Inge Baijens

Inge Baijens is a Researcher in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, specializing in maternal-fetal interactions and developmental disorders. Her work bridges clinical obstetrics with molecular biology to investigate critical periconceptional and fetal development pathways.

Her research focuses on:

• Maternal one-carbon metabolism and its impact on fetal brain development
• Genetic underpinnings of structural birth defects
• Periconceptional nutritional influences (particularly folic acid)
• Copy number variants in fetal/neonatal demise

Recent publications reveal a dual research trajectory: systematic analysis of maternal metabolic factors affecting neurodevelopment (2021), and molecular investigation of genetic variants in fetuses with skeletal abnormalities (2020). Both studies emphasize translational applications for early pregnancy interventions and genetic diagnostics.