{"id":41,"date":"2017-11-02T19:45:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T19:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thijskoorman.com\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-07-25T13:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:24:18","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/thijskoorman.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Welcome to my website.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For my LinkedIn, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thijs-koorman-00196118\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Newsflash!!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our joint breast cancer course with Genmab was lots of fun and an absolute succes! Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utrechtsciencepark.nl\/en\/discover\/about\/news\/new-cancer-research-students-and-genmab\">here<\/a>\u00a0 to check it out!<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our 2024 Health Challenge which focused on the female hart got media attention! Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umcutrecht.nl\/nieuws\/vrouwenhartonderzoek-studenten-in-research-hubs\">here<\/a> to check it out!<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our 2025 Health Challenge focused on Smooth Muscle Disease and our students did an amazing job. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umcutrecht.nl\/nieuws\/studenten-vernieuwen-onderzoek-naar-spierziekten\">here<\/a> to check it out!<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">This website\u00a0gives you\u00a0a quick,\u00a0but\u00a0comprehensive\u00a0overview of my professional achievements in a more\u00a0personal setting.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">University Lecturer in the Biomedicine Student Research Hub. Here we unite stakeholders (Biotech\/experts\/researchers\/patients) with bachelor students to create synergy and inter and transdisciplinary collaborations to study societal relevant research questions. Website: www.biomedicinestudentresearchhub.com, led by Prof. Dr. Niels Bovenschen<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Further more, as an assistant professor in his group I supervise students, teach courses on the university level, supervise Ph.D. students, apply for funding, and manage my own projects.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My expertise lies at the interface of epithelial cancers (in particular of the breast), 3D modeling, the extracellular matrix, and (cell-based)-immunotherapies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m fortunate to be at the fore front of translating discovery-based fundamental science to patient relevant therapeutic interventions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Past Memberships:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Active researcher in the European Lobular Breast Cancer consortium (www.elbcc.org)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Active management team member of the EU COST Action CA19138 &#8220;LOBSTERPOT&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<li>Active researcher in the European MechanoControl consortium (http:\/\/mechanocontrol.eu\/) (December 2022)<\/li>\r\n<li>UMC Utrecht OncoCareer Board member (https:\/\/www.umcutrecht.nl\/en\/oncocareer-board) (July 2022)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I got interviewed for the MechanoControl Project! Click <a href=\"http:\/\/mechanocontrol.eu\/project-stories-interview-with-thijs-koorman\/\">here<\/a> to check it out!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I Pitched my work! Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KwWff6Q3uqQ\">here<\/a> to check it out!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I got interviewed for my patient participation efforts! Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_Wlu_97islc\">here<\/a> to check it out!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Together with patient advocate Rian Terveer-Couperus and the help of Stichting Jij speelt de Hoofdrol we organized a Dutch Lobular Webinar https:\/\/jijspeeltdehoofdrol.nl\/nieuws\/lobulair-borstkanker-drieluik\/ It was fully booked!!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"151\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thijskoorman.com\/?attachment_id=151\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thijskoorman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thijs1.jpg?fit=376%2C459\" data-orig-size=\"376,459\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thijs1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thijskoorman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thijs1.jpg?fit=376%2C459\" class=\"wp-image-151\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thijskoorman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thijs1.jpg?resize=246%2C300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thijskoorman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thijs1.jpg?resize=246%2C300 246w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thijskoorman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thijs1.jpg?w=376 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Last update: August 2025<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my website. For my LinkedIn, please click here. Newsflash!! Our joint breast cancer course with Genmab was lots of fun and an absolute succes! Click here\u00a0 to check it out! Our 2024 Health Challenge which focused on the female hart got media attention! Click here to check it out! 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