Dr Rutger Röring is an early career postdoctoral researcher in the Inflammatory Origins group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

Before starting his work at MCRI, Rutger completed a Master's degree in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease and PhD in Medical Sciences (thesis: "Regulatory Mechanisms of Trained Immunity in Vaccination and Disease") at Radboud University (Nijmegen, The Netherlands). His research experience encompasses a spectrum of experimental models in human immunology. His vision is that mechanistic in vitro experiments are key to understand and supplement 'real-world' human evidence from cohort studies and clinical trials.

At MCRI, Dr Röring works in the Inflammatory Origins Group, a team of specialists in diverse areas that seeks to understand the key roles that inflammation and infection play in the development of cardiovascular and metabolic disease (heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and obesity), the leading causes of illness and death in Australia and worldwide. Dr Röring's laboratory expertise is vital to extracting the maximal amount of information from the precious childhood biosamples available in the Inflammatory Origins biobanks and clinical cohorts.