18 December 2024

Stephanie did her PhD at QVQ as part of the Marie-Curie ITN ONCORNET2.0 in close collaboration with the group of Martine Smit at the VU. In her PhD thesis “Nanobody formats and conjugates detecting, modulating, and targeting CXCR4”, she described the functionalization of sdAbs for various applications. These modified sdAbs were used to investigate the role of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 in cancer. Last week, 4 years of work were concluded with a great defense, that the whole QVQ team was happy to attend.

What a great way to end the year – congratulations!