Sander Wuyts, PhD 🧬
@swuyts.bsky.social
Helping scientists find the epitope specificity of their T-cell receptors at @immunewatch.bsky.social (www.immunewatch.com)
Scientist on an entrepreneurial journey
PhD in bioinformatics and microbiology
Ex-Bork (EMBL) and Lebeer lab
Scientist on an entrepreneurial journey
PhD in bioinformatics and microbiology
Ex-Bork (EMBL) and Lebeer lab
If you asked me 10 years ago, I wouldn't have guessed that I would ever give a guest lecture on "Innovation and Entrepreneurship"
Talks about microbiology, sequencing technologies, gene editing technologies, fermentation or bioinformatics: yes. But Entrepreneurship, nah :)
Talks about microbiology, sequencing technologies, gene editing technologies, fermentation or bioinformatics: yes. But Entrepreneurship, nah :)
October 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If you asked me 10 years ago, I wouldn't have guessed that I would ever give a guest lecture on "Innovation and Entrepreneurship"
Talks about microbiology, sequencing technologies, gene editing technologies, fermentation or bioinformatics: yes. But Entrepreneurship, nah :)
Talks about microbiology, sequencing technologies, gene editing technologies, fermentation or bioinformatics: yes. But Entrepreneurship, nah :)
Never thought I was going to post something like this on our Slack but after submitting some EU-grants it felt like the right thing to do 😂
September 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Never thought I was going to post something like this on our Slack but after submitting some EU-grants it felt like the right thing to do 😂
From now on, my reading stats and recaps will be incorrect for eternity.
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From now on, my reading stats and recaps will be incorrect for eternity.
Extremely excited to see a glimpse of my previous career in microbiome research here at #AACR25 with a talk from the great @cibiocm.bsky.social!
Reminds me of my great research stay I did in his lab in Trento.
Reminds me of my great research stay I did in his lab in Trento.
April 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Extremely excited to see a glimpse of my previous career in microbiome research here at #AACR25 with a talk from the great @cibiocm.bsky.social!
Reminds me of my great research stay I did in his lab in Trento.
Reminds me of my great research stay I did in his lab in Trento.
After a windy bike ride next to the lake, I am completely ready for week 2 of my US trip.
Reach out if you want to talk bikes, I mean TCR repertoires, coming days here in Chicago at #AACR25
Reach out if you want to talk bikes, I mean TCR repertoires, coming days here in Chicago at #AACR25
April 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
After a windy bike ride next to the lake, I am completely ready for week 2 of my US trip.
Reach out if you want to talk bikes, I mean TCR repertoires, coming days here in Chicago at #AACR25
Reach out if you want to talk bikes, I mean TCR repertoires, coming days here in Chicago at #AACR25
Washington I am here! 🇺🇸
Happy to connect here at The World Vaccine Congress and American Association for Cancer Research (Chicago) newt week.
Happy to connect here at The World Vaccine Congress and American Association for Cancer Research (Chicago) newt week.
April 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Washington I am here! 🇺🇸
Happy to connect here at The World Vaccine Congress and American Association for Cancer Research (Chicago) newt week.
Happy to connect here at The World Vaccine Congress and American Association for Cancer Research (Chicago) newt week.
** meme of guy that rubs his face **
April 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
** meme of guy that rubs his face **
Are you attending ATCR 2025 (Antwerp TCR meeting)?
Already in town on Monday evening, 26 May?
Looking for a fun way to connect with fellow attendees?
Ever wanted to try a (non-alcoholic) Belgian beer in a real Belgian bar, but felt overwhelmed by the choices?
Then read on! 👇
Already in town on Monday evening, 26 May?
Looking for a fun way to connect with fellow attendees?
Ever wanted to try a (non-alcoholic) Belgian beer in a real Belgian bar, but felt overwhelmed by the choices?
Then read on! 👇
April 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Are you attending ATCR 2025 (Antwerp TCR meeting)?
Already in town on Monday evening, 26 May?
Looking for a fun way to connect with fellow attendees?
Ever wanted to try a (non-alcoholic) Belgian beer in a real Belgian bar, but felt overwhelmed by the choices?
Then read on! 👇
Already in town on Monday evening, 26 May?
Looking for a fun way to connect with fellow attendees?
Ever wanted to try a (non-alcoholic) Belgian beer in a real Belgian bar, but felt overwhelmed by the choices?
Then read on! 👇
Happy to be Jake Baum's 🇦🇺 personal tour guide in Antwerp 🇧🇪 .
