PhD conferral Shunxin Jin, 3 April, 10.00 hours, MBB 4-6
Supervisors: Dr M.M.J. van Greevenbroek, Prof. C.D.A. Stehouwer, Prof. C.G. Schalkwijk
Title: 'The alternative pathway of the complement system in vascular comorbidities of obesity and type 2 diabetes'

PhD conferral Renée Brüggemann, 4 April, 10.00 hours, MBB 4-6
Supervisor: Prof. H. ten Cate
Co-supervisors: Dr A.J. ten Cate-Hoek, Dr B.P.A. Spaetgens
Title: 'Unraveling hypercoagulability in COVID-19 and optimizing VTE management in the frail nursing home population'

PhD conferral Alicia Veninga, 20 April, 13.00 hours, MBB 4-6
Supervisor: Dr J.W.M. Heemskerk
Co-supervisors: Dr P.E.J. van der Meijden, Dr C.C.F.M.J. Baaten
Title: 'Platelet heterogeneity: a colourful palette of populations'

PhD conferral Tobias Meßmer, 21 April, 13.00 hours, MBB 4-6
Supervisors: Prof. M.J. Post, Dr J.E. Flack
Title: 'Decoding cultured meat production. The transcriptomic landscape of bovine satellite cells in proliferation and differentiation'

PhD conferral Stefano Navarro, 25 April, 13.00 hours, MBB 4-6 (double doctorate)
Supervisors: Prof. J.W.M. Heemskerk, Prof. B. Nieswandt (University of Würzburg)
Co-supervisors: Dr M.J.E. Kuijpers, Dr H. Hermanns (University of Würzburg)
Title: 'Novel platelet glycoprotein VI and CLEC-2 targeting strategies: studies in humanized mouse models'

PhD conferral Ilaria De Simone, 26 April, 13.00 hours, MBB 4-6 (double doctorate)
Supervisors: Prof. H. ten Cate, Prof. J.M. Gibbins (University of Reading)
Co-supervisors: Dr P.E.J. van der Meijden, Dr C.I. Jones (University of Reading)
Title: 'Novel mechanisms of platelet activation and sustained signalling through GPVI and PAR1'

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