University of Groningen
Biolubrication enhancement for tissues and biomaterials
Wan, Hongping
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10.33612/diss.135598825
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Wan, H. (2020). Biolubrication enhancement for tissues and biomaterials: Restoration of natural lubricant function by biopolymers. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.135598825
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This thesis would not have been here without the help of people who I would like to thank.
Prashant, thank you for offering me a Ph.D. position. Through you, I
understood the hard work behind the interdisciplinary research. I appreciate your supervision and advice for effective scientific communication, essential for multidisciplinary research. During the four years, I’m so appreciative that the freedom and trust you have offered, letting me enjoy the research in your lab so much. Without your help, the thesis cannot be finished in time. Also, thank you for inviting me to the BBQ, which is one of my best memories in Groningen.
Andreas Herrmann, thank you for offering me the chance of a Ph.D. position
to work with Prashant and applying for the CSC scholarship. Although the time in your lab is short, the research environment impressed me a lot and gave me lots of help for my academic development. Thank you for your supervising and motivating me with SUP project.
Inge, thank you for your help with my thesis. Your comments help to improve
my thesis a lot. I have learned a lot from you, and from you, I know how far away I need to go to be a good scientist.
Arjan Vissink, thank you for providing the saliva of patients to the oral
lubrication study, which helps a lot in the papers.
Prof. Marleen Kamperman, Prof. Emile van der Heide and Prof. Feng Zhou,
thank you for your time in carefully evaluating my thesis and approving it for the defense.
Hans, thank you for your help, especially with QCMD, UMT, and DLS. Without
you, a big part of this work would be impossible. I was so joyful during the time working with you. Thank you very much!
Joop, your experience in the field of Atomic Force Microscopy and X-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy is a valuable addition to our department. Thank you for teaching me theses techniques that have played an essential role in my research work.
159 I would also like to express my appreciations to all the academic staff at BME:
Henk J. Busscher, Henny van der Mei, Theo van Kooten, Jelmer Sjollema, Sarthak Misra, Brandon Peterson, Patrick van Rijn, and Romana Schirhagl for
their helpful, constructive and creative discussion during lunch meetings and Kolff days. Your skilled, professional, and broad knowledge vision have much impressed me.
Special thanks to Besty for being my personal coach and daily experimental support, Willem for teaching me bacterial culture and FTIR measurement,
Reinier for the protein technique and cell culture, Ed for both hardware and
software support, Ina and Way for the financial and administrative support,
Gesinda, Marja, Jelly, and Willy for their practical help. I have learned a lot
from them, either scientific or non-scientific life.
Jeroen, JP, Zhiwei, Zhenya, and Aldona, my office mates. Thank you for all
your company, and my daily life with you is full of pleasure. Jeroen, we have shared the same office almost four years. You are one of the people I want to cherish most here, and simple words are not sufficient to express my gratefulness. Thank you for all the sharing and listening. Also, thank you for the kind translation of my thesis summary to Dutch, and for the various translation help in my daily life. Many thanks to JP for the unreserved help with FTIR, and suggestions for my work.
I also want to express my profound gratefulness to our big Chinese family members. Xiaoxiang, Liang, Lu (Ge), Lu (Yuan), Xueping, Can, Yanyan, Hao,
Siyu, Yiwen, Huaiying, Guangyue, Jingjin, Lei, Yuchen, Linyan, Kaiqi, Yue, Runrun, Chuang, Yiyang, Ruifang, Kecheng, Yong, Yuanfeng, Linzhu, Qihui, Yingruo, Bingran, Qiutong, JP and Fangjie. I’m so lucky to meet you, to work
and play together with you in the past four years. I wish you all have bright futures. Many thanks to my neighbors Lu (Yuan) and Guangyue, for daily life help, especially at the special period (Covid-19). Special thanks to Weiteng and
Xiaotian for your help with SEM. You two are so funny but brilliant and
enthusiastic in research, and I wish you all the best with your scientific career. Also, I want to give my great gratitude to the other colleagues. Alejandro,
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Maria, Mari, Abigail, Valentina, Damla, Torben, Aryan…Thank you for your
help and support during the lab.
Ke and Chengxiong, I feel sooo…. lucky to work with you two in the same
group. Thank you for all your help in the lab. I wish you all my best in your scientific career.
Many thanks to my paranimphs, Ke and Jeroen. Thank you for your kind help with my Ph.D. defense.
I also would like to thank my friends in Europe. Hengyang, Jingqi, Danning,
Nianci, Zhenzhen, Fangfang, and Yangyi. Thanks for all the help and pleasure
bring to me I will miss all the dinners and journeys we had in the past four years. Xiaoyan, I feel so lucky to meet you and get to know you at the beginning of this journey. I will miss all the dinners with you and Shaochuan.
Miancheng and Yu, I feel grateful to meet you two and thank you so much for
your help in and out of the lab. I wish you all the best for your Ph.D. journey!
Da CuiCui and Da FangFang, Talking with you two are quite decompressive.
Thank you for all your company, and I wish you two will make a lot of achievements in your Ph.D. 亲爱的爸爸妈妈，公公婆婆，谢谢您们的养育和教导，关心和惦念。您们 的关爱是我们的无限的动力，促使我们完成学业。抱歉这四年没有花更多 时间好好陪在您们身边，希望您们身体健康，天天都是好心情！姐姐姐夫 们，因为有你们的对爸爸妈妈，公公婆婆的照顾，我们才得以安心来到异 国求学，你们是我们坚强的后盾。祝你们身体健康，工作顺利！可爱的牛 小萌，抱歉小姨没能常常陪你玩，希望你能健康快乐的长大，学业一帆风 顺，梦想成真！悠悠和亦博，感谢你们给舅舅舅妈带来的快乐，祝你们身 体健康，天天开心，学业有成！ 赵兴洪博士，感谢你走进我的生命里，见证了我的博士生涯。你是上天给 予我最好的礼物，岁月漫漫，携手同行，未来可期！
