Jolien Dekens

Experience

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  Institute for Materials Research (IMO)

  Apr 2014 - Jun 2014

  Research Assistant

  The title of the project was "Molecularly Imprinted Polymers as detection element in biosensors". Techniques that were used: bulk synthesis of MIPs, batch rebindings, heat transfer method, impedance spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy and spray coating.

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  Institute for Materials research (IMO)

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2015

  Research Assistant

  The title of the project was "Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for biomedical applications". Techniques that were used: miniemulsion synthesis of MIPs, dynamic light scattering, batch rebindings and UV-Vis spectroscopy.

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  BIOMED (Biomedisch instituut - UHasselt)

  Feb 2015 - Feb 2015

  Research Assistant

  The title of the project was "Isolation and characterization of extra-cellular micro/nanovesicles (EVs) as novel intracellular messengers". Techniques that were used: Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and cell culture.

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  Biomolecule Design Group (UHasselt)

  Mar 2015 - Mar 2015

  Research Assistant

  The title of the project was "Site-specific modification and oriented immobilization of nanobodies for covalent coupling on a surface using expressed protein ligation". Techniques that were used: Expressed Protein Ligation (EPL), Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Agarose Gel Electrophoresis (AGE), Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), Restriction digestion/Ligation, Transformation of vectors in bacteria, Periplasmatic extraction, Protein extraction and purification and culturing bacteria. Show less

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  Institute for Materials Research (IMO)

  Nov 2015 - Jun 2016

  Research assistant

  The title of the project was "Reliable and reusable biosensors based on microfabricated molecularly imprinted structures for the detection of testosterone". Techniques that were used: Heat transfer method (HTM), electrochemical imedance spectroscopy (EIS), synthesis of PDMS microfluidics, height profilometry

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  University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Zweibruecken, Germany

  Dec 2015 - Jan 2016

  Research assistant

  A two weeks research stay at the university to use their cleanroom facilities. Techniques and programs that were used: Clewin3, spincoating, UV exposure/mask aligner, reactive ion etching, Al evaporation and sputtering

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  UgenTec

  Jul 2018 - Feb 2021

  • Functional analyst

    Aug 2016 - Feb 2021

  • Product owner

    Jul 2018 - Jun 2019
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  MIM Software Inc.

  Feb 2021 - now

  Workflow engineer