Research & Development at Sanquin

A major part of the research takes place in departments of Sanquin Research (located on the premises of the former CLB in Amsterdam, and in Leiden, Nijmegen and Groningen) .

Research is performed in close collaboration with Sanquin Diagnostic Services

The division of plasma products and Sanquin Blood Bank have their own departmenta of product- and process development

Much of the research in the fields of immunology, immunohaematology, and infectious diseases is being performed within the setting of the collaborative Landsteiner Laboratory of Sanquin and the Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam

.Research on clinical transfusion medicine is performed within the setting of the joint Sanquin - Leiden University Medical Centre Jon J van Rood Centre for Clinical Transfusion Research.

Funding
Research port folio
Co-development
Library
Annual Report

Funding
Besides research funded from within the Sanquin organisation, Sanquin is also able to obtain funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the European Commission, and several charities. Sanquin collaborates extensively with research groups within the Netherlands and abroad.

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Research port folio
Sanquin’s research port folio is divided into strategic research and product- and process development.

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Co-development
Sanquin also performs research for third parties and is involved in co-development with other organisations. For more information on these business activities, please follow this link.

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Library
Sanquin's research library offers services to research and medical staff.

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Annual Report
Please follow this link for our most recent Annual Scientific Report in PDF-format.

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Sanquin’s dedicated research staff consists of about 100 researchers (including seven scientists holding professorships, and 45 PhD students), and about 120 technicians. Every year over 200 papers are published – mainly in peer reviewed journals. Each year about 10 PhD theses are defended.

Training
Sanquin offers a large number of opportunities for practical training for students from polytechnics and universities. Furthermore, we participate in undergraduate, graduate and post doctoral training programmes in collaboration with several Dutch universities and other research institutes. Sanquin Research hosts national and international students, trainees, post docs and visiting scientists.

Research code
Sanquin has drawn up a research code, comparable to the research codes of most universities. The Research Code is at the moment only available in Dutch, an English translation will be available shortly.

Sanquin is affiliated to the National Organisation for Scientific Integrity.

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