With the start of Amsterdam Reproduction and Development (AR&D) research institute in 2016, AR&D provided funds to support talented AR&D researchers and to stimulate team science, from collaborations to highly integrated research teams. Each year several calls have been organized for AR&D researchers at different stages of their careers.
Laureates 2023
| Team Science Grant (€50,000) | |
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| Daniël Docter, Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Studying surgical anatomy and embryology of the anorectal region |
| Nikki Hubers, Biological Psychology | The Epigenetic signature of monozygotic twinning in pre- and perinatal tissues: a new collaboration between the department of Human Genetics, the Dutch Fetal Biobank, the PANDA obstetrics biobank, and the Netherlands Twin Register |
| Gerben Vader, Human Genetics | Finding the missing link in partner choice during germ cell-specific DNA repair. |
Laureates 2022
| Start small, Think Big grant (€25,000) | |
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| Tjiske Zaat, Centre for Reproductive Medicine | The importance of vaso-active hormones of the corpus luteum on endometrium and trophoblast in assisted reproduction |
| Bernadette de Bakker, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Using cutting edge imaging modalities to study the intimate hidden security of early life |
| Judith Dekker, Obstetrics and Gynecology Reproductive Medicine | Birth Factors relating to Early Onset Endometriosis |
| Jan-Paul Roovers, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Application of tissue-engineered amniotic membranes for surgical repair of vesicovaginal fistulas |
| Emilie van Limburg, Stirum Obstetrics and Gynecology | Cervical length measurement to predict preterm birth: overview on population differences, different cut offs and gestational age |
| Larissa van der Windt, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Core outcome measurement instruments to measure late neurodevelopmental morbidity in studies investigating prevention of preterm birth |
| Move Forward grant (€50,000) | |
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| Jantine van Voorden, Reproductive Biology Laboratory | Conversion of patient-derived iPSCs into trophoblast stem cells: an innovative approach to study placental disease |
| Iris Sanou, Reproductive Biology Laboratory | Enabling parenthood: Unravelling testicular cell interactions pathways that hamper sperm formation in vitro |
| Jenny van Dongen, Biological Psychology | Epigenetic signature of monozygotic twinning: a tool to study the vanishing twin syndrome and genetic influences on twinning |
| Anne Timmermans, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Comparative carbon Footprint assessment of treatment options for uterine fibroids (COFFEE) |
| Jasper Linthorst, Human Genetics | ELEMENT: Evaluating the accuracy of micro-organisms detection using NIPT data |
| Eva Kontopodi, Pediatrics | Antiviral effects of human milk on cytomegalovirus infection in human infant gut organoid models; the effect of processing human milk (AVATAR study) |
| Paramedic Science Grant (€25000) | |
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| Sarah Michon, Centre for Reproductive Medicine | Re-use of disposable specula in treatment of fertility patients undergoing multiple inseminations: A discrete choice experiment and small sample pilot study Re-Spec-t |
Laureates 2021
| Start small, Think Big grant (€25,000) | |
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| Kelly Dingess, Pediatrics | Immunity against SARS-Coronavirus 2 in breast milk: Deep Immunoglobulin clonal profiling by mass spectrometry of the COVID MILK – Extended and POWER MILK Studies |
| Brenda Kazemier, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Lockdown for COVID-19 and prevalence of infections in pregnancy in the Amsterdam UMC |
| Mauritia Marijnen, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Linking national registries PALGA and Perined to understand the effect of specific placental lesions on key obstetric outcomes |
| Eva van der Meij, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Developing multidisciplinary convalescence recommendations for recovery after childbirth; a modified Delphi study |
| In Between Grant (€50,000) | |
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| Liesbeth van Leeuwen, Obstetrics and Gynecology | PREGCOVAC-19: The efficacy, optimum timing and safety of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant women |
| Velja Mijatovic, Center for Reproductive Medicine | Evaluating the long-term neurocognitive effects of preconceptional exposure to iodinated contrast on the offspring (Neuro-H2Oil Study) |
| Wendy Dankers, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Experimental Immunology | Designing an in vitro placenta model to study maternal-fetal tolerance in SLE patients |
| Mandy Spaan, Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology and Data Science | School performance of children conceived by assisted reproductive technology |
