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Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor and bacterial infections
Valls Serón, M.
Publication date
2011
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Valls Serón, M. (2011). Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor and bacterial infections.
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Acknowledgements
Hereby, I would like to take the chance to thank everyone who contributed to the journey of my PhD research. I am most lucky to have had enormous support along the way.
To my promotors: prof. dr. Joost Meijers and prof. dr. Philip de Groot. Beste Joost, thank you for your guidance and for always being so enthusiastic and available for discussion of (sometimes) challenging data. Beste Flip, I very much appreciate your supervision of this thesis.
Bedank voor jullie (vele) hulp, steun bij het bedenken en opschrijven van dit proefschrift. Ik heb veel van jullie geleerd!
My gratitude also goes to the members of the supervisory committee: Prof.dr. F. Leebeek, Prof. dr. C. J. F van Noorden, Prof. dr. T. van der Poll, and Prof. dr. A. J. Verhoeven and in particular to Prof. Erik Hack, for giving me the opportunity to start science in The Netherlands (7 years ago).
To my colleagues at G1:
Thank you to Pauline who properly introduced me to the subject and has always been available when I needed help and provided useful critique and guidance when it was most necessary. Your depth of knowledge on both experimental and writing details is very much appreciated.
Stefan, a big thank you for all your help but in particular for doing the animal experiments with me. I enjoyed being “on vacation” at the AMC with you! 5 star room, delicious meals and the latest movie at the cinema! What else did we want, ehh??
Tom, you always had an answer to ALL my questions. It was a pleasure to share our “TAFI-issues”! Things were much easier thanks to your help. I wish you all the best!
Chantal, I enjoyed being your TAFI-PhD colleague and sharing all the conferences we attended together!
Arnoud, I really appreciate your invaluable assistance in all laboratory related matters. Always very enthusiastic to solve the unsolvable “challenges”!
Gwen and Çetin, we all started together and learned from each other. It was a pleasure to share this journey with you.
A las latinas, Chiara y Joana. Muchas grácias (sobretodo) por esos momentos fuera del laboratorio.
To Mirella, always up for a chat. Thank you for your support!
Jorge, Alinda, Han, Mauritz and Joram: thank you for all the fun in and outside the laboratory, you created a great working atmosphere! And also to the rest of my colleagues from the EVG, MEVG and DEVG, in particular to Wil who was always kind to help me with my experiments.
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Ad and Agnes: thank you for making the “non-lab work” easier. And in particular to Agnes at the end, with all the forms and procedures linked to finishing my PhD, you were a great help!
I also thank the students (Joslyn Lardy, Sofie Verschueren and Charlotte van Spaendonck) for
their help.
Besides in the EVG department, my PhD has exposed me to so many other people that greatly enriched the experience of working on my PhD thesis. Marcel Schouten, thank you for dedicating your time to help me with setting up the animal experiments. From the (Neuro)Pathology department: Rene Sersansie and Jasper Anik: you always found time to help me. I learned a lot from you! Emanuele Zurolo and Anand Iyer: it was always fun to work around you. To all the people from the University Medical Center in Utrecht: thank you for your hospitality whenever I had to perform experiments there and for the fun times during the conferences.
In addition, I would like to thank my collaborators and in particular to prof. dr. Heiko Herwald, thank you for your hospitality and guidance throughout my doctoral project. Monica Heidenholm: always so kind to help me. And I also would like to thank prof. dr. Artur Schmidtchen and Martina Kalle for their hospitality and help. It was fun to work with you Martina!
To Regina, Alida, Seema, Wing, Melissa and Ya-hui, thank you for being patient with my schedules and adjusting always your times for our gezellige dinners. Thank you for understanding!
To my paranimfs Stefi and Marta, thank you for being with me during these years but specially for being with me during my thesis defense. Your help is very much appreciated!
A mis amigos Toni, Claudia, Douwe, Noelia, Olivier, Marta, Santi, Ester (y Sabina!), Rubén y Yolanda MUCHAS GRÁCIAS por las cenas, los domingos “a la española” y por esas risas y buenos momentos que me han hecho desconectar y empezar los lunes con más ganas de trabajar! Vane, Marta y Noemi: muchas grácias por estar SIEMPRE a mi lado.
A mis herman@s, cuñad@s, cognati, suocero, mi schoonmoeder, tíos y primos, especialmente a aquellos que han podido venir a mi presentación de tesis: muchas grácias por compartir este día conmigo!
A mis padres, grácias por apoyarme siempre en mis decisions. Grácias a vosotros siempre he tenido la voluntad de iniciar proyectos nuevos.
Y sobretodo muchas grácias a tí, Orlando, a pesar de no estar familiarizado con los términos científicos siempre me has entendido y apoyado. Me allegro de tenerte día tras día a mi lado!
