Anne M. Leferink

Anne M. Leferink is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Twente, affiliated with the Faculty of Science and Technology and embedded within the Applied Stem Cell Technologies group (TNW-BET-AST). She contributes to the Technical Medicine BSc and MSc programs, teaching courses in Cell Biology, Biomaterials for Clinical Interventions, and Clinical Biotechnology, while also serving as module- and course-coordinator. From August 2021 to December 2022, she held a 0.2 FTE appointment as a Teaching Fellow on Challenge Based Learning, focusing on educational research and methods.

Research Areas:

• Organ-on-a-Chip technology
• Biomedical devices for medical interventions and diagnostics
• Tissue engineering and stem cell applications
• Cell biology at molecular and functional scales
• Cross-disciplinary practices in natural sciences

Collaborations & Affiliations: She is actively involved in the national LymphChip Consortium, the Organ On a Chip Centre Twente (OoCCT), the Dutch Human Organ And Disease Model Technologies (hDMT) consortium, and the European Organ-on-a-Chip Society (EUROoCS). Her work bridges clinical and industrial partnerships to optimize medical device designs and clinical trials.

Scientific Awards:

• Teaching Fellow on Challenge Based Learning (August 2021 - December 2022)