Enjoyed discussions on TCR-epitope predictions for malaria vaccine development in our CAPTIVATE EU Horizon project. We're using TCR sequencing to try & identify liver-stage T-cell antigens for a next-gen T-cell based malaria vaccine.
Enjoyed discussions on TCR-epitope predictions for malaria vaccine development in our CAPTIVATE EU Horizon project. We're using TCR sequencing to try & identify liver-stage T-cell antigens for a next-gen T-cell based malaria vaccine.
March 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Happy to be Jake Baum's 🇦🇺 personal tour guide in Antwerp 🇧🇪 .
Enjoyed discussions on TCR-epitope predictions for malaria vaccine development in our CAPTIVATE EU Horizon project. We're using TCR sequencing to try & identify liver-stage T-cell antigens for a next-gen T-cell based malaria vaccine.
Enjoyed discussions on TCR-epitope predictions for malaria vaccine development in our CAPTIVATE EU Horizon project. We're using TCR sequencing to try & identify liver-stage T-cell antigens for a next-gen T-cell based malaria vaccine.
Blown away by the quantity and quality of questions received yesterday during our webinar for bioinformaticians on “how to annotate the antigen specificity of a TCR repertoire”.
I might be biased but this level of engagement is definitely a +1 for bioinformaticians 😀
I might be biased but this level of engagement is definitely a +1 for bioinformaticians 😀
February 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Blown away by the quantity and quality of questions received yesterday during our webinar for bioinformaticians on “how to annotate the antigen specificity of a TCR repertoire”.
I might be biased but this level of engagement is definitely a +1 for bioinformaticians 😀
I might be biased but this level of engagement is definitely a +1 for bioinformaticians 😀
In conclusion for the MS part:
- Public TCR-seq data is strongly biased
- Dataset insufficiently large/homogenous to identify MS-associated TCR patterns
- MS-depleted clusters may have a protective role
- MS repertoires are enriched in EBV-specific TCRS
- Public TCR-seq data is strongly biased
- Dataset insufficiently large/homogenous to identify MS-associated TCR patterns
- MS-depleted clusters may have a protective role
- MS repertoires are enriched in EBV-specific TCRS
February 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In conclusion for the MS part:
- Public TCR-seq data is strongly biased
- Dataset insufficiently large/homogenous to identify MS-associated TCR patterns
- MS-depleted clusters may have a protective role
- MS repertoires are enriched in EBV-specific TCRS
- Public TCR-seq data is strongly biased
- Dataset insufficiently large/homogenous to identify MS-associated TCR patterns
- MS-depleted clusters may have a protective role
- MS repertoires are enriched in EBV-specific TCRS
During his PhD Sebastiaan focussed on developing TCR repertoire analysis tools (clusTCR, clustcrdist) and applied these to autoimmune use cases (MS).
February 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
During his PhD Sebastiaan focussed on developing TCR repertoire analysis tools (clusTCR, clustcrdist) and applied these to autoimmune use cases (MS).
Clever intro comparing the adaptive immune system with airport security.
Their job is to distinguish the bad guys from the good ones.
In this analogy, T-cells are the sniffer dogs being very specific in recognising a specific danger 😂
Their job is to distinguish the bad guys from the good ones.
In this analogy, T-cells are the sniffer dogs being very specific in recognising a specific danger 😂
February 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Clever intro comparing the adaptive immune system with airport security.
Their job is to distinguish the bad guys from the good ones.
In this analogy, T-cells are the sniffer dogs being very specific in recognising a specific danger 😂
Their job is to distinguish the bad guys from the good ones.
In this analogy, T-cells are the sniffer dogs being very specific in recognising a specific danger 😂
Attending the public PhD defence of Sebastiaan Valkiers on the topic of:
"Decoding the TCR landscape in MS"
Jury members:
@enkrnita.bsky.social
@yvansaeys.bsky.social
Bart Goethals
Promoters:
@krislaukens.bsky.social
@pmeysman.bsky.social
"Decoding the TCR landscape in MS"
Jury members:
@enkrnita.bsky.social
@yvansaeys.bsky.social
Bart Goethals
Promoters:
@krislaukens.bsky.social
@pmeysman.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Attending the public PhD defence of Sebastiaan Valkiers on the topic of:
"Decoding the TCR landscape in MS"
Jury members:
@enkrnita.bsky.social
@yvansaeys.bsky.social
Bart Goethals
Promoters:
@krislaukens.bsky.social
@pmeysman.bsky.social
"Decoding the TCR landscape in MS"
Jury members:
@enkrnita.bsky.social
@yvansaeys.bsky.social
Bart Goethals
Promoters:
@krislaukens.bsky.social
@pmeysman.bsky.social
It's gonna be a good Saturday 👍🍕
January 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It's gonna be a good Saturday 👍🍕
Registration for the Antwerp T-cell Repertoire (ATCR) meeting has opened!
