GROW - Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction

In the Spotlight! 🌟 Janine Ziemons
Postdoc by day, mom 24/7 — and excelling at both.

At GROW, Janine studies the role of gut microbiota in cancer patients, focusing on how gut bacteria interact with chemotherapy.

💬 “Motherhood has taught me many skills that I can put to good use in academic life: setting priorities, using time efficiently, and sometimes letting go of things and not dwelling on them endlessly.”

Her story proves that the lessons of motherhood can be a powerful engine for scientific discovery.

📢 Friday (July 4) Rianne van Lieshout defends her thesis titled “Food for thought. Medical nutrition therapy in acute myeloid leukemia patients during intensive treatment” at 13.00h @‌MaastrichtUniversity!

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀: Prof. Dr. Harry C. Schouten
𝗖𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿: Dr. Sandra Beijer, Dr. Lidwine W. Tick, Maxima MC

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📢 Thursday (July 3) Ying Cong defends her thesis titled “Applications of VHH in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy: Development and validation of a novel anti-CEACAM5 VHH” at 13.00h @‌MaastrichtUniversity!

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀: Dr. Ludwig J. Dubois, Prof. Dr. Philippe Lambin
𝗖𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿: Dr. Ala Yaromina

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Hi (toekomstige) zorgprofessional! Vier met ons 30 jaar PGT 🎉

Leer van pioniers, ervaringsdeskundigen en toponderzoekers hoe preïmplantatie genetische test (PGT) levens verandert en erfelijke ziekten voorkomt tijdens ons symposium: een dag vol inspiratie, kennis en netwerkmogelijkheden.

Feiten op een rij:

📅 Wanneer: 28 november 2025
📍 Waar: Van der Valk hotel, Maastricht
🎤 Met keynote prof. Alan Handyside
🎓 Accreditatie beschikbaar

Meer info: https://klinischegenetica.mumc.nl/30-jaar-pgt

📢 Tuesday (July 1) Max Scheepers defends his thesis titled “Reducing the Impact of the Surgical Knife in (Para-) Thyroid Surgery Innovative Preoperative Diagnostics in Minimally Invasive Parathyroid and Thyroid Surgery” at 10.00h @‌MaastrichtUniversity!

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀: Prof. dr. Nicole D. Bouvy
𝗖𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿: Dr. Linda Jacobi-Postma, Dr. Bas Havekes

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📢 Monday (June 30) Veerle Wintraecken defends her thesis titled “The impact of omitting sentinel lymph node biopsy on radiation therapy adherence, patient-reported outcomes, and cost-effectiveness” at 10.00h @‌MaastrichtUniversity!

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀: Prof. dr. M.L. Smidt, Prof. dr. C. D. Dirksen
𝗖𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿: Dr. J.M. Simons, Erasmus MC

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📢 Tuesday (June 17) Annemarie Westheim defends her thesis titled “Feeding the fight: Nutrition’s impact on immuno fitness and cancer therapy success” at 10.00h @‌MaastrichtUniversity!

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀: Dr. J. Theys, Prof. dr. R. Shiri-Sverdlov, Prof. dr. R.C.J. Langen
𝗖𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿: Dr. A. van Helvoort, Danone Nutricia Research

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📢 Monday (June 2) Teun van Wagenberg defends his thesis titled “Advances in dose calculation and treatment verification for high dose rate brachytherapy” at 16.00h @‌MaastrichtUniversity!

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀: Prof. dr. F. Verhaegen
𝗖𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿: Dr. G. Paiva Fonseca

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📢 Wednesday (May 28) An-Sofie Verrijsen defends her thesis titled “Novel approaches to Radiotherapy boosting for re**al cancer” at 10.00h @‌MaastrichtUniversity!

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀: Prof. dr. ir. F. Verhaegen, Prof. dr. H. Rutten
𝗖𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿: Dr. M. Berbee, Dr. E van Limbergen

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📢 Monday (May 26) Djoya Hattu defends her thesis titled “Evaluation and optimization of adaptive photon and proton radiotherapy in lung cancer patients” at 10.00h @‌MaastrichtUniversity!

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀: Prof. dr. D. de Ruysscher
𝗖𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿: Dr. J. van Loon, Dr. R. Canters

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📢 Tuesday (May 20) Patty van der Heijden defends her thesis titled “Improving 52mg LNG-IUD in daily practice” at 13.00h @‌MaastrichtUniversity!

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀: Prof. dr. M.Y. Bongers, Prof. dr. B. Veersema, UMC Utrecht
𝗖𝗼-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿: dr. P.M.A.J. Geomini, Maxima MC Veldhoven

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