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Fendt Lab
@fendtlab.bsky.social
Cancer Research | Metastasis Biology | Cellular Metabolism
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We are looking for PhD students and/or postdocs that want to join us to study the metabolism of metastasizing cancer cells with cutting-edge spatial and single cell technologies.
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Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Big congratulations to Margherita Demicco for giving an excellent short talk & Sebastian Igelmann for winning the poster prize at the BACR Annual Meeting 2025! @embo.org @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @viblifesciences.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We study cancer progression and metastasis. Today wearing the 🎗️ we would like to thank all collaborators, patients & their families, and funders because together we are working towards a future where cancer is less life threatening than today! @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social #STK #KOTK @wcrf.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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It was a great opportunity to present my study in the conference, and really appreciate all the fantastic questions and discussions. Many thanks to @dmmjournal.bsky.social for the travel grant and @embo.org @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social support.
Big congratulations to Dr. Xiao-Zheng Liu for giving an excellent short talk at the #6thCancer&Metabolism meeting at the Palais des Congrès, La Grande Motte, France funded by a @dmmjournal.bsky.social travel grant. @embo.org @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Big congratulations to Dr. Xiao-Zheng Liu for giving an excellent short talk at the #6thCancer&Metabolism meeting at the Palais des Congrès, La Grande Motte, France funded by a @dmmjournal.bsky.social travel grant. @embo.org @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Congratulations to Maria de los Angeles Caliz Molina for being awarded with the KU Leuven Internal Funds, Postdoctoral Mandate Type 1.
October 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Jane Goodall, a towering figure in primatology whose observations of chimpanzee behavior in the wild and advocacy for their conservation made her a household name, died Wednesday at the age of 91. https://scim.ag/4mKKEg4
Jane Goodall, famed primatologist, changed the way we thought about apes
The scientist and conservationist made waves with her observations and advocacy
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October 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Excellent presentation by Sebastian Igelmann on the International Cell Senescence Association Conference #ICSA2025Rome and @icsasenescence. Congratulations, Sebastian!
September 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Metabolic rewiring is a hallmark of cancer. What do we currently know and how can we translate these findings towards clinical impact? 👉 bit.ly/3KboAxJ Big congratulations to #YimingPeng-Winkler @dfg.de @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @vib-ccb.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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🚀 WE'RE BACK! "The Many Faces of Cancer Evolution" is coming back to Rimini on May 27-29, 2026! meetings.embo.org/event/26-can... Join me, Luca @magnanilab.bsky.social , Celine Vallot, and Samra @turajliclab.bsky.social for 3 days of amazing science on the beach! @embo.org meeting #cancer 👇👇
The Many Faces of Cancer Evolution
Cancer evolution is a multi-faceted process and a major clinical challenge. Indeed, tumors constantly change as they progress through multiple mechanisms, the understanding of which is critical to an…
meetings.embo.org
September 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Amazing 10-year Ho Lab Symposium and celebration! Big congratulations to Ping-Chih for all the breakthroughs from his lab and the legacy of PhD students and postdocs he trained! I am looking forward to what comes in the next 10 years!
September 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Big congratulations to @elialab.bsky.social who is an alumni of the lab! So well deserved!
I am thrilled to share that I have received an ERC Starting Grant for our project SpaceMet!
I am grateful for the ERC’s commitment to ambitious early-stage research and to KU Leuven for their support!
Stay tuned, new postdoc positions coming soon!I @erc.europa.eu @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Come join us for your next research endeavor in the heart of Europe!
We are looking for PhD students and/or postdocs that want to join us to study the metabolism of metastasizing cancer cells with cutting-edge spatial and single cell technologies.
fendtlab.sites.vib.be/en
September 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Always a pleasure to contribute to the amazing research of the @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social lab! Congratulations also to #AnkeVandekeere from @fendtlab.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Anyone working in metastasis research – the BEUG Foundation has once again opened the call for their Metastasis Research Prize.
This prize is a wonderful recognition of innovative contributions and supports excellence in metastasis research across Europe.
www.beugstiftung-metastase.de/apply-now/
Apply now – Beugstiftung
www.beugstiftung-metastase.de
August 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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"For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months … my supervisor … then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.' That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open." https://scim.ag/4lt1Ru0
August 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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It's my first #newPI roll call on BlueSky! Calling all new #cancer PIs who just started or who are about to start their labs! Please say hi and what you work on so I can follow you if I don't already! 😃
July 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Super excited to share our newest piece out today @natrevcancer.nature.com linking age-induced metabolic reprogramming to cancer development. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cancer progression through the lens of age-induced metabolic reprogramming - Nature Reviews Cancer
In this Perspective, Lazure and Gomes argue that metabolic changes that occur as a result of ageing may shape tumour initiation and progression and the development of metastatic disease.
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Amazing short talk by #KonstantinosKolliopoulos at the 2025 iscam2025.org on how nutrient restriction decreases metastasis formation! @vib-ccb.bsky.social @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Big congratulation to #MingLiu for presenting his PhD research on lipid signaling in lung metastases at the 2025 iscam2025.org @vib-ccb.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Wonderful celebration of the research and innovation prizes @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social Big congratulations to @ginevradoglioni.bsky.social for winning the biomedical sciences prize for her PhD research! Wishing you fun and success on your next endeavor @salkinstitute.bsky.social #proudPI
June 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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This #EWAC2025 we're looking ahead to Europe's top cancer research event, the EACR 2025 Congress 🎉

Have you registered yet? It's happening from 16-19 June in Lisbon!

Secure your spot: 2025.eacr.org
May 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Everyone knows Marie Curie. Yet, do you know other women at the forefront of science? Amazing & highly relevant Women in Science Event by @daadworldwide.bsky.social. It was an honor to take part in the panel discussion. @vib-ccb.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social @dbobruessel.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
@ankevandekeere.bsky.social and #SebastianIgelmann gave fantastic short talks at the www.vibconferences.be/events/immun.... Big congratulations to Anke and Sebastian! @vib-ccb.bsky.social @embo.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM