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Roelof-jan Oostra

Roelof-jan Oostra MD

Medicine, Cell and Developmental Biology
Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands

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Dr R.J. Oostra has been named Professor of Anatomy and Embryology, specialising in clinical and comparative morphology, at the University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA).

Dr R.J. Oostra (1965) has been named Professor of Anatomy and Embryology, specialising in clinical and comparative morphology, at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA).

Roelof-Jan Oostra studies the development of the heart in cold-blooded vertebrates, with specific focus on the development of the heart chamber wall, which is deficient by nature. Developmental defects in the heart chamber wall are the leading cause of congenital heart defects in humans.
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