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Last Thursday I defended my PhD at @erasmusmc.bsky.social Thank you so much to all that joined the defence and to @maxkoppers.bsky.social, @madelonmaurice.bsky.social, Celia Berkers and Vered Raz for the great scientific discussion.
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Last Thursday I defended my PhD at @erasmusmc.bsky.social Thank you so much to all that joined the defence and to @maxkoppers.bsky.social, @madelonmaurice.bsky.social, Celia Berkers and Vered Raz for the great scientific discussion.
Honored to welcome Prof. Charles Swanton for this year’s Piet Borst Lecture ✨
The afternoon opened with a beautiful cello intermezzo 🎻
Inspiring from start to finish.”
The afternoon opened with a beautiful cello intermezzo 🎻
Inspiring from start to finish.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Honored to welcome Prof. Charles Swanton for this year’s Piet Borst Lecture ✨
The afternoon opened with a beautiful cello intermezzo 🎻
Inspiring from start to finish.”
The afternoon opened with a beautiful cello intermezzo 🎻
Inspiring from start to finish.”
A new @nature.com.web.brid.gy paper by @peeperlab.bsky.social shows that T cells that cling to cancer cells are the most potent killers. These clusters, long overlooked, can be isolated directly from tumors www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tumour-reactive heterotypic CD8 T cell clusters from clinical samples - Nature
Tumour-reactive CD8+ T cells are enriched in functional clusters with tumour cells and/or antigen-presenting cells and can be isolated and expanded from clinical samples.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A new @nature.com.web.brid.gy paper by @peeperlab.bsky.social shows that T cells that cling to cancer cells are the most potent killers. These clusters, long overlooked, can be isolated directly from tumors www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our new paper is out in Nature - online today!
Huge congrats to shared first authors Sofía Ibáñez-Molero & Johanna Veldman, the whole team & all collaborators.
📄 Open-access paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Huge congrats to shared first authors Sofía Ibáñez-Molero & Johanna Veldman, the whole team & all collaborators.
📄 Open-access paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tumour-reactive heterotypic CD8 T cell clusters from clinical samples - Nature
Tumour-reactive CD8+ T cells are enriched in functional clusters with tumour cells and/or antigen-presenting cells and can be isolated and expanded from clinical samples.
www.nature.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Our new paper is out in Nature - online today!
Huge congrats to shared first authors Sofía Ibáñez-Molero & Johanna Veldman, the whole team & all collaborators.
📄 Open-access paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Huge congrats to shared first authors Sofía Ibáñez-Molero & Johanna Veldman, the whole team & all collaborators.
📄 Open-access paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
At the end of the rainbow 🌈
📷 Zowi Huinen
📷 Zowi Huinen
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
At the end of the rainbow 🌈
📷 Zowi Huinen
📷 Zowi Huinen
🎓 Patients who survived (non-)Hodgkin lymphoma have a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases or subsequent malignancies. Yvonne Geurts successfully defended her thesis showing that that a better understanding of these risks contributed to improved & risk-based follow-up care. Congratulations Yvonne!
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🎓 Patients who survived (non-)Hodgkin lymphoma have a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases or subsequent malignancies. Yvonne Geurts successfully defended her thesis showing that that a better understanding of these risks contributed to improved & risk-based follow-up care. Congratulations Yvonne!
Ribosomes are just like people. They are diverse, they can dance, collide, and experience stress. During stress, the translation process plays a key role in the development of cancer, a discovery made by PhD candidate Sofia Ramalho ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/... @sofiaramalho.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Ribosomes are just like people. They are diverse, they can dance, collide, and experience stress. During stress, the translation process plays a key role in the development of cancer, a discovery made by PhD candidate Sofia Ramalho ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/... @sofiaramalho.bsky.social
How can we detect cancer earlier? Early detection of cancer often leads to less invasive treatment and increased chance of recovery. That’s why our researchers and physicians work hard to answer this question. Learn more about their search in this video ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa1M...
Research into early detection at the Netherlands Cancer Institute
In this video, theme leader Marjanka Schmidt, PhD student Hristina Hristova, medical geneticist Irma van de Beek, and researcher Beatriz Carvalho show you th...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
How can we detect cancer earlier? Early detection of cancer often leads to less invasive treatment and increased chance of recovery. That’s why our researchers and physicians work hard to answer this question. Learn more about their search in this video ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa1M...
During the replication process, cells can hit the pause button if something goes wrong, before starting the next phase. PhD candidate Frank van Gemert identified a protein that plays a key role. ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
During the replication process, cells can hit the pause button if something goes wrong, before starting the next phase. PhD candidate Frank van Gemert identified a protein that plays a key role. ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Congratulations to @benjaminrowland.bsky.social for receiving an @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant together with TU Delft, University of Edinburgh and @mit.edu / @institutcurie.bsky.social he will work on the GeneMotors project to unravel how SMC proteins pull DNA into loops.
