Curriculum Vitae - MMC (Maartje) Bastings
Maartje Bastings, PhD (1984), studied Biomedical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology (2003-2008). Her master's program included two international research internships in the USA. She worked on the self-assembly of nanocylinders from triblock copolymers in the group of Craig J. Hawker at the Materials Research Laboratory of the University of California, Santa Barbara and on the development of soft biomaterials via clickable artificial extracellular matrix proteins in the group of Dave A. Tirrell at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. Maartje's educational program was completed cum laude with a research project on macrocyclization of enzyme based supramolecular polymers in the group of E.W. Meijer at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Maartje combined her undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering with a professional education in classical flute on the Fontys Conservatory, Tilburg (BMus, 2007).
In 2008 she was awarded a Toptalent Fellowship of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) for her research proposal entitled: "From phage display to dendrimer display: a modular approach towards directed targeting". She performed her PhD research in the group of prof.dr. E.W. (Bert) Meijer, working on the understanding of multivalent binding mechanisms for directed targeting and the development of dynamic biomaterials for tissue engineering and successfully defended her thesis titled "Dynamic Reciprocity in Bio-Inspired Supramolecular Materials" in September 2012.
From November 2012 onward, Maartje is working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Wyss Institute / Harvard University in Boston, USA, broadening her supramolecular self-assembly knowledge by crossing borders to the DNA and cell biology world. Using DNA as polymer biomaterial she will explore the use of DNA nanostructures as immuno activating compounds and their potential as delivery nano-capsules.
5-7-2013 NEWS UPDATE: Maartje has received the 2013 Academic Award from the Eindhoven University of Technology for best PhD thesis in 2012.
20-3-2013 NEWS UPDATE: Maartje was awarded a 3 year HFSP cross-disciplinary postdoctoral fellowship (9 awarded out of 750 applicants) from the European Human Frontiers of Science Program.
12-1-2012 NEWS UPDATE: Maartje was awarded a Rubicon postdoctoral fellowship from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) to perform her research at Harvard (2 years).
In 2008 she was awarded a Toptalent Fellowship of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) for her research proposal entitled: "From phage display to dendrimer display: a modular approach towards directed targeting". She performed her PhD research in the group of prof.dr. E.W. (Bert) Meijer, working on the understanding of multivalent binding mechanisms for directed targeting and the development of dynamic biomaterials for tissue engineering and successfully defended her thesis titled "Dynamic Reciprocity in Bio-Inspired Supramolecular Materials" in September 2012.
From November 2012 onward, Maartje is working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Wyss Institute / Harvard University in Boston, USA, broadening her supramolecular self-assembly knowledge by crossing borders to the DNA and cell biology world. Using DNA as polymer biomaterial she will explore the use of DNA nanostructures as immuno activating compounds and their potential as delivery nano-capsules.
5-7-2013 NEWS UPDATE: Maartje has received the 2013 Academic Award from the Eindhoven University of Technology for best PhD thesis in 2012.
20-3-2013 NEWS UPDATE: Maartje was awarded a 3 year HFSP cross-disciplinary postdoctoral fellowship (9 awarded out of 750 applicants) from the European Human Frontiers of Science Program.
12-1-2012 NEWS UPDATE: Maartje was awarded a Rubicon postdoctoral fellowship from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) to perform her research at Harvard (2 years).