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The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/65634 holds various files of this Leiden University
dissertation.
Author: Schmitz, D.J.
Title: CRISPR/Cas-induced targeted mutagenesis with Agrobacterium mediated protein
delivery
Issue Date: 2018-09-20
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Daan Schmitz was born on the 30st of March, 1987, in the city of Haarlem, the Netherlands.
He grew up in Overveen and received his high school diploma from het Eerste Christelijk Lyceum located in the city of Haarlem in 2005. In September 2006, he started his BSc studies of Biology at Leiden University, receiving his BSc diploma in December 2009. In September 2009 he continued his scientific education by entering the ‘Molecular and Cellular Biosciences’ MSc program at Leiden University. After he received his MSc degree in August 2011, he started his PhD research in the group of Molecular and Developmental Genetics of the Institute Biology Leiden under the supervision of Dr. Sylvia de Pater and Prof. Dr. Paul J.J. Hooykaas, the results of which are described in this thesis. Daan’s project was part of a research programme entitled “Agrobacterium-mediated protein therapy: a non-GMO approach for creating crop diversity” funded by ALW-NWO and TTI Green Genetics. Currently, Daan is employed as researcher at the department of ‘Onderzoek, Informatie en Statistiek’ of the municipality of Amsterdam.
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