Silvie Timmers has 7+ years of experience managing research projects covering fundamental, translational, and clinical research. Her research focuses on how dietary fat content and composition contribute to skeletal muscle insulin resistance and whether insulin sensitivity can be improved by natural food products. She has skills in human and animal research, cell experiments, intervention studies, and analyzing energy metabolism, high-fat diets, and nutritional compounds' effects on glucose and lipid oxidation. Her achievements include a bachelor's in molecular life sciences, a master's in clinical molecular life sciences, a PhD in human biology from Maastricht University, a postdoctoral research position there, and receiving a VENI Grant from NWO.

1. Silvie Timmers, PhD
Experienced Researcher
Visual Curriculum Vitae

2. QUICK OVERVIEW
Inactivity
overweight
Moderately obese
Normal weight
Complications:
• type 2 diabetes
• cardiovasular diseases
Severe obese
Misbalance
of energy
homeostasis
Excess calorie intake
years of experience in managing research
projects covering fundamental, translational
and clinical research
7+
• How does dietary fat content and
composition contribute to skeletal
muscle insulin resistance?
• Can insulin sensitivity be improved
by the use active ingredients in
natural food products?

3. Research Experience & Skills
Human Research Animal Research Cell Experiments
GCP
Intervention
Studies
Energy Metabolism
High-fat Diets
Animal ethical proposals
Insulin
Sensitivity
Primary muscle cells
of human subjects
Nutritional Compounds
Glucose and Lipid
Oxidation

4. Major Achievements
Sciences
and Maths
Bachelor in
Molecular
Life Sciences
Master in
Clinical Molecular
Life Sciences
Research Assistant
Dept. of Human Biology
Maastricht University
PhD-student
Dept. of Human Biology
Maastricht University
First scientific
publication
Cover Article in
Cell Metabolism
Work Visit
EPFL, Lausanne
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dept. of Human Biology
Maastricht University
VENI Grant, NWO
PhD degree

5. I AM
here
I WANT
to be
here
Planning, managing
Analyzing and
reporting research
projects
CHALLENGE ME
interaction
goal-oriented enviromnent
& discussion
Healthy
Nutrition
Clinical trials

6. s.timmers@maastrichtuniversity.nl
nl.linkedin.com/in/silvietimmers/