Dominique de Kleijn, PhD, is a Professor of the Experimental Cardiology Laboratory at UMCU and co-initiator of the Athero-Express Biobank Studies. Dominique is project leader of the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (ICIN). As a molecular biologist with a BSc in chemistry he performed the proteomics studies of the Athero-Express. His research focus (>100 papers) is the role of the innate immune system in the response to injury during atherogenesis and after myocardial infarction.