News & Events

The award ceremony for the projects and grants from Kom op tegen Kanker (vzw) took place at Het Depot on the 9th February 2025 .   No fewer than 7 projects from our research group were among them!

With only 15 out of 164 applications awarded, the team of Dr. Prof Ilse Rooman has been granted the Flanders (FWO) - China (NSFC) Bilateral Research Program. She will combine forces with Dr. Jianmin Wu (Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute).

Introducing CHIMERNA, a collaborative project supported by ERA4HEALTH under the NANOTECMEC call.

🌟   Celebrating Excellence in PhD Supervision  🌟 During the New Year's reception on January 6th in Etterbeek, Kim De Veirman from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy was honored with the Excellent PhD Supervision Award !

According to the Dutch website ABC Health, cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and watercress are thought to have anti-cancer potential. A substance in broccoli and watercress is said to inhibit the growth of cancer cells in the lab and indeed limit tumor growth in mice.

We are proud to announce that prof Ken Maes and his team has been awarded a research grant from the "Wetenschappelijk Fonds Willy Gepts".

Festive Umcor Event Proud to share that Thomas Ertveldt from the group of Molecular and Cellular Therapy was awarded the “Prijs Marie-Lousie Lottin voor verdienstelijk onderzoekswerk naar kanker” with the publication entitled “Nanobody-mediated SPECT/CT imaging reveals the spatiotemporal expression...