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Molecular motors: new designs and applications
Roke, Gerrit Dirk
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Over the years there have been so many people that have contributed in some way to this thesis that I would like to thank. I am very grateful that I had the pleasure to work in such an amazing place with lovely coworkers and made many friends along the way. Some people say a PhD is 4+ years of agony, working your way through endless experiments, meetings and papers. I can just say I’ve really enjoyed this period, because of all the great people I’ve met in this time.
First of all, I would like to thank my promotor, Ben. Thank you for allowing me to do my PhD in your group. You’ve managed to create a place with a very diverse group of people where the members don’t see each other as competition but work together, making it such a great environment to work and (maybe even more important) to learn. Your enthusiasm for chemistry is unrivaled and has been a great inspiration.
Sander, I would like to thank you for all the guidance you’ve given me over the years. In the beginning you really helped me getting started with molecular motors and throughout the years you’ve helped me a lot with all your advice and corrections, including this thesis. It’s great to see that your own group is now forming, I’m sure you will do great as a supervisor. I wish you and your family all the best for the future.
I would like to thank my second promotor Prof. Browne and my reading committee for taking the time to read my thesis and giving valuable suggestions: Prof. Bach, Prof. Otto and Prof. Otten.
A great thanks is owed to all the people that are keeping the group running, and have allowed me and all the other group members to focus on the chemistry. Tineke and Inge, thank you for letting the whole group run so smoothly. It has been mentioned more often, but without you I think we would be running around not knowing what to do like savages. Thanks to all the support staff for their help with various instruments and analysis: Monique, Theodora, Hans, Renze, Pieter and Johan.
I would like to thank my Paranimphs Mickel and Dorus, first of all for getting me through the big day. Mickel, it’s so great that we started together 9 years ago and can now defend on the same day (I’m just a bit earlier than you, but that’s ok). Your work ethics have always impressed me, from the first practical courses to the final stages of your PhD. Apart from that I’ve really enjoyed the coffee breaks, lunches and party’s (nog eem kneiterhard ouwehoeren) we shared over the course of the last years. I hope our friendship will continue, even though (for the first time in almost 10 years) we won’t be studying or working together anymore. Dorus, your presence in the lunchroom is already legendary, we really share the same sense of humor (to the point where it got scary). Sharing desks at the beginning of our PhD was maybe not the most productive, but it was a lot of fun. I would like to thank the students that I’ve guided and who in that way contributed to this thesis. I cannot say this without a special mention to Constantin. When a new student arrives, it can be a bit of a lottery. Sometimes you get lucky and a good one arrives,
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sometimes they’re a bit less talented. With you I hit the jackpot, you contributed a great deal to this thesis and for that I owe you a massive thanks. Especially in your second stay in Groningen I hardly felt that I was your supervisor, as we were just discussing as peers. Apart from that it was great to have you in the lab, shouting at your pc (Arschmachine!) and yourself (Why are you so shit?!). You were also Berlin’s best and worst tour guide. I wish you the best of luck with the remainder of your PhD, but I’m sure you’ll do fine. I would like to thank all the colleagues I’ve worked with over the years and have contributed in some way. Sometimes for their collaborations, advice and help, others for the great times during coffee breaks, borrels and trips. They are too many to mention all of them here, and I would probably forget half, but you know who you are! I do want to name a few special people here.
Wojtek, I’ve learned a great deal from you. You are an excellent chemist with a broad knowledge and I’m sure you will do a great job finishing your PhD soon! Thanks for the interesting discussions and advice but also for your friendship! Hugo, your sound effects have lightened up many lunches and cycling trips. Thanks for your humor. Filippo, your honest (and sometimes savage) reviews of basically anything that you see are unprecedented. Thanks for your sassy comments and coffee breaks. Hennie, thanks for all the coffee breaks, lunches and trips we shared. Sometimes it seems that you are one of the few that is not affected by the C-wing, but it only makes those few moments that it does come out so much better. Franco, thank you for the all the beers that you bought and the beer that you bought and OMG more beer?
To the old group members: Anouk, you are by far the craziest person I’ve met. Apart from that, you are also a lovely person that will go out of her way to help your friends. Thanks for the coffee breaks, organizing trips and crazy borrels. Jos, thanks for the advice on motors early in my PhD, it helped getting me started. A massive thanks also for the house, it is a lovely place. Jiawen (although you are still here), it was a great experience starting my BSc in this group, seeing you and Martín play basketball in the lab. I wish you and your family all the best when you are moving back to China soon! Martín, a great thanks for guiding me during my BSc and MSc. I learned a lot from you which greatly contributed to the work I did described in this thesis.
Pap & Mam, jullie hebben me de basis gegeven waarop ik verder kon bouwen. Ik ben dankbaar voor de onbezorgde opvoeding die ik heb gehad en goede voorbeeld dat jullie me blijven geven op zoveel vlakken. Bedankt voor alles.
Het beste bewaar je altijd voor het laatst. Marlies, ik ben dankbaar voor je steun de afgelopen tijd. Je weet soms beter wat er in me om gaat dan ik zelf. Ik kijk uit naar onze toekomst samen. Wat we ook gaan doen en waar we ook belanden, zolang we samen zijn komt het allemaal wel goed! Ik hou van je.
