About
Introduction
Education and career
I studied Biology at Utrecht University and did my PhD on characterization of hematopoietic stem cells at the department of Hematology of the Erasmus MC. I was employed as a post doc at the department of Hematology and I worked as a Marie Curie Fellow in Hannover, Germany. Back in the Netherlands, I was involved in setting up the Parelsnoer project for Leukemia and worked at the department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, on the genetics of pediatric leukemia.
Since 2013 I work at the department of Surgery, Erasmus MC where I am currently appointed. I am involved in several projects focusing on the development of liver scaffolds for tissue and organ engineering, mechanisms in regeneration of biliary epithelium after injury and primary liver cancer using the liver-organoid culture system.
I work at the Laboratory Experimental Transplantation and Intestinal Surgery (LETIS), at the Department of Surgery. I work in close collaboration with my colleagues of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (MDL).
Publications
Broutier L, Mastrogiovanni G, Verstegen MM, Francies HE, Gavarró LM, Bradshaw CR, Allen GE, Arnes-Benito R, Sidorova O, Gaspersz MP, Georgakopoulos N, Koo BK, Dietmann S, Davies SE, Praseedom RK, Lieshout R, IJzermans JNM, Wigmore SJ, Saeb-Parsy K, Garnett MJ, van der Laan LJ, Huch M. (2017). Nat Med. 2017 Dec;23(12):1424-1435. doi: 10.1038/nm.4438.
Verstegen MMA, Willemse J, van den Hoek S, Kremers GJ, Luider TM, van Huizen NA, Willemssen FEJA, Metselaar HJ, IJzermans JNM, van der Laan LJW, de Jonge J. (2017). Stem Cells Dev. 2017 Sep 15;26(18):1304-1315. doi: 10.1089/scd.2017.0095.
Willemse J, Lieshout R, van der Laan LJW, Verstegen MMA. (2017). Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2017 Apr;31(2):151-159. doi: 10.1016/j.bpg.2017.03.003.
Blokzijl F, de Ligt J, Jager M, Sasselli V, Roerink S, Sasaki N, Huch M, Boymans S, Kuijk E, Prins P, Nijman IJ, Martincorena I, Mokry M, Wiegerinck CL, Middendorp S, Sato T, Schwank G, Nieuwenhuis EE, Verstegen MM, van der Laan LJ, de Jonge J, IJzermans JN, Vries RG, van de Wetering M, Stratton MR, Clevers H, Cuppen E, van Boxtel R. (2016). Nature. 2016 Oct 13;538(7624):260-264. doi: 10.1038/nature19768.
Verstegen MM, Pan Q, van der Laan LJ. (2015). Adv Exp Med Biol. 2015;848:1-29. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2432-5_1.
