Assistant Professor
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Biography
Sam van Beuningen is an Assistant Professor and leads a research team in AI and Automation for Cellular Disease models within the Department of Cellular Disease Models (UMC Utrecht) and the Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht. He has an educational background in molecular biology and holds a PhD in cell biology from Utrecht University. During his PhD project, he gained extensive experience in various molecular biology and advanced microscopy techniques at the Department of Cell Biology (Utrecht University). After obtaining his PhD, Sam continued his career as a Data Science consultant for various large Dutch enterprises. Here he developed various data and machine-learning solutions to improve business processes. Since 2021 he is working within the Centre for Living Technologies where he combines his molecular biology and microscopy knowledge with his data science experience. Sam and his team run the Cellular Screening Technologies facility and the AI lab for Living Technologies where they develop automated lab and AI pipelines for the screening and analysis of patient derived technologies.
Research aim
To develop patient-derived cell models to understand the molecular mechanisms of disease, to identify and validate targets for treatment, and to develop drugs and precision medicine applications.
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We unravel biological, clinical and psychosocial aspects of lung diseases like Cystic Fibrosis, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and oncology to continuously improve diagnosis and treatment by implementing latest scientific insights into clinical care.
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