Julia Slagter

Julia Slagter is a researcher at Erasmus MC in the Department of Surgery, specializing in kidney transplantation and organ preservation technologies. Her work focuses on optimizing graft outcomes through normothermic/hypothermic machine perfusion, vascular surgical innovations, and ethical considerations in donation after euthanasia.

Her research spans multiple subfields, including:

• Kidney Transplantation
• Machine Perfusion Systems
• Transplant Infectious Disease
• Vascular Surgery Techniques
• Clinical Biomarker Analysis
• Bioethics in Organ Donation

Recent publications highlight her contributions to understanding perfusion-related biomarkers, microbial contamination risks in organ preservation, and novel implantation techniques for kidney grafts. She collaborates extensively with teams at Erasmus MC and external institutions on translational studies.