234 on my manuscripts had a clinical perspective and that greatly improved the clinical value of these manuscripts. I really appreciate your trust in including me in the Salivary Research group. I am very grateful for everything! Dr. Bots, dear Caper. Unfortunately, I did not see you that much during my PhD trajectory. However, your feedback was helpful and improved the manuscripts even more. Reading your positive feedback made me happy. Thank you so much! Committee members I would like to thank the committee members for their time and effort reading and reviewing my PhD thesis. I am really grateful, thank you so much Prof. dr. M.L. Laine, Prof. dr. A. Vissink, Prof. dr. T. Forouzanfar, Prof. dr. W.M. Thomson, Prof. dr. B. O’Connell! Oral biochemistry team We really have a wonderful team that always try to help and improve each other. All my gratitude goes to Ir. Kamran Nazmi, who helped me a lot with my laboratory activities, especially with the ELISA technique. I was privileged to work with someone with such unbelievable knowledge of the lab. There is ‘De Aardige Pers’, but Kamran you are ‘De Slimme Pers’. Thank you, Dr. Toon Ligtenberg, for all help during my PhD trajectory; your door was always open for my questions. Practicing my presentations with you and the feedback you shared helped me to improve the quality of these presentations. Thank you so much, Toon! The ‘icing on the cake’ of the Oral Biochemistry is Dr. Wendy Kaman! You totally flourished the department; your laugh, funny stories and positive vibes were making our days even more beautiful. You helped me a lot with feedback and questions about my presentations. I really enjoy sitting near you in the same office now. Thank you for everything you did for me, Wendy! All my love and gratitude go to my fellow PhD candidates in department of Oral Biochemistry: Saskia, Mouri, and Cuicui. You are not just colleagues, but also lovely and kind friends. The most important thing I gained is having you as friends in my life. You listen to me, and you gave me always helpful advices. Ladies, you are my support; a million thanks ladies for all the beautiful memories together! Dear Hanan, I wished I could have seen you more frequently. You are so funny, and I enjoy all our talks together.
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