Pasquale Putter MSc

Pasquale Putter started his doctoral research in January of 2022 at the Molecular Epidemiology department at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) under the guidance of prof. Eline Slagboom.

He received his bachelor Biology and Master Life Science & Technology at Leiden University. During his bachelor he did an internship at the Plant Cell Physiology department at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), here he researched the biosynthesis and regulation of terpene indole alkaloids (TIA) in the Catharanthus roseus plant. During his master internship at the Molecular Physiology department at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) he did research on the visualization of the vitamin A metabolism and the part it plays in breast cancer. He did this by means of high-throughput analyses and several other proteomic techniques.

During his doctoral research he will focus on elucidating the genetical mechanisms of familial longevity, the effect of lifestyle and environment on longevity, and the protection this can offer on (multi-)morbidity.