Gwenda Vasse
Post-doctoral Researcher

Resume
- Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, 2021-
- PhD, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2021
- Thesis title: Macrophage-matrix interactions: orchestrating the fibrotic response?
- MSc, cum laude, Medical and Pharmaceutical Drug Innovation (MPDI), University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2016
- BSc, cum laude, Biology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2014
Research
Pouwels, SD, van den Berge, M, Vasse, GF, Timens, W, Brandsma, CA, Aliee, H et al.. Smoking increases expression of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-binding long ACE2 isoform in bronchial epithelium. Respir Res. 2023;24 (1):130. doi: 10.1186/s12931-023-02430-5. PubMed PMID:37170105 PubMed Central PMC10174605.
Vasse, GF, Russo, S, Barcaru, A, Oun, AAA, Dolga, AM, van Rijn, P et al.. Collagen type I alters the proteomic signature of macrophages in a collagen morphology-dependent manner. Sci Rep. 2023;13 (1):5670. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32715-0. PubMed PMID:37024614 PubMed Central PMC10079972.
Vasse, GF, Buzón, P, Melgert, BN, Roos, WH, van Rijn, P. Single Cell Reactomics: Real-Time Single-Cell Activation Kinetics of Optically Trapped Macrophages. Small Methods. 2021;5 (4):e2000849. doi: 10.1002/smtd.202000849. PubMed PMID:34927846 .
Vasse, GF, Van Os, L, De Jager, M, Jonker, MR, Borghuis, T, Van Den Toorn, LT et al.. Adipose Stromal Cell-Secretome Counteracts Profibrotic Signals From IPF Lung Matrices. Front Pharmacol. 2021;12 :669037. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.669037. PubMed PMID:34393771 PubMed Central PMC8355988.
Vasse, GF, Nizamoglu, M, Heijink, IH, Schlepütz, M, van Rijn, P, Thomas, MJ et al.. Macrophage-stroma interactions in fibrosis: biochemical, biophysical, and cellular perspectives. J Pathol. 2021;254 (4):344-357. doi: 10.1002/path.5632. PubMed PMID:33506963 PubMed Central PMC8252758.
Lollinga, WT, de Wit, RH, Rahbar, A, Vasse, GF, Davoudi, B, Diepstra, A et al.. Human Cytomegalovirus-Encoded Receptor US28 Is Expressed in Renal Allografts and Facilitates Viral Spreading In Vitro. Transplantation. 2017;101 (3):531-540. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001289. PubMed PMID:27362315 .
Search PubMed2018 NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant, Keystone Symposium on The Resolution of Inflammation in Health and Disease, Dublin, Ireland. €1250
2019 NRS Young Investigator Travel Grant, Gordon Research Conference on Cell Contact and Adhesion, Les Diablerets, Switzerland. €1250