Enviromental signals affecting ica-expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis Nuryastuti, Titik

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1 University of Groningen Enviromental signals affecting ica-expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis Nuryastuti, Titik IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document version below. Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Publication date: 2010 Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database Citation for published version (APA): Nuryastuti, T. (2010). Enviromental signals affecting ica-expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis Groningen: s.n. Copyright Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. Download date:

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3 Acknowledgements First of all, I thank to God for His bless. My study would not have fi nished without the assistance of many people in different ways. I think words are too short, too simple to carry out my deepest feeling. All my teachers, family, friends and people who helped me in the way that puts me here today, I thank to you all and I would like you to know that I have my deepest respect and gratefulness. The author is grateful to the Research Institute BioMedical Engineering/Materials Science and Application (BMSA) for the fi nancial assistance and support. I would also thank to Directorate General of Higher Education Ministry of National Education, Indonesia for the grant to fi nish partly of my PhD programme. Dear Prof Henk, I would like to say thank you for giving me a great chance to pursue PhD programme in our department. It was unforgettable experience when I was interviewed with you in my limited English. Your confi dence and enthusiasm helped me a lot to overcome my problems that I was facing during my study. I am not only greatly inspired by your enthusiasm and dedication to science, but also benefi ted tremendously from your generous encouragement, assistance and care at both of professional and personal levels. Working with such a professional and at the same time understanding scientist manager was a true honour for me. During our meeting, I found your professionalism and managerial abilities, which have contributed positively to my professional growth. Dear Prof Henny, I would like to express my gratitude for your patience and understanding dealing with all of my problems, including scientifi c and personal manner. You always gave me smart solutions for any practical problems that I had. You also provided consistently strong support and reinforcement throughout the course of this research, I learned a great deal of scientifi c writing from you. Even during my last 154

4 step to complete this thesis you always spent your time for my questions that I got with your very critical eye, adviced and managed everything I needed. Thank you very much indeed. Dear Pak Bastiaan and Namkje, This thesis would not have been completed without your expert guidance and high level scrutiny and discussion. I enjoy our working relationship which is based on trust and sound scientifi c knowledge and which I often got stuck when the problems arose. You taught me the art of writing scientifi c papers, critically appraising my own work, and thinking laterally in science. You have truly helped me with the learning and execution of this laboratory-based research. Thank you for the support during my research, and your complete confi dence and trust me to complete it successfully. You have directly and indirectly shaped my microbiologist career and have given me a clear perspective of my profession. I treasure you and your wife, Namkje, as a motivator, mentor and a dear friend indeed. I never forget the enjoyable, warm and lovely dinner together with your family. Namkje, I would like to thank you for your nice talking, support, and hospitality given to me in my visit. Playing with your kids was so enjoyable, it really made me relax from my homesick and stress for a moment, and also thank you so much for the special gift given by your father. Dear Pak Abu Tholib, You played an important role in my decision to come to Holland to pursue my PhD. My dream really comes true. You encouraged me for years and offered me your unconditional help. Therefore, my gratitude for you goes beyond words. Dear Ina and Ingrid, I would like to thank for your help of administrative tasks, mainly I appreciated much for providing time during your rush-hour works to do the layout of my thesis. I also would like to thank to Wya Kloppenburg for your patience to remind me the fi nancial issue during my study. 155

5 I would like to thank to the reading committee : Prof dr S.K. Bulstra, Prof dr J.M. van Dijl, and Prof dr W.M. Molenaar for sacrifi cing time to read and judge my thesis only in a few weeks. Dear Willy and Minnie, Thank you very much for your help in my experiments, such as RNA works and physico-chemical surface measurement. I also say thank you for your support and friendship to be my paranymphs. Dear Prof Sofi a Mubarika, I like to have thanks to you for introducing me to Prof Henk Busscher at the fi rst time. I also get thanks for your encouragement and support during my study. Dear Prof. J.R. van Horn, I would like to convey my heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation. At the fi rst time we met at my faculty during interviewed, I was admired you as a good motivator, and it was really proved during my study. You know me very well, in every annual seminar of Indonesian-PhD student, you always encouraged and supported my self-confi dence. I would like to express my gratitude, thank you so much. I would like to thank you so much to Hana Svecova, for helping me in improving my English during my fi rst stay in Groningen. Betsy, Eefje, and Marianne, thanks for your nice assistance during my works in the laboratory. I also would like to say thank to Prashant and Roel Kuijer for the discussion and assistance given to me in some of my experiments. 156

6 Ed, thank you for your technical support, you always gave me quick solution to solve my computer problem, even more we had to go the ICT down stair. Dr Tjar Koiter, I would say thank you for your attention by getting a nice talking and advice during my study. My gratitude and appreciation to my dear friends in Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine UGM, thank you for your understanding and being my good colleagues and friends. Thank you also my Indonesian colleagues: Pak Ketut, Pak Tri and mbak Endah, Pak Punto, Mbak Tita, Pak Iwan, Wisnu, Mira and others, I hope our collaboration to have a research network could be established further in the future. I also would like to express my deepest thank to Shanti and Tante Elief family, thank you for taking care of me, sharing and solving my problem, and being my family in Groningen. And, last but not least, to my beloved husband Aris, thank you for your meaningful support, understanding and pray. I believe the word thank you maybe not enough for what you have been doing for me. To my beloved daughter, Alsa, I would like to say thanks for your patience, encouragement and understanding. You had become a nice and strong little girl when I left to Groningen. Bapak and Ibu in Pandak, thank you for your pray and support, and I am sorry that I can not give you much attention. To my mother in law, thank you for your pray and continuous support and for taking care of my daughter. Also thank you to my brother for your pray and encouragement. I realize, that not all people who importantly contributed either directly or indirectly to my study in Groningen are mentioned in this page. From the deepest of my heart, I would like to thank to all of you, terimakasih. 157

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