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Work Visit Grant / Annemiek Dijkhuis Gains New Expertise in FranceAI&I is committed to supporting innovative research and fostering international collaboration. In 2025, after 17 years at the Experimental Immunology lab, the AI&I International Work Visit Grant enabled research technician Annemiek Dijkhuis to spend two months at the lab of Dr. Aurélien Justet at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) in Caen, France. For two months Annemiek was emerged in a new research environment, gaining hands-on expertise in generating Precision Cut Lung Slices (PCLS) and performing single-cell RNA sequencing on these slices.
Amplifying Knowledge: AI&I Technicians Dive into (q)PCROn 23 June, the AI&I Technician Committee organised the AI&I Technician Seminar “Amplifying Knowledge: Mastering PCR Step by Step.” For this seminar, they invited Dirk Duinsbergen, Field Application Scientist at Thermo Fisher and specialist in qPCR. He guided participants through all aspects of (q)PCR, from setting up experiments to data analysis and troubleshooting.
VACCINATION RESEARCH | Challenges and Developments in Vaccination Research from Infectious Diseases to CancerAt the Amsterdam Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (AI&I), we focus on three key research areas: Post-Acute Infection Syndromes (PAIS), Immunomonitoring, and Vaccination. Regularly, we highlight one of these areas, exploring essential knowledge, challenges, and real-world impact. In Q3 2026, our spotlight is on Vaccination. In this article, written in collaboration with AI&I researcher Prof. Joke den Haan, we explore the challenges and developments in vaccination research.