More: bit.ly/4osZjOJ
More: bit.ly/4osZjOJ
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Congratulations to @benjaminrowland.bsky.social for receiving an @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant together with TU Delft, University of Edinburgh and @mit.edu / @institutcurie.bsky.social he will work on the GeneMotors project to unravel how SMC proteins pull DNA into loops.
More: bit.ly/4osZjOJ
More: bit.ly/4osZjOJ
Thanks to support from the Dutch Cancer Society , researcher Marjanka Schmidt and her team are expanding the Hebon study to include more and more diverse participants in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer research. More: www.nki.nl/news-events/...
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Thanks to support from the Dutch Cancer Society , researcher Marjanka Schmidt and her team are expanding the Hebon study to include more and more diverse participants in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer research. More: www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Proud! Our scientific director Thijn Brummelkamp was a guest at the “Uitblinkerslunch” (Lunch for Outstanding Achievers) hosted by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima.
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Proud! Our scientific director Thijn Brummelkamp was a guest at the “Uitblinkerslunch” (Lunch for Outstanding Achievers) hosted by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima.
What a great recognition for our inspiring scientist and professor Karin de Visser: she received the Josephine Nefkens Prize 2025. Congratulations Karin! 🎉
#NKI #fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #oncology #breastcancer #cancerimmunology
#NKI #fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #oncology #breastcancer #cancerimmunology
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
What a great recognition for our inspiring scientist and professor Karin de Visser: she received the Josephine Nefkens Prize 2025. Congratulations Karin! 🎉
#NKI #fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #oncology #breastcancer #cancerimmunology
#NKI #fundamentalresearch #cancerresearch #oncology #breastcancer #cancerimmunology
The results of the SUPREMO trial are in and published in @nejm.org. Results show that radiotherapy can be safely omitted as a treatment for many breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy and were treated with anti-cancer drugs ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The results of the SUPREMO trial are in and published in @nejm.org. Results show that radiotherapy can be safely omitted as a treatment for many breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy and were treated with anti-cancer drugs ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
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🚀 We’re hiring!
Join our team at the NKI as a Postdoc, using Quantitative Membrane Proteomics to design novel cancer immunotherapies!
Best of two worlds from the Voest and Lindeboom Labs.
Cutting-edge proteomics, translational immunotherapy and world-class instrumentation? let’s connect! 🔬💡
Join our team at the NKI as a Postdoc, using Quantitative Membrane Proteomics to design novel cancer immunotherapies!
Best of two worlds from the Voest and Lindeboom Labs.
Cutting-edge proteomics, translational immunotherapy and world-class instrumentation? let’s connect! 🔬💡
October 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🚀 We’re hiring!
Join our team at the NKI as a Postdoc, using Quantitative Membrane Proteomics to design novel cancer immunotherapies!
Best of two worlds from the Voest and Lindeboom Labs.
Cutting-edge proteomics, translational immunotherapy and world-class instrumentation? let’s connect! 🔬💡
Join our team at the NKI as a Postdoc, using Quantitative Membrane Proteomics to design novel cancer immunotherapies!
Best of two worlds from the Voest and Lindeboom Labs.
Cutting-edge proteomics, translational immunotherapy and world-class instrumentation? let’s connect! 🔬💡
Thanks to KWF Dutch Cancer Society Esther Lips and her colleagues will be able to continue their search to find out which women with DCIS will require treatment and which do not ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
November 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thanks to KWF Dutch Cancer Society Esther Lips and her colleagues will be able to continue their search to find out which women with DCIS will require treatment and which do not ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
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#EANO2025 was a blast! Thanks to the travel grant of the Utrecht CEN PhD program, I could present our work on the blood-brain barrier in brain metastases 🧠🔬
October 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#EANO2025 was a blast! Thanks to the travel grant of the Utrecht CEN PhD program, I could present our work on the blood-brain barrier in brain metastases 🧠🔬
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Are you excited to uncover the molecular mechanisms of actin filament assemblies that drive cell migration using cryo-EM?
Only 1.5 week to apply for this exciting PhD position in my newly established lab at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam: www.werkenbijavl.nl/vacatures/ph...
Only 1.5 week to apply for this exciting PhD position in my newly established lab at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam: www.werkenbijavl.nl/vacatures/ph...
PhD Student – Structural Biology of Actin Filament Assemblies | Werken bij AVL
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October 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Are you excited to uncover the molecular mechanisms of actin filament assemblies that drive cell migration using cryo-EM?
