Patrick Derksen
principal investigator
As a Professor of Experimental and Preclinical Oncology I am fascinated how loss of cell adhesion triggers cancer progression.
Outside the lab I love culinary extravaganza’s and fast motor cycles.
Thijs Koorman
assistant professor
I am an Assistant Professor studying oncogenic receptors in breast cancer, and probe their susceptibility for cellular immunotherapy.
Outside the lab I enjoy American sports, traveling and long hikes.
Lotte Enserink
Research technician
As a 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.
Peter Haughton
PhD student
I am interested in cell-ECM interactions 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.
Thijmen Sijnesael
phd student
I focus on the pathways that drive Lobular Breast cancer progression. Sponsored by Breast Cancer Now, I develop targeted interventions using mouse models of Lobular Breast Cancer. Besides science I enjoy watching and playing football.
Max Rätze
phd student
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?
Annemiek Elbertse
management assistant
Working as a managing assistant at the UMC Utrecht Pathology Department , I assist Patrick with day-to-day admin, and support the Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s course ‘Clinical Oncology’ organised by Patrick and Thijs.
Dewy van Lexmond
BSc student
Dewy is doing an internship from the Avans Hogeschool in Breda. She is supervised by Lotte and working on preclinical options to inhibit the non-receptor tyrosine kinase FER in high epithelial breast and head & neck cancers
Open position
MSC student
LAB ALUMNI:
Eline ter Steege
Project Manager R&D
GenDx
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Sandra de Oliveira Tavares
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:
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