It aims to bring together experts, researchers and industry on the study of T-cells through novel high throughput sequencing technologies.
Check out the exciting speaker list!
www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc...
It aims to bring together experts, researchers and industry on the study of T-cells through novel high throughput sequencing technologies.
Check out the exciting speaker list!
www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc...
January 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Registration for the Antwerp T-cell Repertoire (ATCR) meeting has opened!
It aims to bring together experts, researchers and industry on the study of T-cells through novel high throughput sequencing technologies.
Check out the exciting speaker list!
www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc...
It aims to bring together experts, researchers and industry on the study of T-cells through novel high throughput sequencing technologies.
Check out the exciting speaker list!
www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc...
It seems that everyone in the TIL space is doing TCR sequencing?
In the last couple of months we had some meaningful interactions on how to get more value out of their TCR data.
We'd like to share this knowledge with others through a webinar 👇
xvx5k3zru3y.typeform.com/to/DehFXfX5?...
In the last couple of months we had some meaningful interactions on how to get more value out of their TCR data.
We'd like to share this knowledge with others through a webinar 👇
xvx5k3zru3y.typeform.com/to/DehFXfX5?...
January 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It seems that everyone in the TIL space is doing TCR sequencing?
In the last couple of months we had some meaningful interactions on how to get more value out of their TCR data.
We'd like to share this knowledge with others through a webinar 👇
xvx5k3zru3y.typeform.com/to/DehFXfX5?...
In the last couple of months we had some meaningful interactions on how to get more value out of their TCR data.
We'd like to share this knowledge with others through a webinar 👇
xvx5k3zru3y.typeform.com/to/DehFXfX5?...
Life achievement unlocked
December 17, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Life achievement unlocked
When Arcade Fire's "The Lightning II" follows "The Lightning I" in your shuffled playlist.
December 16, 2024 at 12:25 PM
When Arcade Fire's "The Lightning II" follows "The Lightning I" in your shuffled playlist.
Post a PERFECT album from the 90’s that is neither Nirvana nor Pearl Jam.
December 12, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Post a PERFECT album from the 90’s that is neither Nirvana nor Pearl Jam.
Ending on a very positive note:
"There is a can in cancer because we CAN beat it"
"There is a can in cancer because we CAN beat it"
December 10, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Ending on a very positive note:
"There is a can in cancer because we CAN beat it"
"There is a can in cancer because we CAN beat it"
She tried to solve this hard problem using TCR-epitope prediction models (TCRex).
I personally think she made a very useful contribution to the field in the past years!
I personally think she made a very useful contribution to the field in the past years!
December 10, 2024 at 1:52 PM
She tried to solve this hard problem using TCR-epitope prediction models (TCRex).
I personally think she made a very useful contribution to the field in the past years!
I personally think she made a very useful contribution to the field in the past years!
"Unlocking the TCR repertoire for personalized cancer immunotherapies"
Attending the PhD defense of Sofie Gielis (@uantwerpen.bsky.social )
Attending the PhD defense of Sofie Gielis (@uantwerpen.bsky.social )
December 10, 2024 at 1:52 PM
"Unlocking the TCR repertoire for personalized cancer immunotherapies"
Attending the PhD defense of Sofie Gielis (@uantwerpen.bsky.social )
Attending the PhD defense of Sofie Gielis (@uantwerpen.bsky.social )
Anyone has experience with mini-espresso machines at home?
Thinking of switching from full-automatic coffee machine to the Sage Barista Express
☕
Thinking of switching from full-automatic coffee machine to the Sage Barista Express
☕
November 27, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Anyone has experience with mini-espresso machines at home?
Thinking of switching from full-automatic coffee machine to the Sage Barista Express
☕
Thinking of switching from full-automatic coffee machine to the Sage Barista Express
☕
Earlier this month in the US:
"Cool you have this European drink bottle that you can turn into a cup"
me:
"Wait, a cup?"
🤯
"Cool you have this European drink bottle that you can turn into a cup"
me:
"Wait, a cup?"
🤯
November 25, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Earlier this month in the US:
"Cool you have this European drink bottle that you can turn into a cup"
me:
"Wait, a cup?"
🤯
"Cool you have this European drink bottle that you can turn into a cup"
me:
"Wait, a cup?"
🤯