AGDx Amsterdam Laboratory of Genome Diagnostics
Laboratory Head
Prof. Dr. Marcel Mannens
Section head Cytogenetics
Dr. Lia Knegt
Laboratory Manager
Dr. Jet Bliek – General Lab Flow
Clinical Molecular Geneticists
Dr. Mariel Alders – Segmental overgrowth; Vascular malformations/lymphedema; WES
Prof. Arthur Bergen – Ophtalmogenetics
Dr. Henny Bikker – Arrhytmia; Arthrogryposis; Fragile X syndrome; Hyper- and hypothyroidism
Dr. Ralph Florijn – Ophtalmogenetics
Dr. Silvana van Koningsbruggen – Developmental disorders & congenital disorders; Muscle disorders; Metabolic neurodegenerative disorders
Dr. Ronald Lekanne dit Deprez – Cardiac disease; Fabry disease
Dr. Mahdi Motazacker – Intellectual disability; Dyslipidemia; Orphan diseases
Dr. Bert Redeker – Cancer genetics
Dr. Fred van Ruissen – Neurogenetics
Dr. Joep Defesche – Dyslipidemia
Dr. Paola Lombardi – Rare diseases; Imprinting disorders; Cadiac diseases
Dr. Linda Zuurbier – Dyslipidemia;
Cytogeneticists
Dr. Anne Marie van der Kevie-Kersemaekers – Tumor; Post- and prenatal
Dr. Clemens Mellink – CBA; FISH; ACGH & SNP-A, TP53 mutation
Dr. Abeltje Polstra
Dr. A.J.A. Kooper
DNA laboratory for Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC-AMC
Laboratory Head
Prof. Dr. Hans Waterham
Biochemical Geneticists
Dr. Sacha Ferdinandusse – Inborn errors; Metabolism
Dr. Merel Ebberink- Inborn errors; Metabolism
Dr. André van Kuilenburg- Inborn errors; Metabolism
Laboratory for Genome Diagnostics, Amsterdam UMC-VUmc
Laboratory Head
Dr. E.A. Sistermans
Section head Cytogenetics
Dr. S. Bohla
Laboratory Manager
Bianca Heijdra – General lab flow
Clinical Molecular Geneticists
Dr. J.J.P. Gille
Dr. A. Maugeri
Dr. R.M.L. Vervenne
Dr. M.M. Weiss
Dr. E. Boon
Cytogeneticists
Dr. P. Poddighe
Dr. A. Polstra
Dr. E. Voorhoeve
Our laboratories are RvA (Dutch accreditation Council) and EN/ISO 15189 accredited.