Meet our team
Sandrine Da Cruz
VIB Group Leader as of October 1, 2019
Professor Department of Neurosciences KU Leuven as of January 2020
Investigator: Ludwig Cancer Research San Diego Branch, US, 2019-2022
Assistant Investigator: Ludwig Cancer Research San Diego Branch, US, 2016-2019
Research Scientist: Ludwig Cancer Research San Diego Branch, US, 2013-2015
Post-doc: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research-University of California San Diego (UCSD), US, 2006-2012
PhD: University of Geneva, Switzerland, 2005
Postdocs
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Graciana de Azambuja
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Bilal Khalil
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Sam Bryce-Smith
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Marije Been
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Olivier Dionne
PhD students
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Günseli Yıldırım
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shared with the Switch Lab
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Anastasios Cholevas
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Laura Olmedo Martínez
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Catarina Costa Da Glória
Lab support
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Yana Verresen
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Lab technician
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Isabelle Lahousse
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Admin support
Master & Visiting students
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Viktorija Karalkevičiūtė
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Master student
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Isabella Marzi
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Visiting PhD student (from University of Florence, Italy)
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Fernanda Valentina Moreso Contreras
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International master student (from University of Chile)
Lab alumni
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Laura Raes
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Former MSc student
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Burçin Aktaş
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Former Erasmus student
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Cristiano Lucci
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Former Postdoctoral researcher
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Stef Rous
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Former Lab Technician
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Eline Pieters
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Former Master student
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Alice Monticelli
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Former Visiting student
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Viola Ferrari
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Former Master student
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Alexander Gilis
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Former Master student
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Renata Castro
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Former Master student
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Britt Tilkin
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Former PhD Student
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Theo Killian
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Former PhD student (shared with the Sifrim lab)
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Diana Piol
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Former postdoc
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Jens Rummens
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Former PhD student
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Tessa Robberechts
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Former PhD student
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Aditya Rout
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Former master student