News
15 October 2019
Oncode Quarterly Magazine - October 2019
Welcome to the second edition of our quarterly magazine. Are you curious what kept us busy the past few months? In this edition you can read interviews with Jannie Borst, Andrea van Elsas, Ruben van Boxtel and Rebekka Schneider. And there's much more!
News
11 October 2019
Geert Kops receives ERC Synergy Grant
Oncode's Scientific Director Geert Kops (Hubrecht Institute) has received a European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant to investigate the causes and effects of chromosomal aberrations in cancer, together with Iva Tolic (Ruder Boskovic Institute), Angelika Amon (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Nenad Pavin (University of Zagreb). Together they receive 10 million euros for their interdisciplinary effort that combines cell biology, bio(physics) and genetics.
News
10 October 2019
ESMO 2019: what have we learnt?
While the autumn started showing itself in some parts of Europe, the sun was shining in the city of Gaudi which was home to more than 28,000 attendees for the ESMO 2019 annual congress. For one week, Barcelona was flooded with top-quality science and ambitious visions that will shape the future of cancer therapies.
News
3 October 2019
'One-two punch' method published in Nature
The labs from Oncode Investigators René Bernards and Leila Akkari (NKI) have published the results of important research in Nature. Many combinations of cancer medicines could theoretically work very well together, but in practice these combinations are too toxic for the body to withstand. The researchers devised a possible alternative: the 'one-two punch', named after the effective combination of two quick successive punches in boxing.
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