The lab in graphs
What we publish, who we work with and where we come from. Every graph is drawn from live data, so this page keeps itself up to date.
Publications
What we publish
Per year
Papers published and citations received in each year.
Running total
The same numbers added up over the years.
Citations per paper
Every paper as a dot: when it came out and how often it has been cited since.
Top 5 journals
The journals we have published in most often.
Collaborations
Who we work with
The same papers seen two ways: by person in the graph, by place on the map.
Co-authorship network · node size = paper count · edge color = paper · edge weight = shared papers
Utrecht · The Netherlands
87 co-authors · 24 papers
- Utrecht University
- University Medical Center Utrecht
- Oncode Institute
- and 1 more
Amsterdam · The Netherlands
73 co-authors · 16 papers
- University of Amsterdam
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers
- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam
- and 7 more
Cambridge & Boston · United States
49 co-authors · 16 papers
- Harvard University
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- and 4 more
Rotterdam · The Netherlands
24 co-authors · 5 papers
- Erasmus MC
- Sint Franciscus Gasthuis
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- and 1 more
Nijmegen · The Netherlands
20 co-authors · 1 paper
- Radboud University Medical Center
- Radboud University Nijmegen
London · United Kingdom
14 co-authors · 2 papers
- Imperial College London
- Asthma UK
- University College London
- and 1 more
Leiden · Netherlands
13 co-authors · 4 papers
- Leiden University Medical Center
- Charles River Laboratories (Netherlands)
Stockholm · Sweden
7 co-authors · 1 paper
- Karolinska Institutet
- Karolinska University Hospital
San Diego · United States
6 co-authors · 2 papers
- University of California San Diego
- Scripps Research Institute
Wageningen · The Netherlands
6 co-authors · 1 paper
- Wageningen University & Research
- Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Waltham · United States
5 co-authors · 2 papers
- Brandeis University
Groningen · The Netherlands
5 co-authors · 1 paper
- University of Groningen
- University Medical Center Groningen
Rijswijk · Netherlands
4 co-authors · 1 paper
- Biomedical Primate Research Centre
Strassen · Luxembourg
4 co-authors · 1 paper
- Luxembourg Institute of Health
Amsterdam-Zuidoost · Netherlands
4 co-authors · 1 paper
- AIMM Therapeutics (Netherlands)
Atlanta · United States
4 co-authors · 1 paper
- Emory University
- Emory National Primate Research Center
New York · United States
3 co-authors · 3 papers
- Weill Cornell Medicine
- Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Maastricht · The Netherlands
3 co-authors · 1 paper
- Maastricht University
Ghent · Belgium
3 co-authors · 1 paper
- Ghent University
Athens · United States
2 co-authors · 2 papers
- University of Georgia
Davis · United States
2 co-authors · 1 paper
- University of California, Davis
Cambridge · United Kingdom
2 co-authors · 1 paper
- Wellcome Sanger Institute
- European Bioinformatics Institute
- University of Cambridge
Leuven · Belgium
2 co-authors · 1 paper
- KU Leuven
Odense · Denmark
2 co-authors · 1 paper
- University of Southern Denmark
Derio & Bilbao · Spain
2 co-authors · 1 paper
- CIC bioGUNE
- Ikerbasque
- University of the Basque Country
Edmonton · Canada
2 co-authors · 1 paper
- University of Alberta
Ithaca · United States
2 co-authors · 1 paper
- Cornell University
Aarhus · Denmark
1 co-author · 2 papers
- Aarhus University
Iowa City · United States
1 co-author · 1 paper
- University of Iowa
Chicago · United States
1 co-author · 1 paper
- University of Chicago
Seoul · South Korea
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Korea University
Melbourne · Australia
1 co-author · 1 paper
- The University of Melbourne
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Memphis · United States
1 co-author · 1 paper
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Hamburg · Germany
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV)
Montreal · Canada
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
- Université de Montréal
Valbonne · France
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
Nice · France
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Université Nice Sophia Antipolis
San Francisco · United States
1 co-author · 1 paper
- University of California, San Francisco
Oxford · United Kingdom
1 co-author · 1 paper
- University of Oxford
- MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
Hoofddorp · Netherlands
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Nokia (Netherlands)
Paris · France
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Bioscar
Bonn · Germany
1 co-author · 1 paper
- University of Bonn
Basel · Switzerland
1 co-author · 1 paper
- University Hospital of Basel
Essen · Germany
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Essen University Hospital
- University of Duisburg-Essen
Barcelona · Spain
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Hospital del Mar Research Institute
Madrid · Spain
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias
Toronto · Canada
1 co-author · 1 paper
- University Health Network
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Guangzhou · China
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Sun Yat-sen University
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
Münster · Germany
1 co-author · 1 paper
- University of Münster
Vancouver · Canada
1 co-author · 1 paper
- University of British Columbia
Dublin · Ireland
1 co-author · 1 paper
- Trinity College Dublin
Top 5 co-authors
The people we have shared the most papers with.
