Johanna Tjepkema
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MSc, Biomedical Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2025
Microbiological Technician at Eurofins Heerenveen, The Netherlands, January 2023 – August 2025
Master Project at Research Laboratory of Cachexia and Muscle Wasting in Chronic Respiratory Disease, PRBB Barcelona, Spain, February 2025 – July 2025
Master Project at Research Laboratory of Lung Pathology, UMC Groningen, The Netherlands, December 2023 – August 2024
Internship at Research Laboratory of Paediatrics, UMC Groningen, The Netherlands, September 2021 – July 2022
BSc, Biology and Medical Laboratory Research, Hanze hogeschool Groningen, The Netherlands, 2022
Research
My research focusses on developing a patient-specific in vitro air-liquid interface (ALI)-cultured model to study COPD pathogenesis. This model will be used to study the cellular responses of the COPD epithelium and test treatments.
Keywords:
COPD, Epithelium, ALI, Organoids
van den Brink, B, Parijs, LV, van Nieuw Amerongen-Meeuse, JC, Tjepkema, JI, Hoenders, R. From Meaning, Spirituality, and Religion in Acute Psychiatry to Public Health: A ‘Dual Motor’ Model. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2026;23 (2):. doi: 10.3390/ijerph23020176. PubMed PMID:41752258 PubMed Central PMC12940900. Ioannidis, M, Tjepkema, J, Uitbeijerse, MRP, van den Bogaart, G. Immunomodulatory effects of 4-hydroxynonenal. Redox Biol. 2025;85 :103719. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2025.103719. PubMed PMID:40489926 PubMed Central PMC12174603.