Nov 2024
From Loss to Meaning: How the Dutch Fetal Biobank Provides Parents with a New Option
“What would you like to do with your deceased fetus? Take it home for burial or cremation? Or leave…
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Oct 2024
BABY LOSS AWARENESS WEEK 9-15 Oct
During Baby Loss Awareness Week, from 9 to 15 October, we take a moment to reflect on pregnancies th…
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Sep 2024
ToScA Congress awards
The Dutch Fetal Biobank is celebrating the success of two of its PhD students, Wenjing Gou and Puck…
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Sep 2024
A Dream Realized: 3D Real-Time Embryology is Here!
After years of dedication and collaboration, the groundbreaking vision of transforming the 3D Embryo…
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Jul 2024
Now Published: Psychological Impact of Second-Trimester Pregnancy Termination
We are pleased to share our findings on the psychological impact of second-trimester pregnancy termi…
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Jul 2024
Anatomy Outdated? Think Again!
The field of anatomy is far from dusty and outdated. Ellen de Visser’s recent article in the Science…
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Jun 2024
Research visit Minister of Health, Pia Dijkstra
Last week, Dr. de Bakker had the privilege of presenting groundbreaking research to Pia Dijkstra, th…
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Jun 2024
Malou Lugthart defended her PhD
On June 14, 2024 we celebrated that Dr. Malou Lugthart, a PhD student from our group, has successful…
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Apr 2024
Matthijs Fockens defended his PhD
We are happy to share that Matthijs Fockens is the first official PhD student from our research grou…
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Apr 2024
Back to the ESRF
Thanks to the ESRF – The European Synchrotron and HOAhub, we have achieved a significant milestone b…
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Feb 2024
Last months visit to the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Last month we visited the HiP-CT used by the Human Organ Atlas Hub (HOAHub) at the ESRF – The Europe…
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Feb 2024
Sophie Visser got awarded an NWO Doctoral Scholarship for Teachers
Extremely proud of our research assistant Sophie Visser who has successfully secured an NWO Doctoral…
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Jan 2024
Matthijs Valstar Wins the Bolk Prize!
Former Ph.D. candidate Matthijs Valstar has been awarded the prestigious Bolk Prize at the Congress…
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Jan 2024
Successful Meeting at the Dutch Anatomical Association
As we begin the new year, it’s a pleasure to look back at the successful meeting of the Dutch Anatom…
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Jan 2024
Radio interview at NPO Radio 1
Bernadette de Bakker was a guest on Roos Abelman’s NPO Radio 1 Spraakmakers show. For one hour, she…
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Jan 2024
Launch of the Little Miracles Foundation
The Launch of the Little Miracles Foundation is Official! We are proud to announce the establishment…
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Dec 2023
Outreach in 5 of the biggest Dutch Newspapers!
As 2023 draws to a close, our research has been highlighted in five of The Netherlands’ major newspa…
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Dec 2023
Dutch Fetal Biobank White paper published in Developmental Cell
We have detailed the Dutch Fetal Biobank’s framework and workflow in this recent white paper, highli…
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Nov 2023
Amsterdam Gala of Science – Science Talent Award
What a fantastic evening the Science Gala was! At a sold-out International Theater Amsterdam, Bernad…
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Nov 2023
Visiting Professorship Gaslini hospital in Genua, Italy
It was a huge pleasure to visit Prof. Andrea Rossi and his team of pediatric neuroradiologists last…
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Nov 2023
AR&D Retreat: All Aboar&d
The Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute of Amsterdam UMC hosted a two-day AR…
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Oct 2023
Marieke Buijtendijk presented Cochrane Review at ISUOG in Seoul, South Korea
At October 19 2023, Marieke Buijtendijk presented our preliminary findings from a Cochrane Systemat…
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Oct 2023
When Science, Society, and Policy converge
A memorable day today, when we had the honor of hosting a delegation of municipal advisors, led by A…
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Oct 2023
Bernadette de Bakker honored as New Scientist Top Science Talent
A groundbreaking exploration into the realm of embryonic development and fetal anatomy has garnered…
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Oct 2023
Unlocking the shape of the fetal heart
Unlocking the shape of the fetal heart: a collaborative research initiative Last September, PhD stud…
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Sep 2023
Interview with Yousif Dawood in JANUS magazine
An interview with our brilliant PhD student Yousif Dawood has been published in JANUS, one of the ma…
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Sep 2023
Ready for the new gold standard in human anatomy?
