People in the Lab

Patrick Derksen

Patrick Derksen

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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 motor cycles. 

Lotte Enserink

Lotte Enserink

RESEARCH TECHNICIAN

I work on loss of adhesion and cancer metastasis. For this I’m working with in vitro and in vivo models. Outside the lab I like to cook and bake and try out new recipes but also going out for dinner.

Jorine Sanders

Jorine Sanders

RESEARCH TECHNICIAN

As a technician my work focusses on identifying molecular features of ILC dormancy and recurrence. Together with Thijs I work on the PEARL project.  In my spare time I enjoy running, cooking and traveling. 

Peter Haughton

Peter Haughton

PHD CANDIDATE

I am interested in cell-ECM inter-actions and how they control Head & Neck cancer progression in a project sponsored by KWF.
I am PhD student and a keen hockey player, enjoy cinema  going and exploring the world.

Max Rätze

Max Rätze

PHD CANDIDATE

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?

Thijmen Sijnesael

Thijmen Sijnesael

PHD CANDIDATE

I focus on Lobular Breast cancer progression and treatment. Sponsored by Breast Cancer Now, I develop targeted interventions using ILC mouse models. Besides science I enjoy watching and playing football.

Lorenza Casasanta

Lorenza Casasanta

MSC UNDERGRADUATE

I am a MSc student doing an internship in the DerksenLab. Supervised by Peter, I study the non-receptor tyrosine kinase FER and its oncogenic roles in basal-type carcinomas such as TNBC and HNSCC.

Departmental Support

Sven van Kempen

Sven van Kempen

RESEARCH TECHNICIAN

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

Kevin van der Graaf

Kevin van der Graaf

RESEARCH TECHNICIAN

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

LAB ALUMNI:

Thijs Koorman
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Bachelor Hub
UMC Utrecht

Eline ter Steege
Project Manager R&D
GenDx
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Sandra de Oliveira Tavares (website)
Principal Investigator
Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (Ipatimub)

Karin Jansen
Strategy Analyst
Info Support International Group

Milou Tenhagen
Senior Analyst
Zilveren Kruis Achmea

Robert van de Ven
Senior Scientist
Cyteir Therapeutics
Cambridge, MA, USA

Jolien de Groot
Clinical Assessor
College Beoordeling Geneesmiddelen

Iordanka Ivanova
Scientific Evaluator, Therapeutic Products Directorate
Health Canada | Santé Canada

Çigdem Ercan
Regulatory Affairs Associate Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics

Eva Vlug
ICT Consultant at WinVision

Ron Schackmann
Senior Scientist
GenMab

FORMER Labmembers:

Wisse Haakma
PhD Student
Dartmouth College

Daan Visser
Research Technician
UMC Utrecht – Maurice lab

Elvira Bakker

Sridevi Jaksani

Loes Doornbos
Research Associate
Scenic Biotech, Utrecht

Lilian SLuimer
PhD student Cell Biology
Akhmanova lab, Utrecht University

Miranda van Amersfoort
Clinical Research Associate
AMC Amsterdam

Amar Devit
Manager Market Research
Data Analytics, Amsterdam

Annelieke Jaspers
Research Technician
VUMC, Amsterdam

Rhandy Eman
Customer Engagement Effectiveness Manager, Novartis NL

FORMER Undergraduates:

Floor Elbers
Dewy van Lexmond
Annick Nouwens
Garik Galustjan
Judith oude Nijhuis
Lester Lardenoije
Mark de Korte
Lisa Sackmann
Mara Bouwman
Christa Rohof
Nikki Kolsters
Celine Overbeeke
Kirsten Veldmaat
Gabriele Sakalauskaite
Manuel Saornil
Lilian Sluimer
Madita Reimer
Tanja Eisemann
Max Rätze
Sander Boogaard
Jos Koopman
Audrey Sporrij
Maria Boumpoutsari
Tamara Kubbenga
Suzanne Stelloo
Gerdien van den Heuvel
Francisca Peixoto
Mijanou Niklaas
Maartje Pustjens
Judith Haarhuis