Niels van Best

Niels van Best is a postdoctoral researcher at Universiteit Maastricht since April 2021 and at Uniklinik RWTH Aachen since March 2015. Niels has a strong research background, including projects on innate immune effectors and gut microbiota in relation to obesity, as well as antimicrobial peptides in intestinal cells influenced by diet. Previous roles include research assistant in General Surgery at Maastricht University and various internship positions, focusing on hepatic stellate cell activation and other biomedical areas. Niels holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Molecular Life Sciences and Biomedical Sciences from Maastricht University.