University of Groningen
The roles of MYO5B in epithelial cells and the intestine Leng, Changsen
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Leng, C. (2020). The roles of MYO5B in epithelial cells and the intestine: A focus on microvillus inclusion disease. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.127906021
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Acknowledgements
Happy time always goes so fast. During these years, I have enjoyed a wonderful life and got lots of support in the Netherlands. Here, I would like to thank all the people who have helped and accompanied me.
First and foremost, I must express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor Prof. dr. Sven van IJzendoorn. Dear Sven, I am very grateful that you have given me the opportunity to be a PhD student in your group. Under your patient supervision, you help me improve not only research knowledge but also scientific thought and confidence to overcome difficulties. Thank you for your exciting ideas and helpful discussions. I admire your friendly attitude, brilliant idea and efficient working habit. Thanks for giving me a relaxed environment in which I can do my research without high pressure and also have time to enjoy life in the Netherlands. I wish you great success in your research and happy life with your family.
Then, I would like to appreciate Dr. Diego Arango. You provide so many great ideas and suggestions in our studies. Thank you very much for your time and energy to support the animal experiments. You are so friendly and enthusiastic. Your talented mind and passion on science impressed me a lot.
Next, I would like to further express my great appreciation to Karin. “It is the first step that costs troublesome.” When I first come to the lab, everything is new and difficult. But luckily, with so patient and kind favor, you help me to familiarize all stuff, teach me techniques, and guide me upon the scientific road. More importantly, thank you very much for your help in many assays and data analysis. For this reason, my PhD journey is much smooth and not lonely. You contribute so much to keep the lab running regularly, which also impressed me.
I’m also very grateful to have lovely group members. Arend, thank you very much for your previous research work, a lot of favors, and useful discussions to solve my doubts.
Qinghong and Yue, it is destiny to be in the same group and same office. We are like
brothers and sisters. Thank you for the daily help and concern, warm and fragrant parties. Lavinija, luckily to meet you in the same group. I’m pleased to talk and work with you. I also would like to express my acknowledgements to the students I
supervised: Sharona and Gaowa. Both of you are very diligent and smart. You have made wonderful outcomes. I’m very happy to work and study with you. Thank you for your contribution to our research. I wish you have a good future.
Moreover, Águeda-Martinez and Fernando, thank you very much for the contribution of the animal experiments. Wilco and Lukas, thanks for your kind support with the imaging work.
I want to thank the members of the assessment committee Prof. dr. K.N. Faber from UMCG, Prof. dr. R.H.J. Houwen and Prof. dr. J. Klumperman from UMCU for your time and efforts to evaluate and approve this thesis.
I would like to appreciate Dr. Ben Giepmans. Thank you very much for your approval and suggestions for this thesis. I am also grateful to Klaas for assistance with confocal microscopy and live cell imaging. Thank you for your time to help me solve a lot of questions and troubles. Jeroen and Pascal, thanks a lot for the favors with electron microscopy.
Of course, I would like to thank all the colleagues on the 10th floor. Inge Zuhorn, thank
you for the collaboration and support on the research. Wia, Jenny and Jan, thanks for the kind help in the lab and warm guidance. Bhagyashree, we stay too long time in the same office, so that you know me so much from your poem, looks even more than myself. Thanks also for your delicious Indian food. Dennis, thank you for lots of dinners and parties in your home, especially your fantastic hometown Carnival, that’s unforgettable. Edwin and Isabelle, thanks for working together and lots of talks, which give delight a lot in the lab. Peng, even you have left here for quite some time, but your funny stories are still impressive. I wish you a bright future in China. Also, thanks to all of you: Inge Werkman, Jacomien, Pauline, Jody, Wendy, Rianne, Mondragon,
Alain, Riemer, Charlotte, Cuifeng and Leon for playing games, drinking, celebrating
and having cakes together, I will miss all of you.
I want to thank the BSCS department. Thanks to many colleagues for sharing reagents and facilities. The lab day and Christmas dinner every year are always very amusing and memorable. Thank you for being party committee members with Nicole, Yingying
Cong, Pauline, Yue, Di, in many times, we discuss, brainstorm and team together.
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I would also like to appreciate the financial support from China Scholarship Council (CSC), which gave me a great chance to go abroad, to explore scientific research, to see different cultures. All these experiences are a fortune for future life. Thanks to
RUG/UMCG, which provide a wonderful study and research environment. Thanks to
the Netherlands, which is a beautiful country with friendly people.
I sincerely thank my friends in Groningen: Dage & Dajie, Wangli & Jianjun, Jingjing & Yuanze. That’s a destiny first to meet you as neighbors in this city, then we become good friends. You helped me a lot to familiarize the city and life. Thanks a lot for many times of hearty and tasty food. I feel so happy to stay with you, which is like at my own home with families. Mengfan, Yuanyuan & Liqiang, Shanshan & Zhangping, Zhiyao,
Zhen Cheng, Xiaochaijie & your family, Yi Yu & Tingting, Xiaofei, Yi Wu, Weiteng, Jing Wu, Yanni, Yang Heng, Shipeng, Qiong Jiang, Yizhou, Xiaoyan, Can Wang, Chunli, Yingying Cong, Mengfei & Tian Xie, Yana, Defu & Tian Qin, Rumei, Zongmei, Fan Liu, Congzhuo, Yingjie, Qianliang, Lin Chen, Jin Li, Jun Li, Jiacong, Yang Jing, Yuan He, Huifang, Chenghao, Jiedong, Xiaohong, Di Wu, Ping Xu & Xiaoming, Yingruo & Qi Hui, Peipei & Yanjun … I’m very happy to have these friends
here, thank you for the parties and all happy time with you. I also want to thank
Xiaoying Hu for your encouragement that we come to Europe together, and Tenghao Zheng for the help of the CSC application. Moreover, I also would like to thank all my
friends and teachers in China; thank you for the concern and support during this period. Finally, I would like to express my greatest appreciation to my family. Dear Dad and
Mom, you often say that you are proud of me, but I want to tell you that you are always
my pride. Thank you for your considerate care to me all the time. Dear my brother and
sister-in-law, thank you for taking care of our parents and help me handle many affairs
when I’m abroad. I’m very grateful to my parents-in-law. You take me as your own son. Thank you for your love!
My deepest love, Yingying, my wife, we have been together for 11-years. We are in the same university from bachelor until now. We study together, enjoy life together and make decisions together. Every day, the best moments are having dinner with you, talking with you and thinking about our lives with you. The whole time spent with you is pleasant. You are so kind, cute, thoughtful and irreplaceable. Thank you for your
care, encouragement and support all the time. No matter what will happen, we will be together forever. I love you!
