Curriculum Vitae
I was born on April 26th 1969 in Yerseke, the Netherlands. From an early age on I was interested in chemistry. Therefore after finishing high school, I completed successfully a study analytical chemistry at the HZ University for Applied Sciences.
After graduation I started my career at the Netherlands Institute for Ecology in the department of Marine Microbiology. From that moment on an even more challenging and interesting field of research revealed to me: the link between biology and ecology on the one hand and chemistry on the other hand.
My first research involved the speciation of trace metals in relation to algae using techniques as polarograpy and chromatography. In the years following I extended my work on planktonic and bentic diatoms, mainly focused on the influence of oxidative stress.
In 1995 I got the opportunity to study the carbon balance of salt marshes by using stable isotopes as a tracer. This was my first introduction to the powerful world of stable isotopes.
Shortly after that another challenge was offered to me: I got involved in a project to study the impact of UV-B radiation on the photosynthesis and biochemistry of terrestrial vegetation in the Antarctic. This was an excellent opportunity to combine two of my passions: science and traveling. Four summer seasons (1996-2001) I was stationed on Rothera base (67° 34’ S, 68 ° 08’ W) on the Antarctic Peninsula. Rothera is the principal British Antarctic Survey logistics centre for support of Antarctic field science with whom this project was joined. During four to five months a year I could spend my time solving some of the unsolved questions of the Antarctic mysteries. To compare the outcome of the results of the Antarctic region a proposal was granted to work in the Arctic region for one summer at a research base at Ny-Ålesund. Ny-Ålesund is situated at 78° 55´ N, 11° 56´ E on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago.
After the Antarctic project was finished I joined in 2005 the NWO-VIDI project ‘Linking microbial community structure and biogeochemical functioning in coastal marine sediments’ Methods applied were based on stable isotope (13C) labelling and biomarker analysis as lipids. A new available technique was introduced: high-performance liquid chromatography isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC/IRMS). Being one of the first users in the world an unexplored area was waiting to be discovered. We developed a method to analyse 13C carbohydrates using this technique.
Recently I started to work on my PhD to expand the possibilities of the new LC/IRMS technique and to apply it in the marine microbial research to get a better understanding of the ecology of micro organisms and the role that micro organisms play in biogeochemical cycles.
Selected Publications
Schierbeek Henk; Moerdijk-Poortvliet Tanja C W; van den Akker Chris H P; te Braake Frans W J; Boschker Henricus T S; van Goudoever Johannes B
Analysis of [U-13C6]glucose in human plasma using liquid chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry compared with two other mass spectrometry techniques. Rapid Comm Mass Spectrom. 2009 Dec;23(23):3824-30.
Boschker, H. T. S., T. C. W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet, P. van Breugel, M. Houtekamer, and J. J. Middelburg. 2008 A versatile method for stable carbon isotope analysis of carbohydrates by high-performance liquid chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22:3902-3908. 4391.
Rijstenbil, J.W., T.C.W. Poortvliet. 1992.
Copper and zinc in estuarine water: Chemical speciation in relation to bioavailability to the marine planktonic diatom Ditylum Brightwellii. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 11:1615-1635. Publication Delta Institute 578
Rijstenbil, J.W., A.G.A. Merks, J. Peene, T.C.W. Poortvliet, J.A. Wijnholds.
Phytoplankton composition and spatial distribution of copper and zinc in the Fal Estuary (Cornwall, UK). - Hydrobiological Bulletin 25: 37-44, 1991. - Publication no. 542 Delta Institute for Hydrobiological Research, Yerseke, The Netherlands).
Rijstenbil, J.W., J.W.M. Derksen, L.J.A. Gerringa, T.C.W. Poortvliet, A. Sandee, M. van den Berg, J. van Drie, J.A. Wijnholds.
Oxidative stress induced by copper: defense and damge in the marine planktonic diatom Ditylum brightwellii, grown in continuous cultures with high and low zinc levels. - Marine Biology 119: 583-590, 1994. - (Publication no. 724 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology, Yerseke, The Netherlands).
Hummel, H., R. Bogaards, L. de Wolf, J. Sinke, T. Poortvliet.
Evaluation of free amino acids as a biochemical indicator of metal pollution.
Marine Environmental Research 38: 303-312, 1994. - (Publication no. 625 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology, Yerseke, The Netherlands).
Gerringa, L.J.A., P.M.J. Herman, T.C.W. Poortvliet.
Comparison of the linear Van den Berg/Ruzic transformation and a non-linear fit of the Langmuir isotherm applied to Cu speciation data in the estuarine environment. - Marine Chemistry 48: 131-142, 1995. - (Publication no. 717 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology, Yerseke, The Netherlands).
Gerringa, L.J.A., J.W. Rijstenbil, T.C.W. Poortvliet, J. van Drie, M.C. Schot.
Speciation of copper and responses of the marine diatom Ditylum brightwellii upon increasing copper concentrations. - Aquatic Toxicology 31: 77-90, 1995. - (Publication no. 718 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology, Yerseke, The Netherlands).
Gerringa, L.J.A., Poortvliet, T.C.W and Hummel, H. 1996.
Comparison of Chemical Speciation of Copper in the Oosterschelde and Westerschelde Estuaries, the Netherlands. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (1996) 42, 629-643
Gerringa, L.J.A., H. Hummel, T.C.W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet. 1998.
Relations between free copper and salinity, dissolved and particulate organic carbon in the Oosterschelde and Westerschelde, Netherlands. Journal of Sea Research 40:193-203. Publication 2395 NIOO-KNAW.
