Grants & Honors
- Best Poster Presentation Award, Veterinary Science Day 2024, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University
- 2nd prize for Best Oral presentation, TERMIS-EU 2023, Manchester, UK
- A. van den Hooff Award at NVMB Annual meeting 2020, Lunteren, the Netherlands
PhD thesis
Lisanne obtained her BSc degree in Veterinary Medicine in 2015 and continued with the Master Honours Programme which was focused on intervertebral disc regeneration, resulting in her Veterinary Research Diploma in 2016 (Utrecht University, The Netherlands). In 2019 she obtained her MSc Veterinary degree (cum laude) and immediately started her PhD at the dept. of Clinical Sciences of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in the Regenerative Orthopedics group under supervision of Prof. dr. Marianna Tryfonidou (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) and Prof. dr. Keita Ito (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands). Her PhD project was embedded in the H2020 iPSpine project which aimed at developing an advanced therapy for intervertebral disc regeneration by using induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-technology combined with bioactive materials. During her PhD trajectory, she visited the laboratory of Prof. dr. Abhay Pandit (established Professor of Biomaterials at the University of Galway and Director of the Centre for Research in Medical Devices, Ireland).
Lisanne defended her thesis entitled “Breaking the Vicious Circle of Nucleus Pulposus Degeneration: Exploring Advanced Treatment Options for Lower Back Pain” on March 20th, 2025. After obtaining her PhD, she continued as postdoctoral researcher in the Regenerative Orthopedics research group involved in the transition project Osteoarthritis & Rheumatoid Arthritis of the CPBT project, a National Growth Fund dedicated to accelerating the transition to animal-free biomedical innovations. Besides that, she remains actively engaged in continuing the IVD regeneration research line.
With her veterinary background, she aims to contribute to the ‘One Medicine’ concept whereby human and animal healthcare advance hand in hand to ensure that humans and animals benefit from equal and sustainable medical progress.
Other activities:
- Green Team Veterinary Medicine member (sept 2023 – present)
- Veterinary Science Day committee chair (2023)
- Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht (RMCU) Green Team (2022-present)
- TERMIS-SYIS EU Strategic Alliance Council member (2021-2023)
Current student supervision:
- Nina van Osnabrugge (MSc Veterinary Medicine)
Past MSc/BSc student supervision:
- Cayley Wedemeijer (2024; UU BSc Veterinary Medicine)
- Corinde Warmerdam (2022-2023; UU, MSc Veterinary Medicine)
- Floor Verdonk (2021-2022; UU, MSc Veterinary Medicine)
- Suzy Brebenel (UU, Veterinary Medicine)
- Maaike Russchen (UU, Veterinary Medicine)
- Anne Seijger (UU, Veterinary Medicine)