division Leaders

3 October 2024

As of 1 October 2024, Casper Schalkwijk and Joost Lumens have been appointed as Division Leaders Vessels and Heart. Judith Sluimer will success Hugo ten Cate as Division Leader Blood in March 2025.

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Philippe Vangrieken

Post doc

Dr Philippe Vangrieken is a European Registered Toxicologist with a specialized focus on bioactive compound toxicity and vascular biology. He has studied Biomedical Sciences at Maastricht University. In 2016, he started his PhD research at the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Gynecology at Maastricht UMC+. His PhD project titled 'Vascular complications in preeclampsia' was granted by the School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM). Throughout his PhD, his research was centered on unraveling the intricate interplay of preeclampsia and its associated stressors, namely hypoxia and oxidative stress, within the placenta, and their impact on the development of vascular complications.

In 2020, he started a postdoctoral position at the laboratory of Prof. Casper Schalkwijk within the Department of Internal Medicine. Their lab has risen as a global leader in glycation research, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities dedicated to this domain. In 2021, he received a 3-year personal Junior Fellowship from the Dutch Diabetes Foundation where he studied the involvement of methylglyoxal and non-enzymatic glycation in the development of vascular complications in diabetes. His project was acknowledged by the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Diabetes Onderzoek (NVDO) with the Terpstra Award in 2022 and was also selected for additional funding from the Belgian Foundation Frans Janssen in 2023. His research bridges the gap between highly technical measurements, animal research, and cohort studies.

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Department of Internal Medicine
Universiteitssingel 60, 6229 ER Maastricht
P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht
Room number: H5.334b
T: +31(0)43 388 10 88

  • 2024
    • Berends, E., Vangrieken, P., Amiri, N., van de Waarenburg, M. P. H., Scheijen, J. L. J. M., Hermes, D. J. H. P., Wouters, K., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Schalkwijk, C. G., & Foulquier, S. (2024). Increased Levels of Circulating Methylglyoxal Have No Consequence for Cerebral Microvascular Integrity and Cognitive Function in Young Healthy Mice. Molecular Neurobiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-024-04552-3
    • Vangrieken, P., Al-Nasiry, S., Remels, A. H. V., Schiffers, P. M. H., Janssen, E., Nass, S., Scheijen, J. L. J. M., Spaanderman, M. E. A., & Schalkwijk, C. G. (2024). Placental Methylglyoxal in Preeclampsia: Vascular and Biomarker Implications. Hypertension, 81(7), 1537-1549. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.22633
    • Mircheva, A., Vangrieken, P., Al-Nasiry, S., van Schooten, F.-J., Godschalk, R. W. L., & Langie, S. A. S. (2024). Optimizing the Comet Assay-Based In Vitro DNA Repair Assay for Placental Tissue: A Pilot Study with Pre-Eclamptic Patients. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(1), Article 187. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25010187
  • 2023
    • Bednarska, K., Fecka, I., Scheijen, J. L. J. M., Ahles, S., Vangrieken, P., & Schalkwijk, C. G. (2023). A Citrus and Pomegranate Complex Reduces Methylglyoxal in Healthy Elderly Subjects: Secondary Analysis of a Double-Blind Randomized Cross-Over Clinical Trial. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(17), Article 13168. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241713168
  • 2021
    • Vangrieken, P., Al-Nasiry, S., Bast, A., Leermakers, P. A., Tulen, C. B. M., Schiffers, P. M. H., van Schooten, F. J., & Remels, A. H. V. (2021). Placental Mitochondrial Abnormalities in Preeclampsia. Reproductive Sciences, 28(8), 2186-2199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43032-021-00464-y
    • Vangrieken, P., Al-Nasiry, S., Bast, A., Leermakers, P. A., Tulen, C. B. M., Janssen, G. M. J., Kaminski, I., Geomini, I., Lemmens, T., Schiffers, P. M. H., van Schooten, F. J., & Remels, A. H. V. (2021). Hypoxia-induced mitochondrial abnormalities in cells of the placenta. PLOS ONE, 16(1), Article 0245155. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245155
  • 2020
    • Vangrieken, P., Remels, A. H., Al-Nasiry, S., Bast, A., Janssen, G. M. J., von Rango, U., Vroomans, D., Pinckers, Y. C. W., van Schooten, F. J., & Schiffers, P. M. H. (2020). Placental hypoxia-induced alterations in vascular function, morphology, and endothelial barrier integrity. Hypertension Research, 43(12), 1361-1374. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-020-0528-8
    • Vangrieken, P., Vanterpool, S. F., van Schooten, F. J., Al-Nasiry, S., Andriessen, P., Degreef, E., Alfer, J., Kramer, B. W., & von Rango, U. (2020). Histological villous maturation in placentas of complicated pregnancies. Histology and Histopathology, 35(8), 849-862. https://doi.org/10.14670/HH-18-205
    • Vangrieken, P., Al-Nasiry, S., Bast, A., Leermakers, P. A., Tulen, C. B. M., Janssen, G. M. J., Schiffers, P. M. H., van Schooten, F. J., & Remels, A. H. V. (2020). Placental Mitochondrial Abnormalities Upon Hypoxia; The Cause of Placental Oxidative Stress?Reproductive Sciences, 27(SUPPL 1), 268A-268A.
  • 2018
    • Vangrieken, P., Al-Nasiry, S., Janssen, G. M. J., Weseler, A. R., Spaanderman, M. E., Bast, A., & Schiffers, P. M. H. (2018). The direct and sustained consequences of severe placental hypoxia on vascular contractility. PLOS ONE, 13(8), Article e0202648. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202648
    • Zhang, M., Schiffers, P., Janssen, G., Vrolijk, M., Vangrieken, P., & Haenen, G. R. M. M. (2018). The cardiovascular side effects of Ma Huang due to its use in isolation in the Western world. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 18, 18-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2018.01.007
  • 2017
    • Sthijns, M. M. J. P. E., Schiffers, P. M., Janssen, G. M., Lemmens, K. J. A., Ides, B., Vangrieken, P., Bouwman, F. G., Mariman, E. C., Pader, I., Arner, E. S. J., Johansson, K., Bast, A., & Haenen, G. R. M. M. (2017). Rutin protects against H2O2-triggered impaired relaxation of placental arterioles and induces Nrf2-mediated adaptation in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells exposed to oxidative stress. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-general Subjects, 1861(5), 1177-1189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.03.004
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