Only 1.5 week to apply for this exciting PhD position in my newly established lab at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam: www.werkenbijavl.nl/vacatures/ph...
Only 1.5 week to apply for this exciting PhD position in my newly established lab at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam: www.werkenbijavl.nl/vacatures/ph...
What if parts of our DNA accidentally end up in the wrong place? What can be bad for healthy cells could be an advantage for tumor cells, observed PhD candidate Soufyan Lakbir, who loves his experiments.
Soufyan Lakbir will defend his thesis on October 29 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Soufyan Lakbir will defend his thesis on October 29 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What if parts of our DNA accidentally end up in the wrong place? What can be bad for healthy cells could be an advantage for tumor cells, observed PhD candidate Soufyan Lakbir, who loves his experiments.
Soufyan Lakbir will defend his thesis on October 29 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Soufyan Lakbir will defend his thesis on October 29 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Big congrats to the MARI team for winning the NKI Patient Impact Award! Their work helps breast cancer patients avoid unnecessary surgery. 💙 #NKI #BreastCancer #Innovation
Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Big congrats to the MARI team for winning the NKI Patient Impact Award! Their work helps breast cancer patients avoid unnecessary surgery. 💙 #NKI #BreastCancer #Innovation
Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
Read more ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
#ESMO2025 kicks off in Berlin!
Our NKI team is in Berlin to share research, lead discussions, and connect with oncology experts from around the world. 💙 #Oncology #CancerResearch
See all NKI input: bit.ly/4okZxXF
Our NKI team is in Berlin to share research, lead discussions, and connect with oncology experts from around the world. 💙 #Oncology #CancerResearch
See all NKI input: bit.ly/4okZxXF
October 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#ESMO2025 kicks off in Berlin!
Our NKI team is in Berlin to share research, lead discussions, and connect with oncology experts from around the world. 💙 #Oncology #CancerResearch
See all NKI input: bit.ly/4okZxXF
Our NKI team is in Berlin to share research, lead discussions, and connect with oncology experts from around the world. 💙 #Oncology #CancerResearch
See all NKI input: bit.ly/4okZxXF
🧬 We are very proud: Our scientific director @thijnbrummel.bsky.social has received the Spinoza Prize, the highest distinction in Dutch science. Thijn’s groundbreaking genetic research helps uncover how cancer cells work ➡️ bit.ly/494IXXH
#SpinozaPrize #Science #Research #Innovation #CancerResearch
#SpinozaPrize #Science #Research #Innovation #CancerResearch
October 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🧬 We are very proud: Our scientific director @thijnbrummel.bsky.social has received the Spinoza Prize, the highest distinction in Dutch science. Thijn’s groundbreaking genetic research helps uncover how cancer cells work ➡️ bit.ly/494IXXH
#SpinozaPrize #Science #Research #Innovation #CancerResearch
#SpinozaPrize #Science #Research #Innovation #CancerResearch
🎓 Immunotherapy for liver tumors seems almost impossible, but PhD candidate Christel Ramirez @unileiden.bsky.social discovered a way to prevent immune cells from being ‘bribed’ by cancer cells. She will defend her thesis on October 15 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🎓 Immunotherapy for liver tumors seems almost impossible, but PhD candidate Christel Ramirez @unileiden.bsky.social discovered a way to prevent immune cells from being ‘bribed’ by cancer cells. She will defend her thesis on October 15 ➡️ www.nki.nl/news-events/...
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Are exhausted T cells functionless? Absolutely not! We found that dysfunctional T cells are key initiators of early tissue responses to PD-1 blockade and equipped to rapidly regain anti-tumor function via restoration of translational control. See new preprint from the lab led by Paulien Kaptein
September 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Are exhausted T cells functionless? Absolutely not! We found that dysfunctional T cells are key initiators of early tissue responses to PD-1 blockade and equipped to rapidly regain anti-tumor function via restoration of translational control. See new preprint from the lab led by Paulien Kaptein
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Are you a postdoc looking for a new challenge and do you match the profile? Apply to join us! Especially, if you have experience with addressing the mechanisms underlying telomere maintenance, DNA replication or DNA repair. www.werkenbijavl.nl/vacatures/po...
Postdoc - Telomere and Genome Maintenance | Werken bij AVL
The research group of Jacqueline Jacobs at the division of Oncogenomics aims to identify new factors and molecular mechanisms that are critical in telomere and genome maintenance through appropriate D...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Are you a postdoc looking for a new challenge and do you match the profile? Apply to join us! Especially, if you have experience with addressing the mechanisms underlying telomere maintenance, DNA replication or DNA repair. www.werkenbijavl.nl/vacatures/po...