As a Professor of Experimental and Preclinical Oncology I am fascinated how loss of adhesion triggers cancer progression.
Outside the lab I love culinary extravaganza’s and fast motorcycles. 

My work focusses on identifying the molecular features of ILC dormancy and recurrence. Supported by Lotte, I work on the PEARL project.  In my spare time I enjoy running, cooking and traveling. 

My work is centred around  finding new tumor suppressors for ILC development and delineating how Kaiso controls transcriptional activity in cancer.
Who needs a hobby when
you’re doing science?

I am a research technician working on a KWF- Alpe d’HuZes funded project on FER kinase in basal-type carcinomas such as TNBC and HNSCC together with Peter.

I recently returned to the lab as a research technician after working in the clinic for several years. Outside of work, I love baking, visiting the theatre and renovating my house.

Isaac is an undergrad from the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, doing an internship on the enigmatic FER kinase, supervised by Peter.

Floor is an undergrad from the University of Applied Sciences Leiden, doing an internship on ILC dormancy and metastasis, supervised by Jorine.

Sven is a departmental Technician who supports all research including that of the research lab. This includes multiple histological techniques.

Kevin supports all types of research in our department. This includes project and imaging support, data analysis and histological techniques.

Renee supports all types of preclinical mouse experiments in our group, as well as the  analyses on postmortem mouse materials.