Research profile

Position: Postdoc

Publications: Pubmed

Contact: Mariam.Aslanyan@radboudumc.nl

I followed a combined major in Biology & Chemistry at the Sofia University “St.Kliment Ohridski” during my BSc in Bulgaria (2001- 2005). After a year following a MSc program in Chromatography & Spectroscopy (2005-2006), I decided that molecular biology is where my interests really lie and I pursued European Master programs focusing on teaching the molecular aspects of genetic diseases. I found the perfect match in the Molecular Mechanisms of Disease MSc program offered by the Radboud Institute of Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS). I moved to the Netherlands in late August of 2006 to enroll in the program.

In 2008, after an exciting discovery made during my first research internship, I joined the Hematology lab under the supervision of Prof. Joop Jansen at the Radboud UMC to continue studying the clinical and biological role of the TET2 DNA hydoxymethylase in myeloid malignancies for which I obtained a PhD degree in 2015. Later that same year, I joined the group of Prof. Ronald Roepman as a postdoc where my research focuses on studying the function of cilia proteins through the utilization of a variety of protein-protein interaction techniques, with a specific interest in proximity labeling proteomics.

Personal touch

I enjoy brunch with friends, reading, baking and I have a passion for makeup and the beauty industry.