Dr. Maarten van den Hoogenhof

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Maarten studied Biomedical Sciences in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and obtained his Bachelor’s degree in 2008. During his studies, he spent 6 months in the lab of Prof. dr. J.D. Molkentin at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA under the supervision of dr. J.H. van Berlo to work on the transcription factor GATA6 in cardiac development. After his return to the Netherlands, he spent 6 months in the lab of Prof. dr. L.J. de Windt under supervision of dr. H. el Azzouzi, working on microRNAs in cardiac metabolism, for which he was supported by a dr. Dekker Student Fellowship from the Dutch Heart Foundation. He then moved to the lab of Prof. dr. Y.M. Pinto to finish his Master’s Degree, which he obtained in 2011. Simultaneously, he started his PhD to investigate RNA-binding proteins in the heart under the supervision of Prof. dr. Y.M. Pinto and dr. E.E. Creemers, for which he was supported by an AMC PhD fellowship. His PhD studies culminated in his thesis entitled "RNA splicing in the heart; changing parts and performance". He then moved to Heidelberg, Germany, to work as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. dr. J. Backs. In 2022, he was awarded with a Junior Research Group at the Innovationcampus Region Rhein Neckar.

Advanced Professional Degrees

2018 PhD, University of Amsterdam, Dept. of Experimental Cardiology

Academic Education

2008 - 2011  Master of Science, Biomedical Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen

Major: Human Pathobiology, minor: Cardiology

2004 - 2008  Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen

Positions held

2022 – now Junior Research Group leader at Innovationcampus Region Rhein Neckar, Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg

2021 – now Member of the DZHK Preclinical Digitalization Taskforce

2019 – now Member of the Young DZHK Postdoc committee, partnersite Heidelberg/Mannheim

2017 – 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Prof.dr. Johannes Backs, Institute of Experimental Cardiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany

2011 – 2017 PhD student in the lab of Prof.dr. Y.M. Pinto, Dept. of Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Supervisors: Dr. E.E. Creemers and Prof.dr. Y.M. Pinto

2010 Student in the lab of Prof.dr. Y.M. Pinto, Dept. of Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Supervisor: Dr. E.E. Creemers and Dr. A. Beqqali  

2009 Student in the lab of Prof.dr. L.J. de Windt, Dept. of Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

Supervisor: Dr. H. El Azzouzi

2008 Student in the lab of Prof.dr. J.D. Molkentin, Dept. of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Supervisor: Dr. J.H. van Berlo

Awards and Grants

2022 Junior Research Group at Innovationcampus Region Rhein Neckar

2019 DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Postdoc Start-Up grant

2019 DGK (German Society of Cardiology) Research Stipendium

2019 DFG (German Research Foundation) Research Grant

2018 Precision Medicine Award (1st prize), DZHK Precision Medicine in Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure Summit 2018, Heidelberg

2018 Guido Tarone Award, HFA Winter meeting, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Les Diablerets

2016 Heartcenter Stimulans Voucher

2011 AMC PhD Scholarship

2009 Session-award in Genetics, International Student Congress of Medical Sciences

2009 Dr. E. Dekker Student Fellowship, Dutch Heart Foundation

Outside of the lab, Maarten enjoys doing sports (bouldering/rock climbing, downhill mountainbiking, triathlons), food and cooking, and spending time with friends and family.