Susanne Kooistra received Rogier Hintzen Award

Our colleague and MS researcher Susanne Kooistra received the Rogier Hintzen Talent Award on Wednesday September 29th in Rotterdam, which was awarded by both his children.

The jury described neurobiologist and molecular cell biologist Susanne Kooistra as an enthusiastic researcher with an eye for detail. She is an inspirer and connector in her own research group. Her goal is to unravel the mystery of multiple sclerosis and she is particularly focusing on the role of the resident immune cells of the brain, namely microglia, within the disease process.

Susanne endorses Rogier’s motto that fundamental scientific research is leading to better ways of MS treatment, and contributes to this with her own research lines.

The Rogier Hintzen award was created in memory of the deceased neurologist and immunologist professor dr. Rogier Hintzen, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 56-years. He was still full of ideas and plans for new research to develop better treatments for multiple sclerosis. The department Neurology of the Erasmus MS, in consultation with Rogier’s wife and the Erasmus MS Foundation, decided to honor Rogier by setting up the Rogier Hintzen Talent Award. There has been funding collected to award the prize for at least 12 years, the period Rogier would have worked.