Gerringa, L.J.A., H. Hummel, T.C.W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet. 1999.
Vertical gradients for particulate Cu fractions in estuarine water over tidal flats. Hydrobiologia 405:149-162. Publication 2540 NIOO-KNAW.
Huiskes, A.H.L., D. Lud, T.C.W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet. 2001.
Field research on the effects of UV-B filters on terrestrial Antarctic vegetation. Plant Ecology 154:75-86. Publication 2581 NIOO-KNAW.
Huiskes, A.H.L., D. Lud, T.C.W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet, J. Rozema. 1999.
Impact of UV-B radiation on Antarctic terrestrial vegetation. Pages 313-337 in J. Rozema, editor. Stratospheric ozone depletion; the effects of enhanced UVB-radiation on terrestrial ecosystems. Backhuys, Leiden. Publication 2446 NIOO-KNAW.
Huiskes, A.H.L., T.C.W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet. 2000.
Influence of salinity on the photosynthesis of the antarctic coastal lichen Turgidiusculum complicatulum (NYL.) KOHLM. et KOHLM. Pages 209-218 in B. Schroeter, M. Schlensog, T.G.A. Green, editors. New Aspects in Cryptogamic Research. Contributions in Honour of Ludger Kappen. J. Cramer in der Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin - Stuttgart. Publication 2582 NIOO-KNAW.
Huiskes, A.H.L., T.C.W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet, D. Lud. 1997.
Biotic responses to UV-B radiation in Antarctica: Progress, problems and plans after two field seasons. Circumpolar Journal 12:24-28. Publication 2390 NIOO-KNAW.
Huiskes, A.H.L., T.C.W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet, D. Lud. 2000.
Responses to UV-B radiation in terrestrial Antarctic vegetation. Pages 252-257 in W. Davison, C. Howard-Williams, P. Broady editors. Antarctic Ecosystems: Models for Wider Ecological Understanding. Caxton Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Publication 2518 NIOO-KNAW.
Lud, D., A.G.J. Buma, T.C.W. Moerdijk, A.H.L. Huiskes. 2003.
DNA damage and photosynthesis in Prasiola crispa ssp. antarctica and Sanionia uncinata in response to manipulated UV-B radiation. Pages 69-73 in A.H.L. Huiskes, W.W.C. Gieskes, J. Rozema, R.M.L. Schorno, S.M. Van der Vies, W.J. Wolff, editors. Antarctic Biology in a Global Context : Proceedings of the VIIIth SCAR International Biology Symposium 27 August - 1 September 2001, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Backhuys Publ., Leiden. Publication 3154 NIOO-KNAW.
Lud, D., A.G.J. Buma, W. Van de Poll, T.C.W. Moerdijk, A.H.L. Huiskes. 2001.
DNA damage and photosynthetic performance in the Antarctic terrestrial alga Prasiola crispa ssp antarctica (Chlorophyta) under manipulated UV-B radiation. Journal of Phycology 37:459-467. Publication 2793 NIOO-KNAW.
Lud, D., A.H.L. Huiskes, T.C.W. Moerdijk, J. Rozema. 2001.
The effects of altered levels of UV-B radiation on an Antarctic grass and lichen. Plant Ecology 154:87-99. Publication 2635 NIOO-KNAW.
Lud, D., T.C.W. Moerdijk, W.H. Van de Poll, A.G.J. Buma, A.H.L. Huiskes. 2002.
DNA damage and photosynthesis in Antarctic and Arctic Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske under ambient and enhanced levels of UV-B radiation. Plant Cell and Environment 25:1579-1589. Publication 2977 NIOO-KNAW.
Rozema, J., R. Broekman, D. Lud, A.H.J. Huiskes, T. Moerdijk, N. De Bakker, B. Meijkamp, A. Van Beem. 2001.
Consequences of depletion of stratospheric ozone for terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems: the response of Deschampsia antarctica to enhanced UV-B radiation in a controlled environment. Plant Ecology 154:101-115. Publication 2890 NIOO-KNAW.
Huiskes, A.H.L., H.T.S. Boschker, D. Lud, T.C.W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet. 2006.
Stable isotope ratio analysis as a tool for assessing habitat differentiation in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems. Plant Ecology 182:79-86. Publication 3679 NIOO-KNAW.
Huiskes, A.H.L., H.T.S. Boschker, D. Lud, T.C.W. Moerdijk-Poorvliet, N. Cannone. 2005.
Stable isotope ratios as a tool for assessing the marine influence on Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems. Pages 33-36 in N. Cannone, M. Guglielmin, editors. 5th Workshop on Regional Sensitivity to Climate Change in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems. Terra Antarctica Publication, Siena. Publication 3285 NIOO-KNAW.
Collaboration on the following subjects:
Rijstenbil, Jan W. 2001
Effects of periodic, low UVA radiation on cell characteristics and oxidative stress in the marine planktonic diatom Ditylum brightwellii. Eur. J. Phycol. (2001), 36: 1-8.
Rijstenbil, J.W., Gerringa, L.J.A. 2002.
Interactions of algal ligands, metal complexation and availability, and cell responses of the diatom Ditylum brightwellii with a gradual increase in copper. Aquatic Toxicology 56 (2002) 115-131.
Rijstenbil, J.W. 2002
Assessment of oxidative stress in the planktonic diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana in response to UVA and UVB radiation. Journal of Plankton Research, 24, 12, 1277-1288.
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