Identification
            Personal identification
- Full name
 - Nils Meiresonne
 
Citation names
- Meiresonne, Nils
 
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
 - 9E13-660E-4D26
 - ORCID iD
 - 0000-0001-9184-4361
 
Websites
- http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9184-4361 (Professional)
 - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nils_Meiresonne (Social media)
 
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
 
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | 
Education
            | Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
| 
                                  2013/03/01 - 2019/10/22 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Molecular Microbiology (Doktor (PhD))
                                  Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands 
                               | 
                              |
| 
                                  2009/09/01 - 2012/05/31 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Medical Biology (Master)
                                  Major in Microbiology 
                                 Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands 
                               | 
                              8.0, Good, A- | 
| 
                                  2006/09/01 - 2009/08/31 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Biomedical Sciences (Bachelor)
                                  Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands 
                               | 
                              7.5, Good, B+ | 
| 
                                  2002/09/01 - 2006/07/20 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Biology Teacher (Bachelor)
                                  Major in Biology Teacher 
                                 Hogeschool van Amsterdam Faculteit Onderwijs en Opvoeding, Netherlands 
                               | 
                              
Affiliation
            Science
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/10/23 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal | 
| Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal | ||
| 2013/03/01 - 2019/10/22 | Researcher (Research) | Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands | 
| Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands | ||
| 2012/09 - 2013/02 | Researcher (Research) | Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands | 
| 2011/01 - 2012/01 | Research Trainee (Research) | Academic Medical Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Research Bacteriology, Netherlands | 
| 2009/09 - 2010/03 | Research Trainee (Research) | Academic Medical Centre, Department of Human Genetics, Netherlands | 
| 2009/02 - 2009/07 | Research Trainee (Research) | Academic Medical Centre, Department of Human Genetics, Netherlands | 
| 2007/07 - 2007/08 | Research Trainee (Research) | Academic Medical Centre, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Netherlands | 
Others
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 - 2013/02 | Laboratory Technician | Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Medische Microbiologie, Netherlands | 
Projects
            Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/03/01 - Current | Exploring the bacterial cell cycle to re-sensitize antibiotic-resistant bacteria
                                  info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/771709/EU 
                                 Post-doc Fellow
                                     
                              Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              European Commission
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 - 2018 | Human Frontier Science Program (RGP0034/2013)
                                  RGP0034/2013 
                                 PhD Student Fellow
                                     
                              Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands 
                                  | 
                              National Science Foundation
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2013/03/01 - 2017/02/28 | Multifunctional antibacterial periplasmic protein interaction analysis (MAPPIA)
                                 
                                  PhD Student Fellow
                                     
                              Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands 
                                  | 
                              Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/05 - Current | Timing protein interactions that drive bacterial cell cycle progression.
                                 
                                  Post-doc Fellow
                                     
                              Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
Outputs
            Publications
| Conference poster | 
                                 
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| Journal article | 
                                 
  | 
                           
| Online resource | 
                                 
  | 
                           
| Thesis / Dissertation | 
                                 
  | 
                           
Activities
            Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location)  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/02/15 | Visualizing bacterial protein interactions by FLIM-FRET | Scan Seminars
                                  Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2021/04/01 | Illuminating protein interactions in the periplasm (Invited) | Royal Dutch Society for Microbiology Spring Meeting 2021
                                  Royal Dutch Society for Microbiology (Papendal, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
| 2020/03/31 | Timing the critical protein interactions that drive bacterial cell cycle progression (Invited, canceled) | Royal Dutch Society for Microbiology Spring Meeting 2020
                                  Royal Dutch Society for Microbiology (Papendal, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018/10/01 | Illuminating Protein interactions in the Periplasm (Selected) | Dutch Biophysics 2018
                                  NWO domain Exact and Natural Sciences (ENW), in collaboration with the Dutch Society for Microscopy (NVvM), the Association
                                    for Biophysics and Biomedical Technology (BioPM), and the Dutch Society for Cell Biology (DSCB). (Veldhoven, Netherlands)
                                  
