Frank Riemers

Frank Riemers is a Researcher at Utrecht University's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences (Surgery of Companion Animals). He obtained a Bachelor of Life Sciences from Hogeschool Utrecht (1998) and a Master's in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology from UVA/VU Amsterdam (2019). His research integrates wet-lab and computational approaches, focusing on RNA/protein analysis and bioinformatics.

Riemers investigates tissue repair mechanisms, cancer biology, and regenerative medicine, with emphasis on intervertebral disc regeneration, osteoarthritis, and replication stress in cancer. He collaborates on projects like the EU-funded iPSpine initiative and KWF cancer research, leveraging single-cell transcriptomics and molecular profiling.

His publications (2017–2025) reveal interdisciplinary trends: 40% focus on regenerative medicine (disc/join regeneration), 30% on cancer mechanisms (replication stress, oncogenes), and 30% on immunology/cell biology. Key methodologies include single-cell analysis, iPSC models, and hydrogels for therapeutic delivery.

Riemers contributes to teams at the Hubrecht Institute and orthopaedic research groups, advancing translational studies in veterinary and human medicine. Current projects explore notochordal cell therapies and FOXM1-mediated stress responses.