Melanie Perik

Melanie Perik

Internship Trainee

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    PHD Student at Cardiovascular Genetics, Center for Medical Genetics (UZA/UA)

  • Education

    • Universiteit Hasselt

      2012 - 2015
      Bachelor's degree Biomedical Sciences, General
    • Universiteit Antwerpen

      2015 - 2017
      Master's degree Infectious and Tropical Diseases
  • Experience

    • Centre universitaire de santé McGill | McGill University Health Centre

      Nov 2016 - May 2017
      Internship Trainee

      Internship abroad that includes observing the effect of ApoE and SAA bound to hemozoin on the activation of macrophages in presence or absence of IFNγ priming. The techniques used to evaluate these effects are: B10R macrophage Cell culture, ELISA, Western blot, qPCR, and EMSA.

    • Center for Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp University

      Aug 2017 - now
      PHD Student

      PhD concerning the identification of genetic modifiers for aortopathy in Loeys-Dietz families with a TGFB3 founder mutation using patient specific PBMC derived iPSC-VSMC model.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Proefleider (cat. C)

      FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS
      May 2013
    • ICH Good Clinical Practice E6 (R2)

      The Global Health Network
      Feb 2023