Hetty van Eijk
Hetty van Eijk, born and raised in the Netherlands, is a technician at the OrganoVIR Labs at the Amsterdam Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC) location Academic Medical Center (AMC). She has been working in the virology department since 1982.
Within OrganoVIR Labs, her tasks includes; culturing viruses in 2D cell lines, maintain various cell lines for research, training and guiding students and PhDs, teaching basic techniques of cell culture and virus culture, and keeping the labs in order.
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Amsterdam UMC) is one of the foremost research institutions in the Netherlands and one of its largest hospitals, with 1500 staff members employed in medical research. The Amsterdam UMC research is organized in 7 themes within the AMC Research Institute, where AMC Principal Investigators (PIs) are appointed to develop their own research lines. The AMC Graduate School organizes doctorate level academic training of AMC PhD students (209 PhD rewarded in 2016). This concentration of expertise makes the center a breeding ground for fruitful scientific collaborations.