Thijs Koorman

Assistant Professor

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tkoorman@umcutrecht.nl

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Research groups

Cell adhesion and cancer progression

Research aim

We aim to understand how changes in cell-cell and cell-ECM contacts drive tumor progression. Combining basic science with preclinical efforts, to implement our results into daily clinical practice.

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Connecting biomedical education with the medical humanities to advance translational medicine Mike van Spaandonk, Lies Hoogerwerf, Toine ten Broeke, Sandra Crnko, Thijs Koorman, Niels Bovenschen, Annet van Royen-Kerkhof, Stefan van Geelen
Nature medicine, 2025, vol. 31, p.3221-3222

Clinical challenges and proposed solutions for patients with invasive lobular breast cancer K Van Baelen, E Sawyer, J Van Cauwenberge, P Aftimos, M F Covington, M Maetens, G Zels, C Brisken, L Djerroudi, R Dresen, A Fitzpatrick, R L Flaherty, G Floris, S Freeney, A B Hanker, D Honey, C M Isacke, R C Jankowitz, R Jeselsohn, T Koorman, C Kuhl, S Linn, C J Lord, C Malhaire, J Mouabbi, R Mukhtar, G Nader-Marta, R Natrajan, P Neven, S Oesterreich, J L Sandoval, S J Schnitt, E Senkus, C Turner, V Vandecaveye, H Wildiers, A Vincent-Salomon, P W B Derksen, C Desmedt
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, 2025, vol. 36, p.1285-1298

Dual targeting of CD155/TIGIT and PD-L1/PD-1 immune checkpoints potentiates NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity in medulloblastoma Matthijs Monnikhof, Michael Y Schakelaar, Chris Meulenbroeks, Matthias Quist, Alicia Perzolli, Aimee Selten, Celeste J M Koster, Daniëlle S C Maassen, Alba Montoro Canelo, Maureen Fredriks, Myrthe J A Koppers, Kim Clevers, Julia Klein, Vela Kaludjerovic, Jan Meeldijk, Emma W Pijnappel, Heggert G Rebel, Sven van Kempen, Sandra Crnko, Thijs Koorman, Aniello Federico, Francesco Valzano, Pieter Wesseling, Friso G J Calkoen, Jasper van der Lugt, Toine Ten Broeke, Marcel Kool, Niels Bovenschen
Neuro-oncology advances, 2025, vol. 7

In response to “Classification of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma” Maxim De Schepper, Thijs Koorman, François Richard, Matthias Christgen, Anne Vincent-Salomon, Stuart J. Schnitt, Paul J. van Diest, Gitte Zels, Freya Mertens, Marion Maetens, Isabelle Vanden Bempt, Nadia Harbeck, Ulrike Nitz, Monika Gräser, Sherko Kümmel, Oleg Gluz, Birgit Weynand, Giuseppe Floris, Patrick W.B. Derksen, Christine Desmedt,
Modern Pathology, 2025, vol. 38

Chimeric antigen receptor-macrophages Myrthe J A Koppers, Matthijs Monnikhof, Jan Meeldijk, Thijs Koorman, Niels Bovenschen
Neuro-oncology advances, 2025, vol. 7

Afadin loss induces breast cancer metastasis through destabilisation of E-cadherin to F-actin linkage Max Ak Rätze, Lotte Nfl Enserink, Noboru Ishiyama, Sven van Kempen, Christina Hj Veltman, Isaac J Nijman, Wisse E Haakma, Carlos Caldas, René Bernards, Paul J van Diest, Matthias Christgen, Thijs Koorman, Patrick Wb Derksen
Journal of Pathology, 2025, vol. 266, p.26-39