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People
Who was here when
Everyone who has worked in the lab, from the day they joined to the day they left.
Staff
- Balthasar HeestersBalthasar Heesters · Assistant professor
May 2021 – now - Reinier van der PalenReinier van der Palen · Technician
Sep 2021 – Jul 2022
Postdocs
- Ilhan TomrisIlhan Tomris · postdoctoral fellow
Dec 2023 – Apr 2024 - Christian Martín GilChristian Martín Gil · postdoctoral fellow
Jul 2025 – now
PhD candidates
- Igor SweetIgor Sweet · PhD candidate CBDD
Jan 2021 – Sep 2026 - Martijn BreeuwsmaMartijn Breeuwsma · PhD candidate
Sep 2021 – Dec 2025 - Jan-Willem LangenbachJan-Willem Langenbach · PhD candidate CBDD
Dec 2022 – now - Luc KrimpenfortLuc Krimpenfort · PhD candidate
Dec 2023 – now - Petri de JagerPetri de Jager · PhD candidate
Sep 2024 – now
Master students
- Milou Valk← 2016–2017Milou Valk · Master student
Sep 2016 – Jun 2017 - Kyah van MegesenKyah van Megesen · Master student
Aug 2020 – Mar 2021 - Lynn VermeerLynn Vermeer · Master student
Oct 2021 – Sep 2022 - Ilias TaghaoutIlias Taghaout · Master student
Aug 2022 – Mar 2023 - Marijn LamainMarijn Lamain · Master student
Jan 2023 – Dec 2023 - Melissa RipamontiMelissa Ripamonti · Master student
Jan 2023 – Nov 2023 - Maria Pla GranMaria Pla Gran · Master student
Feb 2023 – Nov 2023 - Emilija RadonićEmilija Radonić · Master student
Nov 2023 – Aug 2024 - Stan VerjansStan Verjans · Master student
Feb 2024 – Aug 2024 - Tristan RisseeuwTristan Risseeuw · Master student (HPIP)
Jun 2024 – Feb 2025 - Andrea van ZoerenAndrea van Zoeren · Master student
Sep 2024 – Feb 2025 - Eric Sala SoleEric Sala Sole · Master student/student assistant
Oct 2024 – Jan 2026 - Felix SnijderFelix Snijder · Master student
Feb 2025 – Apr 2026 - Eryk WasielewskiEryk Wasielewski · Master student
Dec 2025 – Sep 2026 - Marit HeijnenMarit Heijnen · Master student
Oct 2026 – now
Bachelor students
- Samuel FeldmannSamuel Feldmann · Bachelor student
Sep 2022 – Feb 2023 - Vicente Fernandez Davila BottgerVicente Fernandez Davila Bottger · Bachelor student
Feb 2025 – Jul 2025 - Wiktoria M BacharaWiktoria M Bachara · Bachelor student
Sep 2025 – Mar 2026 - Karlijn van LeeuweKarlijn van Leeuwe · Bachelor student
Mar 2026 – Jul 2026
International
Where we come from
28 current and former lab members from 9 countries.
Netherlands17
- Balthasar Heesters · Assistant professor
- Jan-Willem Langenbach · PhD candidate CBDD
- Luc Krimpenfort · PhD candidate
- Marit Heijnen · Master student
- Petri de Jager · PhD candidate
- Andrea van Zoeren · Master student
- Felix Snijder · Master student
- Ilias Taghaout · Master student
- Ilhan Tomris · postdoctoral fellow
- Karlijn van Leeuwe · Bachelor student
- Lynn Vermeer · Master student
- Martijn Breeuwsma · PhD candidate
- Marijn Lamain · Master student
- Milou Valk · Master student
- Reinier van der Palen · Technician
- Stan Verjans · Master student
- Tristan Risseeuw · Master student (HPIP)
Spain3
- Christian Martín Gil · postdoctoral fellow
- Eric Sala Sole · Master student/student assistant
- Maria Pla Gran · Master student
Poland2
- Eryk Wasielewski · Master student
- Wiktoria M Bachara · Bachelor student
Austria1
- Samuel Feldmann · Bachelor student
Caribbean Netherlands1
- Kyah van Megesen · Master student
Italy1
- Melissa Ripamonti · Master student
Peru1
- Vicente Fernandez Davila Bottger · Bachelor student
Serbia1
- Emilija Radonić · Master student
Singapore1
- Igor Sweet · PhD candidate CBDD
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