I am a PhD student at the Plastic surgery department of the University Medical Center Utrecht/UU and maintain a close collaboration with neuro-immunology and pathology within our university hospital. Our research focuses on better understanding why a neuroma becomes painful, so that we can acquire targets for new treatment options. Pain due to neuroma formation occurs in 8% of Europeans and has a major impact on daily functioning. For several years I have been involved in research and I have trained my (micro-)surgical skills in the clinic, so I am now happy to use this experience in this translational research program with many (micro-)surgical components. This research is a collaboration between AxoGen (Florida, US) and the plastic surgery department at UMC Utrecht.