                               | 
                           
| 2018/09/18 | Detecting antibiotic target protein interactions by in vivo FRET (Invited) | Biomolecular Research Course 2018
                                  Hogeschool Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018/06/24 | Illuminating protein interactions in the periplasm (Invited) | Amsterdam Microbiology meeting
                                  Free University of Amsterdam / University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
| 2017/05/11 | Activity related conformational changes of penicillin binding proteins (Invited) | Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences Seminar
                                  Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016/01/13 | Illuminating periplasmic protein interactions (Invited) | University of Amsterdam Microbiology Cluster Meeting
                                  University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015/04/15 | Periplasmic FRET (Invited) | Royal Dutch Society for Microbiology Spring Meeting 2015
                                  Royal Dutch Society for Microbiology (Arnhem, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014/10/03 | Measuring In vivo protein interactions of E. coli D,D-Carboxypeptidases by FRET | 2-day conference exchange between the Laboratories of Waldemar Vollmer, Nassos Typas and Tanneke den Blaauwen of Newcastle
                                 University, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and the University of Amsterdam, respectively.
                                  University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014/05/15 | Illuminating the periplasm: finding the right fluorophore (Invited) | Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences 50 Years of Fts: the A-Z of Bacterial Cell Division
                                  Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences 
                               | 
                           
| 2014/03/07 | ZapA: a link between cell division and chromosome segregation (Invited) | Dutch Bacterial Cell Surfaces Meeting 2014
                                  NWO (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event  | 
                              Event name Institution / Organization  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/09/30 - 2024/10/03 | 91st Harden Conference: Single Molecule Bacteriology III | 91st Harden Conference: Single Molecule Bacteriology III | 
| 2024/05/14 - 2024/05/17 |  EMBO Workshop - Archaeal and bacterial cell division: Beyond the Z-ring
                                  Conference 
                               | 
                              EMBO Workshop - Archaeal and bacterial cell division: Beyond the Z-ring | 
| 2024/02/14 - 2024/03/27 | Best practices in doctoral supervision, professional development of teaching and leadership skills for doctoral supervisors
                                  Workshop 
                               | 
                              Best practices in doctoral supervision, professional development of teaching and leadership skills for doctoral supervisors
                                  Karolinska Institutet, Sweden 
                               | 
                           
| 2022/12/11 - 2022/12/15 | Bacterial cell biophysics: DNA replication, growth, division, size and shape, Ein Gedi, Israel
                                  Conference 
                               | 
                              Bacterial cell biophysics: DNA replication, growth, division, size and shape, Ein Gedi, Israel
                                  European Molecular Biology Organization, Germany 
                               | 
                           
| 2022/01/25 - 2022/01/26 | Rosetrees Interdisciplinary workshop: Quantitative approaches to antimicrobial resistance and microbiology
                                  Workshop 
                               | 
                              Rosetrees Interdisciplinary workshop: Quantitative approaches to antimicrobial resistance and microbiology
                                  Physics of Life network, United Kingdom 
                               | 
                           
| 2020/05 - 2022 | Virtual S. aureus Seminar Series, monthly online seminar series covering Staphylococcus aureus
                                  Seminar 
                               | 
                              Virtual S. aureus Seminar Series 
                                  New York University Long Island School of Medicine, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2020/06 - 2021/12 | Cell Size and Growth seminar,  bi-monthly online seminar series for and by the Cell Size research community.
                                  Seminar 
                               | 
                              Cell Size and Growth seminar
                                  Stanford University Department of Biology, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2020/11/23 - 2020/11/27 | Beginners Guide to Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) in Life Sciences (online)
                                  Conference 
                               | 
                              Beginners Guide to Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) in Life Sciences
                                  CMCB light microscopy facility, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany 
                               | 
                           
| 2020/10/21 - 2020/11/06 | CauloConference 2.0 (Online)
                                  Conference 
                               | 
                              CauloConference 2.0
                                  Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Stanford University, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2020/02/21 - 2020/02/21 | 21st SymPhoTime Training Day
                                  Workshop 
                               | 
                              21st SymPhoTime Training Day
                                  PicoQuant GmbH, Germany 
                               | 
                           
| 2020/02/18 - 2020/02/20 | 12th International Course on Time-resolved Microscopy and Correlation Spectroscopy
                                  Workshop 
                               | 
                              12th International Course on “Time-resolved Microscopy and Correlation Spectroscopy
                                  PicoQuant GmbH, Germany 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/11/13 - 2019/11/15 | Batch analysis and macro development in ImageJ/Fiji: Going beyond the basics: Short course on batch analysis of microscopy
                                 images.
                                  Workshop 
                               | 
                              Batch analysis and macro development in ImageJ/Fiji: Going beyond the basics
                                  Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/11/04 - 2019/11/07 | 17th European Short Course on Principles and Applications of Time-resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy
                                  Workshop 
                               | 
                              17th European Short Course on “Principles and Applications of Time-resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy
                                  PicoQuant GmbH, Germany 
                               | 
                           
