BiGCaT Interns
On this page, you can find a list of ongoing and previous internships at the Department of Bioinformatics.
Interns 2022/23
John Figueira Hasbun
Title: Creating COVID-19 molecular pathway models for data analysis
Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon (BIGCAT/MACSBIO), Nhung Pham
Program: Master Biomedical Sciences, UM

Tom Pauly
Title: Differences in gene expression between high cholesterol absorbers and synthesizers
Supervisor: Dr. Susan Steinbusch-Coort, Prof. Dr. Jogchum Plat
Program: Applied Science, Fontys

Students 2021/22
Student | Internship |
Xavier Nauts |
Title: Interactive biological pathways for rare diseases with a focus on Spina Bifida Supervisor: Friederike Ehrhart |
Theodoros Zarotiadis |
Title: Transcriptomics and Genetic Variance Analysis in Human Inclusion Myositis, using Pathway and Network Analysis Approaches Supervisor: Friederike Ehrhart, Lars Eijssen |
Daniel Lupascu |
Title: Pathway and Network Analysis of Ferroptosis for Autoimmune Disease Target Identification Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon (BIGCAT/MACSBIO) |
Patrick Mertens |
Title: Analysis of publicly accessible molecular neuropathology data using bioinformatics tools Supervisor: Lars Eijssen |
Nuray Talih |
Title: COVID-19 pathway curation and analysis Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon, Nhung Pham |
John Figueira Hasbun |
Title: Creating COVID-19 molecular pathway models for data analysis Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon (BIGCAT/MACSBIO), Nhung Pham |
Stefan Huber |
Title: Drug Repurposing using Recommender Systems Supervisor: Ammar Ammar |
Claire Billingsley |
Title: Studying molecular processes to understand the differences in disease severity of COVID-19 patients Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon, Nhung Pham |
Amaury Pelzer |
Title: Metabolic modelling to better understand the role of the microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease Supervisor: Susan Steinbusch-Coort, Duygu Dede Sener |
Susanne Bachmann |
Title: Interactive biological pathways for rare diseases - Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Supervisor: Friederike Ehrhart |
Maria van de Meent |
Title: Understanding the molecular mechanisms of pancreatic cancer Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon |
Leon Giesselink |
Title: Molecular networks for schizophrenia Supervisor: Friederike Ehrhart |
Velina Pencheva |
Title: Interactive biological pathway for the rare disease of cholestasis Supervisor: Friederike Ehrhart |
Christel de Vries |
Title: Pathways for rare diseases (INCPH) Supervisor: Friederike Ehrhart |
Students 2020/21
Student | Internship |
Ulas Babayiģit |
Interactive biological pathways for rare diseases
Supervisor: Friederike Ehrhart |
Yasmine Bouwers |
Systems biology analysis of publicly available transcriptomic data related to vitamin D exposure to identify changes in cognition-related cellular processes. Supervisor: Lars Eijssen (BIGCAT/NP) |
Calvin Classon |
Creating COVID-19 molecular pathway models for data analysis Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon (BIGCAT/MACSBIO) / Nhung Pham |
Natalie Hinková |
Interactive biological pathways for rare diseases Supervisor: Friederike Ehrhart |
Alp Irkilmez |
Interactive biological pathways for rare diseases Supervisor: Friederike Ehrhart |
Nanda Knoops |
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of pancreatic cancer Supervisor: Martina Summer-Kutmon (BIGCAT/MACSBIO) |
Jarno Koetsier |
Building an automated workflow for isoform expression analysis using Affymetrix ST arrays Supervisor: Lars Eijssen (BIGCAT/NP) |
Lisa Koole |
Interactive biological pathways for neuroinflammatory diseases Supervisor: Friederike Ehrhart |
Franziska Kreidl |
Development of a molecular Adverse Outcome Pathway of mesothelioma through asbestos exposure |
Tom Pauly |
Systems biology analysis of publicly available transcriptomic data related to vitamin D exposure to identify changes in cognition-related cellular processes. Supervisor: Lars Eijssen (BIGCAT/NP) |
Ravin Schmidl |
Identifying and Validating Repurposable Drugs (and combinations of them) for COVID-19 Supervisor: Chris Evelo, Martina Summer-Kutmon (BIGCAT/MACSBIO) |
Rocheliëne Tokaai |
Creating COVID-19 molecular pathway models for data analysis |
Floris Veugels |
Using RNA sequencing data for targeted iso form expression analysis |