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PhD Students

Ana Laura Manzano Covarrubias
My name is Ana Laura. I am from Mexico, where I did my bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP). After completing my bachelor studies, I did my master degree in Molecular Medicine at the University of Sheffield in the UK. In 2022 I joined the Department of Molecular Pharmacology as a PhD candidate, focusing my research on understanding the molecular mechanisms of respiratory viruses and air pollution on the lung epithelium.

Qiwen Tang
Qiwen Tang is a PhD student in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology at the University of Groningen. She is from China and obtained her master’s degree in Clinical Medicine (Neurology) from Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, China. Her PhD projects focus on the impact of environmental factors on Parkinson’s disease.

Xiaoyu Wan
I am Xiaoyu Wan, a PhD student from China, working on the structural and functional characterization of viral proteins (Adenovirus and Herpes Simplex Virus 1).
MSc Students

Merel Achterwuest

Sylvia Cleodora

Idris Pele

Renske van Norel

Rodina Darwish

Alessandra Tosato
My name is Alessandra Tosato and I come from Turin, Italy. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology in Italy, and now I am in my second year of the Master’s degree in Medical Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
I am working under the supervision of Karim for the second research project of the Master’s which focusses on investigating the double hit of Diesel Exhaust Particles and Human Adenovirus type C5 on adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial cells (A549).
BSc Students

Jai Walia
Hi there! My name is Jai Walia, and I’m from Leeuwarden, a city in the north of the Netherlands. I am a fourth-year Biology & Medical Laboratory Research bachelor’s student at Van Hall Larenstein. Currently, I am working with Karim on researching a novel approach to targeting the E1B-19K protein produced by adenovirus.

Pien Siermann

Danté Bang A Foe
Previous Members

Jan Wiese

Maja van den Broek

Kylan van Vliet

Jon Rodriguez Villa

Joëlle van Trigt

Adriana Vega Zuza

Rana Abdulkarim

Vlad Bonaciu

Lara van’t Hoff

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