Silvia Coolen

Experience

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  Sanquin Amsterdam

  Nov 2006 - Apr 2007

  Trainee

  Department of Immunopathology, immunoglobulins - Working on the molecular mechanism by which antibodies derived from donors reduce disease in Rheumatic arthritis

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  AMC Amsterdam

  Oct 2007 - Jul 2008

  Department of cell biology and histology, protein degradation and aggregation Department of cell biology and histology, protein degradation and aggregation - working on the molecular mechanism by which chaperone proteins prevent poly-Q aggregation in huntington's disease

  • Research technician

    Jul 2008 - Jul 2008

  • Trainee

    Oct 2007 - Jun 2008
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  Utrecht University

  Feb 2009 - Jun 2009

  Department of biology, Plant-Microbe interactions - working on bacterial recognition in plant and how bacteria prevent this by the production of a protease Plant adaptation and defenses, bachelor course

  • Trainee

    Sept 2008 - Jun 2009

  • Student assistent

    Feb 2009 - Feb 2009
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  UMC Utrecht

  Sept 2009 - Mar 2010

  Trainee

  Department of medical microbiology, immune evasion - Working on bacterial recognition in plants and human cells

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  Utrecht University

  Nov 2010 - Nov 2014

  PhD student

  Plant-Microbe Interactions - working on how plants respond to a combination of biotic and abiotic stresses , natural genetic variation in plant responses to stress and butterfly preference for oviposition

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  Schoneveld Breeding

  Jun 2015 - Apr 2017

  Researcher

  Working as a phytopathologist and seed physiologist on Botrytis infection in Cyclamen and improving seed quality

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  Wageningen University & Research

  May 2018 - May 2019

  Researcher

  Working as a phytopathologist/entomologist in post-harvest fruit diseases and (pest/beneficial) insects in apple and pear orchards

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  Radboud University Nijmegen

  May 2019 - May 2023

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  Studying the role of the insect-associated microbiota on detoxification and resistance to plant defenses & peatmoss symbiosis with methanotrophic bacteria

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  Utrecht University

  Aug 2023 - now

  Lecturer

  Translational Plant Biology