The Human Organ Atlas Hub (HOAHub) to study human organs in unprecedented detail has been launched t…
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Sep 2023
Inspirational Speech by Dr. de Bakker at the ESNR meeting in Vienna
On September 20, 2023 Dr. de Bakker gave the ‘Inspirational Speech’ at the ESNR meeting for neurorad…
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Aug 2023
Bernadette de Bakker nominated for The New Scientist Science Talent Prize
Diving into the Wonders of Early Life: Nominated for The New Scientist Science Talent Prize —Pleas…
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Jul 2023
Double success at the ISFRI meeting
The International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging (ISFRI) 2023 meeting in TOULOUSE was a g…
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Jul 2023
Three awards for research in collaboration with the Dutch Fetal Biobank!
At the grant ceremony of this year’s Amsterdam Reproduction and Development symposium there were thr…
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Jul 2023
Noorderheide Prize for the Dutch Fetal Biobank
With much joy, we can now announce that Bernadette de Bakker won the prize for best public lecture f…
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Apr 2023
Human Embryonic Staging Paper published in LIFE
Check out our newest paper concerning human embryonic staging which is now published in LIFE. We dis…
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Mar 2023
No evidence for Foetal Lobulation of the Spleen
We are happy to share that our paper entitled ‘Morphological variations of the human spleen: no evid…
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Mar 2023
Dr. E. Slager Award for best presentation
Bernadette de Bakker won the Dr. E. Slager Award for best presentation at the Doelen conference for…
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Jan 2023
Effectiveness of ultrasound screening: a Cochrane systematic review
We are currently undertaking a Cochrane systematic review to determine the accuracy of routine ultra…
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Jan 2023
Best Radiology Cover of the Century
Unbelievable… we won the best cover award of the Centennial at Radiology’s 100th birthday! In honor…
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Nov 2022
Review Imaging Fetal Anatomy
Super proud at my team and fellow researchers for publishing our review entitled ‘Imaging Fetal Anat…
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Nov 2022
First Prize at the UvA Alumni Awards
YES!! We won the Alumni Award of the University of Amsterdam! Yousif Dawood and Dr. Bernadette de Ba…
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Nov 2022
Diligentia Lecture
November 2022 Thanks to prof. dr. Peter Sterk and the Royal Society for Physics for the invit…
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Oct 2022
Winner Logo Contest World Sponge Conference
My brother, Marine Biologist Dr. Didier de Bakker and I won the Logo Contest for designing the logo…
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Oct 2022
Member of Parliament visited the Dutch Fetal Biobank
Jeanet van der Laan, member of the Dutch House of Representatives for D66 with the portfolio of High…
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Sep 2022
Expanding our 3D ultrasound imaging research
“Over the last two years, we have received two research grants to expand our research into 3D fetal…
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Sep 2022
ISUOG World Congress 2022
At the ISUOG World Congress 2022 Dr. Harsha Shah and Dr. Bernadette de Bakker presented their work o…
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Sep 2022
5 years Dutch Fetal Biobank
On September 13 we celebrated the foundation of the Dutch Fetal Biobank on Sept. 13, 2017. We thank…
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Sep 2022
First prize at ToScA Image Competition
We won the first prize at the Micro-CT image competition at the ToScA conference in London!! Thanks…
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Aug 2022
Human pelvis development published in Science Advances
Proud to share with you our collaborative contribution to the paper: The developmental impacts of na…
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Jun 2022
ESPR 2022 in Marseille
THANKS to Owen Arthurs and Guillaume Gorincour for inviting me to present the 3D atlas projects at E…
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Jun 2022
AR&D grant for imaging ectopic pregnancies
Grateful for being awarded the Amsterdam Reproduction and Development (AR&D) Start small, Think…
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May 2022
Cranial nerve development published in Clinical Anatomy
YES! Our manuscript entitled ‘A three-dimensional analysis of cranial nerve development in human emb…
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Dec 2021
Buffalo Chest paper published in CHEST
Proud to share with you our awesome paper concerning THE LEGEND OF THE BUFFALO CHEST, as published i…
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Nov 2021
Family Prof. Jan Langman visited 3D Embryo Atlas
Such an honour that the wife and daughter of the late Prof. Jan Langman came over from the USA and v…
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Feb 2021
AIUM Webinar: how to perform and interpret first-trimester 3D ultrasound
We hosted a live webinar on how to perform and interpret first-trimester 3D ultrasound scanning usin…
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Dec 2019
The 3D Ultrasound Atlas Website is online!
Great news: our website is live! On this website we present our ongoing research aimed at the creati…
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