10/2021 – we published a new pre-print in MedRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.30.21264176

09/2021 – we published a new pre-print in BioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.17.460828

08/2021 – we co-authored an article in Journal of Molecular Diagnostics in collaboration with the Ylstra lab from the Cancer Center Amsterdam. More information here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2021.08.008

08/2021 – New pre-print in MedRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.11.21261907

07/2021 – We published an article in EMBO Molecular Medicine. More information here: https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/emmm.202012881 The article has been highlighted in the Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2021/07/23/brain-tumours-detected-urine-test-first-time/) and by the University of Cambridge (https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-can-detect-brain-tumours-using-a-simple-urine-or-blood-plasma-test)

07/2021 – New pre-print in MedRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.01.21258171

07/2021 – New pre-print in MedRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.22.21260982

01/2021 – Jip Ramaker joined the lab as technician !

08/2020 – Norbert Moldovan joined the lab as postdoctoral computational biologist !

12/2019 – We have received a KWF research grant to improve our understanding of cell-free DNA fragmentation and how to leverage this information to improve the detection of early stage cancer. More information here: https://www.amsterdamresearch.org/web/instituut-1/nieuws/tonenop/-6.3-million-euros-kwf-funding-for-amsterdam-umc-cancer-center-.htm

10/2019 – We published a review in Cancer Cell. More information here: https://www.cell.com/cancer-cell/pdf/S1535-6108(19)30386-1.pdf

09/2019 – Trang Vu, a visiting PhD student from Rowan University, NJ, USA, is joining the lab for 6 months after receiving a competitive GIRE fellowship!

09/2019 – Ymke has been accepted to follow the Cold Spring Harbor Advanced Sequencing course. Congrats!

09/2019 – pre-print released on BioRxiv: how to detect ctDNA in the plasma and urine of glioma patients using personalised sequencing. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/758441v1

06/2019 – Dries Boers joined the lab as bioinformatician !

01/2019 – Ymke van der Pol joined the lab as a PhD student !

11/2018 – We have published 3 research articles in Science Translational Medicine, Cancer Research and EMBO Molecular Medicine. Read this summary published in the New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2184604-blood-test-can-spot-dna-from-eight-different-types-of-cancer/ and here https://www.genengnews.com/insights/breaking-new-ground-in-liquid-biopsy/