| Renee Burger, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Obstetric conditions and cardiovascular health across ethnic groups in the Netherlands |
| Wes Onland, Pediatrics, IC Neonatology | The effect of Systemic Hydrocortisone on the Preterm Brain assessed by neuroimaging in the SToPBPD (Systemic Hydrocortisone To Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in preterm infants) study |
Laureates 2020
| In Between Grant (€50,000) | |
|---|---|
| Yousif Dawood, Obstetrics and Gynecology | The human fetal microbiome: fact or fiction? |
| Myrthe Smits, Center for Reproductive Medicine | Senescence as a driving force in ovarian ageing and female fertility decline |
| The Bigger Picture Grant (€100,000) | |
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| Marieke Buijtendijk, Medical Biology | 3D foetal heart models to improve prenatal detection of congenital heart disease |
Laureates 2019
| Start Small Think Big Grant (€25,000) | |
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| Freyja van Lint, Human Genetics | The devil is in the details: Skewed paternal inheritance in cardiomyopathies due to selfish spermatogonial selection? |
| Kelly Nijsten, Obstetrics and Gynecology | The effects of in utero undernutrition due to hyperemesis gravidarum on offspring’s cardiometabolic disease risk and the possible beneficial effect of maternal early nutritional intervention |
| Danai Georgiadou, Reproductive Biology Laboratory Obstetrics and Gynecology | Discordant Monozygotic Twinning in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome: A Study of Embryonic Pluripotency and Epigenetic Reprogramming – Development of iPSCs |
| Douwe Visser, Neonatology | Diagnostic value of soluble CD14 subtype in neonatal sepsis |
| Ekaterina Jordanova, Center for Gynecologic Oncology Obstetrics and Gynecology | Angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis in uterine adenomyosis |
| Mariëlle Alders, Human Genetics | Methylation profiling as a diagnostic test |
| In Between Grant (€50,000) | |
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| Hamdi Mbarek, Biological Psychology | The SMAD3 gene and ovarian response to FSH and live birth in IVF |
| Callista Mulder, Center for Reproductive Medicine Reproductive Biology Laboratory | Securing a fertile future for young boys with leukemia: the role of somatic cells in vitro |
| Janneke van ’t Hooft, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Long term follow-up of children exposed in-utero to progesterone for prevention of preterm birth |
| Anna Landman, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Long-term health follow-up of children after in utero exposure to low-dose aspirin, the APRIL follow-up study |
| Anke Witteveen, Midwifery Science | Hair cortisol concentration as a valid indicator of prenatal depression |
| Baudewijntje Kreukels, Medical Psychology | Sex hormones, cognition, and the role of cardiovascular and psychological factors: a study in elderly transgender people receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy |
| Maurice van den Hoff, Medical Biology | The glycosylation status of Follistatin-like 1 regulates development and growth |
| The Bigger Picture Grant (€100,000) | |
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| Marissa Harmsen, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Anti-angiogenesis therapy for adenomyosis: from bench to bedside |
| Martijn Finken, Pediatrics | Patient-tailored Glucocorticoid Treatment to Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Enhance Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Very Preterm Infants |
| Geert Hamer, Center for Reproductive Medicine | Role of germ cell-specific genes in the origin and development of cancer |
Laureates 2018
| Out of the Box Grant (€60,000) | |
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| Marie van Dijk, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Exploration of a novel minimal-invasive prenatal diagnostic technique |
| Bernadette de Bakker, Medical Biology | High resolution 3D imaging of foetal anatomy |
| Thijs van Mens, Vascular Medicine | Obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome: the etiological role and therapeutic potential of the gut microbiome |
Laureates 2017
| Post Doc Grant (€80,000) | |
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| Arend van Deutekom, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Children's cardiovascular health after materal pre-pregnancy life style intervention (CHAMPION) |
| Mandy Spaan, Obstetrics and Gynecology | Long-term health of children conceived using assisted reproductive technologies |
Laureates 2016
| PhD Scholarship | |
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| Ivy van Dijke (PhD candidate), Human Genetics and Center for Reproductive Medicine | The widening scope of reproductive genetic technologies: responsible innovation and assisting individuals’ decision-making |
| Heleen Schuster (PhD candidate), Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medical Microbiology | The microbial signature of birth |