| 2018/02 - 2018/02 | Dutch Bacterial Cell Surfaces Meeting 2018
                                  Conference 
                               | 
                              Dutch Bacterial Cell Surfaces Meeting 2018
                                  Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
| 2017/02 - 2017/02 | Dutch Bacterial Cell Surfaces Meeting 2017
                                  Conference 
                               | 
                              Dutch Bacterial Cell Surfaces Meeting 2017
                                  Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
| 2016/07/01 - 2016/07/14 | UvA Summer School: Grant Writing and Proposal Development
                                  Workshop 
                               | 
                              UvA Summer School: Grant Writing and Proposal Development
                                  Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
| 2016/02 - 2016/02 |  Dutch Bacterial Cell Surfaces Meeting 2016
                                  Conference 
                               | 
                              Dutch Bacterial Cell Surfaces Meeting 2016
                                  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
| 2015/02 - 2015/02 |  Dutch Bacterial Cell Surfaces Meeting 2015
                                  Conference 
                               | 
                              Dutch Bacterial Cell Surfaces Meeting 2015
                                  Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
| 2014/03 - 2014/03 | Royal Netherlands Society for Microbiology: General and Molecular Microbiology 2014
                                  Conference 
                               | 
                              General and Molecular Microbiology
                                  Koninklijke Nederlands Vereniging voor Microbiologie, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 - 2014 | Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Centre of Advanced microscopy: Basics in Fluorescence Microscopy 2014
                                  Workshop 
                               | 
                              Basics in Fluorescence Microscopy
                                  Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Centre of Advanced microscopy, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
| 2013/03 - 2013/03 |  Dutch Bacterial Cell Surfaces Meeting 2013
                                  Conference 
                               | 
                              Dutch Bacterial Cell Surfaces Meeting 2013
                                  Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 - 2013 | Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Centre of Advanced microscopy: Confocal Microscopy Fundamentals, Advanced techniques and Biological
                                 Applications 2013
                                  Workshop 
                               | 
                              Confocal Microscopy Fundamentals, Advanced techniques and Biological Applications
                                  Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Centre of Advanced microscopy, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2024 | Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (2586-9981) | Prince of Songkla University | 
| 2023 - 2024 | Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2296-4185) | Frontiers Media | 
| 2023 - 2023 | Molecular Microbiology (365-2958) | Wiley-Blackwell | 
| 2023 - 2023 | OpenMicrobiology (2045-8827) | Wiley-Blackwell | 
| 2022 - 2022 | Molecular Microbiology (1365-2958) | Wiley-Blackwell | 
| 2022 - 2022 | Frontiers in Microbiology (1664-302X) | Frontiers Media | 
| 2021 - 2022 | Nature Communications (2041-1723) | Springer Nature | 
| 2017 - 2017 | Journal of Bacteriology (1098-5530) | ASM Journals | 
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013/10/06 - Current | Koninklijke Nederlandse vereniging voor microbiologie (Royal Netherlands Society for Microbiology) | Member | 
| 2011/01/01 - Current | Nederlands Instituut voor Biologie (Dutch institute for Biology) | Member | 
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - Current | Advanced Microscopy | Cell structures and functions (Master) | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands | 
| 2023 - Current | Applications of FLIM to microbiology | Fundamentals of light microscopy and image processing (Doutoramento) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal | 
| 2021 - 2021 | Fluorescence techniques in bacteria | Virtual Exchange activity between PSU, ITQB-NOVA and UvA (Bachelor) | Prince of Songkla University, Thailand | 
| 2015 - 2019 | Co-authored and assisted the practical training program of the course “Microbes and Man” for first year students of Biology, Biomedical Sciences and Psychobiology of the University of Amsterdam. | Microbes and Man (Bachelor) | Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands | 
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2019 | Introduced three new PhD students and two Post Docs to the lab and specifically trained them in doing FRET experiments and analysis. | 3x PhD 2x Postdoc | 
| 2013 - 2018 | Supervised seven bachelor students' internships and one master student internship at the Bacterial Cell Biology group of the University of Amsterdam for periods between 3 and 6 months. | 7x Bachelor and 1x Master | 
Distinctions
            Award
| 2024 | Best Poster Prize - 91st Harden: Single Molecule Bacteriology III
                                  Biochemical Society, United Kingdom 
                               | 
                           
| 2022 | FEMS Meeting Attendance Grant (400) FEMS-MAG-2022-1,510 
                                  Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
| 2022 | EMBO Travel grant (400) (w20-09-id81) 
                                  European Molecular Biology Organization, Germany 
                               | 
                           
| 2019 | Research and Training Grant (€3.200) - (FEMS-GO-2018-214.R1)
                                  Federation Of European Microbiological Societies, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
Other distinction
| 2023 | Yellow Flame for a popular plasmid deposited at the Addgene repository
                                  Addgene Inc, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2020 | Top Downloaded Paper 2018-2019
                                  Wiley Publishing, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | 3rd Prize Proposal “Novel Fluorescence Techniques for Antibiotic Development”
                                  UvA summer school: Grant Writing and Proposal Development, Netherlands 
                               | 
                           
