by Grootjans Lab | Apr 25, 2025 | News
In our latest publication in Nature Communications, we show that peritoneal resident macrophages define a metastatic site-specific immunosuppressive niche, and that targeting these peritoneal resident macrophages is a promising treatment strategy for peritoneal...
by Grootjans Lab | Jul 10, 2024 | News
A collaborative project with the group of Dr. Sarah Derks resulted in this publication in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. This paper shows that gastric cancer (GC)-derived peritoneal metastases often contain immature tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS), which...
by Grootjans Lab | Jul 10, 2024 | News
A new paper from our group has been published in Frontiers in Immunology. The paper demonstrates that T cell responses in peritoneal metastasized colorectal cancer (PM-CRC) in a humanized immune system mouse model mirror those in human PM-CRC. This makes the model...
by Grootjans Lab | Nov 6, 2023 | News
Joep Grootjans joins Oncode Institute per January 1st, 2024, together with 9 other Junior Investigators and their research groups. The Junior Investigators were selected out of 72 applicants based on the quality of their science, expertise and potential to contribute...
by Grootjans Lab | Sep 30, 2023 | News
Four esteemed researchers within the Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity (AII) have been granted VIDI awards by the prestigious Dutch Research Council (NWO). Dr. Sarah Derks is spearheading research in Cancer Immunology. She focuses on tackling...
by Grootjans Lab | Feb 17, 2023 | News
TKI-PPP grant Amsterdam UMC stimulates its researchers to perform research projects together with companies in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). The funding is provided by the Dutch government (Ministry of Economic Affairs) through the Rijksdienst voor...
