Introduction
Hematopoiesis
Group head: Sjaak Philipsen
Group members: Eva Krpelanova (PhD student), Harald Braun (postdoc), Jun Hou (PhD student), Laura Gutierrez (postdoc), Nynke Gillemans (technician), Pavlos Fanis (PhD student), Rejane Hughes (PhD student), Sahar Esteghamat (PhD student), Sylvia Dekker (technician), Teus van Gent (technician), Thamar van Dijk (postdoc).
Hematopoiesis is a self-renewal system that supplies the body's demand for hematopoietic cells throughout an individual's life. Our laboratory has a long standing interest in the development and terminal maturation of erythrocytes, the oxygen-carrying cells in the blood. We are particularly interested in the role of transcription factors in the erythroid developmental program. The focus is on transcription factors belonging to the GATA and Sp/XKLF families.