Fendt Lab

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

Big congratulations for also winning the award for the best oral communication!

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

Congratulations to Maria de los Angeles Caliz Molina for being awarded with the KU Leuven Internal Funds, Postdoctoral Mandate Type 1.

Jane Goodall, famed primatologist, changed the way we thought about apes The scientist and conservationist made waves with her observations and advocacy

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

Excellent presentation by Sebastian Igelmann on the International Cell Senescence Association Conference #ICSA2025Rome and @icsasenescence. Congratulations, Sebastian!

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

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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…

🚀 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 👇👇

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!

Big congratulations to @elialab.bsky.social who is an alumni of the lab! So well deserved!

Come join us for your next research endeavor in the heart of Europe!

Always a pleasure to contribute to the amazing research of the @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social lab! Congratulations also to #AnkeVandekeere from @fendtlab.bsky.social

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/

An illustration of a man riding a bike surrounded by wheels and other bike parts, with text: How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike

"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

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! 😃

Many thanks to you, @sj-dawson.bsky.social and your teams for hosting Xiao-Zheng Liu and me! It was such an amazing experience and we are looking forward to our continued collaboration!

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.

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...

Amazing short talk by #KonstantinosKolliopoulos at the 2025 iscam2025.org on how nutrient restriction decreases metastasis formation! @vib-ccb.bsky.social @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social

Big congratulation to #MingLiu for presenting his PhD research on lipid signaling in lung metastases at the 2025 iscam2025.org @vib-ccb.bsky.social

Will it be a turning point? Nature Cancer - Sarah-Maria Fendt received her doctoral degree from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and she conducted her postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. She is...

Free online link to the Turning Point assay rdcu.be/eusaF

Will it be a turning point? - Nature Cancer Sarah-Maria Fendt received her doctoral degree from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and she conducted her postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. She is currently a principal...

Will it be a turning point? I recently came back from a research sabbatical funded by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social & #KULeuven in the lab of @mafdawson.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social and I am happy to share my experience @natcancer.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s43... @vib-ccb.bsky.social

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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

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

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

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@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