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LABORATORY OF
CELL STRESS & IMMUNITY
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ABHISHEK D. GARG
Group Leader/PI
Passionate about translating fundamental immunology concepts into real-life biomarker and next-generation immunotherapy solutions to improve the survival of cancer patients.
abhishek.garg @ kuleuven.be
JENNY SPROOTEN
Postdoc Scientist
Passionate about creating highly valorizable antibody-based immunotherapies against immuno-resistant tumours.
jenny.sprooten @ kuleuven.be
ISAURE VANMEERBEEK
Postdoc Scientist
Passionate about creating next-generation cancer immunotherapies to lead 'smart' treatments against hard-to-treat cancers.
isaure.vanmeerbeek @ kuleuven.be
SAURABH SARASWAT
Postdoc Bioinformatician
Passionate about immunotherapy-relevant biomarkers in immuno-resistant tumours like glioblastoma and colorectal cancer.
saurabh.saraswat @ kuleuven.be
ASTRID VAN DEN EYNDE
Postdoc Scientist
Passionate about decoding human immunotherapy-relevant determinants via clinical tumor explants and systems medicine.
astrid.vandeneynde @kuleuven.be
TOMMASO SCOLARO
Postdoc Scientist
Passionate about decoding lymphocytes-centered spatial niches via AI & functional immunology to create novel colorectal cancer immunotherapy.
tommaso.scolaro @kuleuven.be
JENS UWE LOERS
Postdoc Bioinformatician
Passionate about multi-omics & AI-driven tumor archetypes and immunotherapy-relevant biomarkers in pan-cancer patient context.
jensuwe.loers @kuleuven.be
RAQUEL SALVADOR LAUREANO
PhD Student
Passionate about decoding immune-checkpoint biology of colorectal cancer to tailor innovative immunotherapies.
raquel.salvadorlaureano @kuleuven.be
FRANCISCA BORGES SILVA
PhD Student
Passionate about revealing new immunotherapy & biomarker approaches against glioblastoma.
francisca.silva @kuleuven.be
OCTAVIE DEMEULENAERE
PhD Student
Passionate about revealing novel multi-omics, spatial & immune features of renal cell carcinoma & glioblastoma.
octavie.demeulenaere @kuleuven.be
MAX DE BISSCHOP
PhD Student
Passionate about revealing mechanistic and immunotherapy insights into renal cell carcinoma infiltrating T cells.
max.debisschop @kuleuven.be
ALICIA CALDERON
PhD Student
Passionate about creating next-generation immunotherapies targeting novel signaling hubs in refractory tumors.
aliciaeva.calderonjimenez @kuleuven.be
SIEN VAN DEN KEYBUS
Lab Technician
Passionate about immuno-oncology research especially mouse tumor & therapeutic modelling.
sien.vandenkeybus @kuleuven.be
EMMA DEPROST
Lab Technician
Passionate about immuno-oncology research especially our preclinical immunotherapy and biomarker R&D.
emma.deprost @kuleuven.be
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ACADEMIC EVENTS
OUR LAB's ALUMNI:
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Position in our lab: PhD Student (2022-24); Next position: Medical Oncology Resident, UZ Leuven, Belgium!
Position in our lab: Postdoc Bioinformatics Scientist (2021-24); Next position: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Belgium!
Position in our lab: Postdoc Bioinformatics Scientist (2020-23); Next position: Computational Biologist at IMIDomics Inc., Barcelona, Spain!
Position in our lab: Laboratory Technician (2021-25); Next position: QC analyst for CAR-T cells at J&J, Belgium!
Our lab's Innovation Manager (IOF) to directly support industrial translation and next-generation antibody creation.
Part of our lab's extended consortium for computational oncology & AI/ML research.
Part of our lab's extended consortium and a structural clinical collaborator for kidney cancer patient management and clinical therapy decision-making.
Part of our lab's extended consortium and a structural collaborator for in vivo immune-CRISPR/Cas9 approaches and immune cell analyses via flow cytometry.
Part of our lab's extended consortium and a structural collaborator for nanobody and multispecifics creation for immunotherapies.
Part of our lab's extended consortium and a structural clinical collaborator for glioblastoma patient management and clinical therapy decision-making.
Our structural collaborator for CRISPR/Cas9 screening and tools.
Our structural clinical collaborator for head & neck cancer or glioblastoma patient management and clinical therapy decision-making.
EXTENDED CONSORTIA, CLINICAL OR STRUCTURAL COLLABORATORS:
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