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About me

My name is Joost, and I am a scientist and a developer. As a scientist my research interests are in the microbiology and virology field, whereas when I am wearing my developer hat, I enjoy making web-based applications with a variety of technologies.

Over the years I have done a variety of things, from working in a diagnostics laboratory in The Netherlands to investigating carnivorous sponges in the Canadian Arctic, but currently I am based in Italy and self-employed as a full-stack developer creating laboratory management software systems.

Living in Italy

Dutch national

Dutch - mother tongue

English - fluent

Italian - trying my best

PhD in microbiology

MSc in biomedical science

BASc in molecular biology

Technician degree in laboratory technology

Recent projects

mesaLIMS
A complete laboratory management system tailor-made for Micro-analyse Zeeland. Sitting atop of a custom framework mesaLIMS takes care of all the day-today activities in the laboratory.
PHP
JavaScript
MAZ client portal
Provides customers of Micro-analyse Zeeland a seamless experience of ordering, visualizing and understanding microbiological analyses.
PHP
Laravel
Vue.js
R
KABOOM
An AWS EC2 based distributed computing application used in my PhD to accelerate BLAST searches, with the end goal of finding novel viruses in metagenomic data.
PHP
Laravel
Vue.js
Python
Amazon EC2
CACTUS
CACTUS is a Python based pipeline used to preprocess, validate and analyse high-troughput sequencing data generated by the ViDiT virus discovery method, published in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology.
Python
Serrens wonen
A website and administration backend for the exclusive furniture shop Serrarens Wonen in Vogelwaarde, The Netherlands.
PHP
Tailwind CSS
SPONS
SPONS is a Python-based pipeline that I developed during my PhD to analyse large marker-gene analysis datasets, in order to characterize the bacterial composition of deep-sea sponges, as published in the journal Arctic Science.
Python

Science

The background of this page is an electron microscope image showing a spicule of a deep-sea carnivorous sponge, found in the Arctic hundreds of meters deep. During my PhD I worked extensively with these sponges, using sequencing technologies to uncover what kind of bacteria they carry with them and how they may constitute symbiotic relationships.

Closer to the surface, I also used microbiome compositions to understand how aquaculture activities can impact the environment and what this may mean for a sustainable industry.

Finally, I find viruses fascinating! I was lucky to be able to work with some really smart people to develop several new laboratory methods and bioinformatics tools to discover and describe novel viruses from different environments.

Read my thesis

Music suggestions

Music is a big part of my scientific and programming career, countless hours of work accompanied by a wide variety of music. Here is a snapshot of some of my background music while coding.

Get in touch

If you would like to get in touch, shoot me an email or reach out on LinkedIn!

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