The Infection & Immunity PhD program is a multidisciplinary research program that will prepare PhD candidates for a career focused on challenges and solutions that affect the lives of millions around the globe. Our PhD program was formed in 1993 and has proven itself over the decades. Weconnectimmunologists, infectious disease physicians, paediatricians, bacteriologists, virologists, chemists and cell biologist to study and fight elements in infectious diseases and immunological disorders. We have assembled groups that do outstanding research. Not only in basic microbiology and immunology, but also in the field where the two research areas meet.
Curriculum
Our PhD candidates are professional researchers. We believe that their research project and thesis should be their main concern during their PhD track. Therefor our curriculum consists of monthly seminars by leading international researchers, weekly in-depth lectures by guest lecturers, yearly meetings with your peers and advanced courses in Immunology and Infectious diseases
Besides these activities, we encourage our PhD candidates to obtain new skills at theGS-LS course centre, to visit (international) symposia and conferences, and to participate in professional courses pertinent to their own research projects.
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Application
To enter the PhD programme Infection & Immunity, you must have a position as a PhD student at the Utrecht University.
Only after obtaining a PhD position, you can fill out our application form.
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Practical matters
Who do you deal with during your PhD? And what's more to a PhD trajectory than conducting a research project resulting in a PhD thesis?Find out in these two handy infographics.
Organisation
Timeline
PhD Psychologist
The PhD psychologist offers psychological support when it comes to psychological problems caused by the promotion process or that have a direct effect on it. The support lies in between the help offered by staff welfare service and the general mental healthcare service (GGZ). The costs for an intake interview are 25 euros, I & I will reimburse these costs for our PhD students.After theinitial appointment any further appointments are free of charge.
Portfolio
Since the doctorate level academic training program is an individualized training program, we advise you to keep a portfolio of all educational activities you attend during your PhD track. You may use this portfolio to apply for a certificate from the Utrecht UniversityGraduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS).
The portfolio consists of courses and practical training aimed at acquiring specific academic skills, general scientific skills or transferable skills. It may also include other activities such as attending conferences, seminars and master classes, participation in retreats and journal clubs. Courses can be taken at the Graduate School or elsewhere.
For its courses, the Graduate School adheres to the ECTS system: workload of 28 hours = 1 EC.There is no formal requirement for a minimum amount of courses, hours or EC's. The Graduate School recommends 20ECfor PhD training during a four-year fulltime PhD project.
Infection & Immunity Utrecht sponsors the theses of its members.
An amount of € 100,00 is available per thesis.
Theses
A layered approach of response to treatment in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
Vincken, Nanette
Date: December 20, 2023
Nanobodies targeting complement
Struijf, Eva
Date: November 29, 2023
Targeting ERAPs in autoimmune uveitis
Venema, Wouter
Date: November 21, 2023
Ocular surface disease in atopic dermatitis and the effect of dupilumab treatment
Achten, Roselie
Date: November 14, 2023
We are all on the same team
Langedijk, Annefleur
Date: October 27, 2023
Cystic Fibrosis: a real-world challenge to predict individual outcomes
Muilwijk, Danya
Date: October 27, 2023
Management of inflammatory bowel disease
Mahmoud, Remi
Date: September 28, 2023
Reconstructing AMR plasmids
Paganini, Julian
Date: September 27, 2023
Early recognition of sepsis at the emergency department
Hond, Titus de
Date: July 6, 2023
Multifocal choroiditis
Groot, Evianne de
Date: June 29, 2023
Immune inhibitory receptors in blood and barrier tissues
Richthofen, Helen von
Date: June 28, 2023
Antibody-based approaches to modulate immune response
Segués Cisteró, Aina
Date: June 13, 2023
Engineered bispecific antibodies as cancer therapy
Huang, Shuyu
Date: June 13, 2023
Revealing specificities of influenza virus receptor binding proteins using tissue microarrays
Nemanichvili, Nika
Date: June 1, 2023
RESPIRATORY VIRUSES in INFANCY and RAPID RSV DIAGNOSTICS
Zuurbier, Roy
Date: June 1, 2023
Innovative drug monitoring of factor VIII and emicizumab in haemophilia A
Donners, Anouk
Date: June 1, 2023
Interrogating the boundaries of flow cytometry for single extracellular vesicle detection
Lozano, Estefanía
Date: May 30, 2023
Vaccine-induced immunity and protection against invasive meningococcal serogroup ACWY disease in the Netherlands
Ohm, Milou
Date: May 23, 2023
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