Biography
Dr. Kim Westgeest has a medical biotechnology background, with an interest in evolution and molecular virology.
Kim Westgeest obtained her Bachelor of Applied Science in 2006 at Hogeschool Larenstein, Velp. Hereafter, Kim worked as a research technician at the department of Microbiology – Genomics at TNO, Zeist. In 2007, she started the Master of Science programme Medical Biotechnology at Wageningen University. She carried out her MSc research internship at the department of Viroscience of the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam where she, after obtaining her master’s degree in 2009, had the opportunity to continue as a PhD student. Her PhD research focussed on the evolution of human influenza A (H3N2) viruses circulating between 1968 and 2011, with special emphasis on neuraminidase. From august 2015, she worked as a teacher at Hogeschool Leiden for the bioinformatics educational programme.
Kim started at EUC in January 2019 as a tutor for the Department Life Sciences. Next to her teaching position, Kim enjoys scuba diving and cooking.
More information
Work
- Kim Westgeest (2019) - Genetic and Antigenic Evolution of Influenza A (H3N2) Virus Neuraminidase - [link]
- Kim Westgeest (2019) - Genetic and Antigenic Evolution of Influenza A (H3N2) Virus Neuraminidase
- Nicola S. Lewis, Josanne H. Verhagen, Zurab Javakhishvili, Colin A. Russell, Pascal Lexmond, Kim B. Westgeest, Theo M. Bestebroer, Rebecca A. Halpin, Xu Dong Lin, Amy Ransier, Nadia B. Fedorova, Timothy B. Stockwel, Neus Latorre-Margalef, Björn Olsen, Gavin Smith, Justin Bahl, David E. Wentworth, Jonas Waldenström, Ron Fouchier & Miranda de Graaf (2015) - Influenza A virus evolution and spatio-temporal dynamics in Eurasian wild birds: a phylogenetic and phylogeographical study of whole-genome sequence data - Journal of General Virology, 96 (8), 2050-2060 - doi: 10.1099/vir.0.000155 - [link]
- Carolien Sandt, YY Dou, Stella Trierum, Kim Westgeest, Mark Pronk, Ab Osterhaus, Ron Fouchier, Guus Rimmelzwaan & Marine Hillaire (2015) - Influenza B virus-specific CD8+ T-lymphocytes strongly cross-react with viruses of the opposing influenza B lineage - Journal of General Virology, 96, 2061-2073 - doi: 10.1099/vir.0.000156 - [link]
- Kim Westgeest, Theo Bestebroer, Monique Spronken, J Gao, L Couzens, Ab Osterhaus, M Eichelberger, Ron Fouchier & Miranda de Graaf (2015) - Optimization of an enzyme-linked lectin assay suitable for rapid antigenic characterization of the neuraminidase of human influenza A(H3N2) viruses - Journal of Virological Methods, 217, 55-63 - doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.02.014 - [link]
- Kim Westgeest (2014) - An optimized enzyme-linked lectin assay to measure influenza A virus neuraminidase inhibition antibody titers in human sera. - Journal of Virological Methods
- Kim Westgeest, CA Russell, XD Lin, Monique Spronken, Theo Bestebroer, J Bahl, Ruud Beek, E Skepner, RA Halpin, Jan Jong, Guus Rimmelzwaan, Ab Osterhaus, Derek Smith, DE Wentworth, Ron Fouchier & Miranda de Graaf (2014) - Genomewide Analysis of Reassortment and Evolution of Human Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses Circulating between 1968 and 2011 - Journal of Virology, 88 (5), 2844-2857 - doi: 10.1128/JVI.02163-13 - [link]
- Kim Westgeest, Miranda de Graaf, M Fourment, Theo Bestebroer, Ruud Beek, Monique Spronken, Jan Jong, Guus Rimmelzwaan, CA Russell, Ab Osterhaus, GJD Smith, Derek Smith & Ron Fouchier (2012) - Genetic evolution of the neuraminidase of influenza A (H3N2) viruses from 1968 to 2009 and its correspondence to haemagglutinin evolution - Journal of General Virology, 93, 1996-2007 - doi: 10.1099/vir.0.043059-0 - [link]
- Kim Westgeest (2012) - Genetic evolution of the neuraminidase of influenza A (H3N2) viruses from 1968 to 2009 and its correspondence to haemagglutinin evolution. - Journal of General Virology
- MR Sandbulte, Kim Westgeest, JA Gao, XY Xu, AI Klimov, CA Russell, DF Burke, Derek Smith, Ron Fouchier & MC Eichelberger (2011) - Discordant antigenic drift of neuraminidase and hemagglutinin in H1N1 and H3N2 influenza viruses - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A., 108 (51), 20748-20753
Capstone Thesis
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- EUC-CAP400
