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Stefan Prekovic

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Born and raised in a quaint Serbian town, I earned my BSc/MSc degrees from the University of Belgrade before relocating to Belgium. There, I joined Frank Claessens' lab, exploring the androgen receptor's role in diverse diseases. Later, as a postdoctoral researcher at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, I worked with Wilbert Zwart on investigating transcription factor action in various cancer types using omics, screening, and computational methodologies.

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Chromatin-related factors and cellular plasticity

Research aim

The group focuses on chromatin-related factors and their effects on cellular phenotypes, employing a range of state-of-the-art omics techniques. Our objective is to uncover targetable pathways that can effectively eliminate cancer cells.

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Recent publications

Site-dependent treg cell transcriptional reprograming in a metastatic colorectal cancer model holds prognostic significance Sonia Aristin Revilla, Andre Verheem, Cynthia Lisanne Frederiks, Yongsoo Kim, Theofilos Chalkiadakis, Bastiaan J Viergever, Balázs Győrffy, Enric Mocholi, Onno Kranenburg, Stefan Prekovic, Paul James Coffer
Cancer Letters, 2026, vol. 656
Beyond the chaos Lea Dörner, Catrin Lutz, Stefan Prekovic, Hendrik A. Messal
FEBS Journal, 2026, vol. 293, p.2519-2540
Microplastics as environmental modifiers of lung disease Emmanouela Epeslidou, Julia S Scott, Bim de Klein, Jeremy Tan Cudia, Barbro Melgert, Stefan Prekovic
Embo Molecular Medicine, 2025, vol. 18, p.381-395
Correction to Julia S. Scott, Loubna Al Ayadi, Emmanouela Epeslidou, Roan H. van Scheppingen, Anna Mukha, Lucas J.T. Kaaij, Catrin Lutz, Stefan Prekovic
Oncogene, 2025, vol. 44, p.2561–2562
Worse prognosis for breast cancer diagnosed in advanced pregnancy and shortly postpartum Carsten F J Bakhuis, Stefan Preković, Britt B M Suelmann, Janneke Verloop, Pieter J Westenend, Sabine C Linn, Paul J van Diest, Elsken van der Wall, Carmen van Dooijeweert
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2025, vol. 214, p.191–204
Large-scale Characterization of Orthotopic Cell Line–Derived Xenografts Identifies TGFβ Signaling as a Key Regulator of Breast Cancer Morphology and Aggressiveness Catrin Lutz, Xue Chao, Bim de Klein, Jinhyuk Bhin, Madelon Badoux, Timo Eijkman, Apostolos P. Nikolakopoulos, Stefan J. Hutten, Natalie Proost, Bjørn Siteur, Marieke van de Ven, Ji Ying Song, Jacco van Rheenen, Jessica Morgner, Stefan Prekovic, Jos Jonkers
Cancer Research, 2025, vol. 85, p.2608-2625