J. Kers MD PhD

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MD PhD J. Kers

Position
Medical Specialist
Main activities
Patient care, Research
Specialisation
Renal & Transplant Pathology; Dermatopathology; Machine Learning
Focus of research

Renal transplant rejection

Viral nephropathies

Transplant tolerance

Immune responses

Outcome prediction

Machine learning

Amsterdam UMC Research Institutes
AMC departments
Key publications
  • Hermsen Meyke, de Bel Thomas, den Boer Marjolijn, Steenbergen Eric J., Kers Jesper, Florquin Sandrine, Roelofs Joris J. T. H., Stegall Mark D., Alexander Mariam P., Smith Byron H., Smeets Bart, Hilbrands Luuk B., van der Laak Jeroen A. W. M. Deep Learning-Based Histopathologic Assessment of Kidney Tissue Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2019;30 (10):1968-1979 [PubMed]
  • Dapic Irena, Baljeu-Neuman Lucia, Uwugiaren Naomi, Kers Jesper, Goodlett David R., Corthals Garry L. Proteome analysis of tissues by mass spectrometry Mass spectrometry reviews 2019;38 (4-5):403-441 [PubMed]
  • Yapici Ünsal, Kers Jesper, Slavujevic-Letic Ivana, Stokman Geurt, Roelofs Joris J. T. H., van Aalderen Michiel C., Groothoff Jaap W., de Boer Onno J., van der Pant Karlijn A. M. I., Claessen Nike, Hilbrands Luuk B., Bemelman Frederike J., ten Berge Ineke J. M., Florquin Sandrine Intragraft Blood Dendritic Cell Antigen-1-Positive Myeloid Dendritic Cells Increase during BK Polyomavirus-Associated Nephropathy Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2016;27 (8):2502-2510 [PubMed]
  • Kers Jesper, Leemans Jaklien C., Linkermann Andreas An Overview of Pathways of Regulated Necrosis in Acute Kidney Injury Seminars in nephrology 2016;36 (3):139-152 [PubMed]
  • Farris Alton B., Moghe Ishita, Wu Simon, Hogan Julien, Cornell Lynn D., Alexander Mariam P., Kers Jesper, Demetris Anthony J., Levenson Richard M., Tomaszewski John, Barisoni Laura, Yagi Yukako, Solez Kim Banff Digital Pathology Working Group: Going digital in transplant pathology American journal of transplantation 2020;20 (9):2392-2399 [PubMed]
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Curriculum Vitae

Jesper Kers, MD, PhD

Appointments Held
2007- Research fellow, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam (NL)
2009 Research fellow, INSERM U702, Paris (FR)
2011-2012 Research fellow, Institute for Medical Immunology, Brussels (BE)
2011-2012 Research fellow, Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging, Brussels (BE)
2014-2019 Pathology resident, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam (NL)
2017- Research associate, Van ’t Hoff Institute of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
2018- Research associate, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT & Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA (US)
2019- Renal & Transplant Pathologist, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam (NL)
2020- Renal & Transplant Pathologist, LUMC, Leiden (NL)

Education
2014 MD in Medicine, University of Amsterdam (NL)
2016 PhD in Medicine, University of Amsterdam (NL)

Research programmes

Prof. PhD S. Florquin (Renal inflammation and repair)

(Medewerkers buiten research programmes van afdeling Inwendige Geneeskunde: Nierziekten)

Current research funding
  • Nierstichting Nederland
  • UvA, ASSR