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Most of the wonderful people in my group are women. Samira Chatila, Alexandra Ciausescu, Lou van Hooff, and Yara Dixon. They are smart,...

On October 11, 2024, former DONORS PhD Candidate Joris Schröder defended his PhD thesis.

Caroline Graf successfully defended her PhD thesis, marking the culmination of years of research within the DONORS group.

Sanquin collaborated with museum Boerhaave, to create a small exhibition on plasma and plasma donation called “The power of plasma!"

The NWO Impact Explorer Grant is awarded to members of the TRACER consortium: Sjaak Philipsen, Eva-Maria Merz and Lou van Hooff.

Eva and Alexandra will receive an ERC PoC grant for the Learning to Donate project (LEARN-DO)

After almost 7 years, Marloes Spekman will be leaving the research group behind for a new challenge at Sanquin.

Here you can read a quick summary of blood donor incentives around the world.

Let’s wrap up 2023! It was a very busy and exiting year. Read here what our team achieved in 2023!

To fulfil the increasing need for more plasma collections, the Powerpank in Utrecht was developed. Read here what we learned so far!

Eva-Maria Merz was invited as a guest speaker at the West Best Talkshow to enlighten the residents about blood donation.

Dr. Eva-Maria Merz organinzes "A bloody nice evening" in collaboration with Pakhuis de Zwijger. With a diverse program about blood donation.

The Boerhaave museum hosts a new pop-up exhibition about the power of plasma! In addition, Dr. Eva-Maria Merz will give a Stokvis Lecture.

Our research team went on a writing retreat in Limburg to get away from the office and focus on writing and team-building.

New research provides insights in how familiy influence matters for shaping future blood donors and how blood banks play into this.

Our donor research team attended the ECDHM in Vienna where we presented our findings and learned a lot from international colleagues.

We developed and tested a serious game at NEMO Science Live to increase awareness on plasma donation and prepare next generations of donors.

Research findings on how neighourhood blood donations can influence an individual

Eva-Maria has been appointed full professor of Donor Behavior at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The...

Solicitations for donations are a highly effective tool that many organizations use to elicit donations of blood, time, or money.