JOS VAN NIJNATTEN

Jos Van Nijnatten is a PhD student at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Jos completed his bachelor's degree in Biology and Medical Research in 2012 at the Avans Hodgeschool Breda University of Applied Sciences Holland, where he majored in Molecular Research and minored in Bioinformatics.

Jos started his PhD in 2019, in which he will finish soon. The nature of Jos’s PhD involves him spending half of his time at UTS in Sydney, and the other half in the Netherlands.  

Jos’s PhD involves bioinformatic research of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD). Some of his recent publications/ papers in review/ papers he is currently working on include:

-       High miR203a-3p and miR-375 expression in the airways of smokers with and without COPD. (Published 2022)

o   Jos van Nijnatten; Corry-Anke Brandsma; Katrina Steiling; Pieter S. Hiemstra; Wim Timens; Maarten van den Berge†; Alen Faiz†

-       A bronchial gene signature specific for severe COPD that is retained in the nose. (In review)

o   Jos van Nijnatten*; Alen Faiz; Wim Timens; Victor Guryev; Dirk-Jan Slebos; Karin Klooster; Jorine E. Hartman; Tessa Kole; David F. Choy; Arindam Chakrabarti; Michele Grimbaldeston; Carrie M. Rosenberger; Genentech partners; Huib Kerstjens; Corry-Anke Brandsma†; Maarten van den Berge†;

-       Differential methylation in bronchial biopsies between COPD patients and non-COPD controls. (Finishing)

o   Jos van Nijnatten*; Alen Faiz; Wim Timens; Pieter S. Hiemstra; Cornelis Joseph Vermeulen; Maaike de Vries; Rosa Faner; Maarten van den Berge†; Corry-Anke Brandsma†; 

-       Methylation after ICS in patients with COPD .(In progress)

o   Jos van Nijnatten*; Maarten van den Berge; Corry-Anke Brandsma; Pieter S. Hiemstra; (others); Wim Timens†; Alen Faiz†;

 -       miRNA in severe onset COPD (Just started)  

o   Niek Bekker*; Jos van Nijnatten*; Maarten van den Berge; Alen Faiz; Wim Timens; (others); Roy Woldhuis†; Corry-Anke Brandsma†;

Jos likes to motorcycle, often taking his camera with him, as he also enjoys film and photography. He also enjoys running and cycling, watching movies, reading books and programming. Jos also teaches at UTS.