Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen
The Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Groningen is the second oldest medical faculty in The Netherlands and was established in 1614. The University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) was established in 2005 as a joint activity of the University of Groningen and the Academic Hospital Groningen (AZG) and is one of the largest hospitals in the Netherlands. It is also the largest employer in Northern Netherlands with over 10,000 employees. Its major tasks involve medical scientific education and carrying out medical scientific research. Characteristic for the research at the UMCG is the combination of fundamental research and patient-oriented (clinical) research. The UMCG provides a highly stimulating internationally orientated research environment, in which scientists from various pre-clinical disciplines (medical biologists, pharmacists, chemists, and physicists) closely collaborate with clinical academic staff from a range of specialties. The UMCG will participate in I-DireCT with all its appropriate expertise, laboratories and facilities.
Team member information
Prof. Dr Edwin Bremer is a tenure track Professor at the UMCG where he is chair of the section Immunohematology. He was an honorary Associate Professor at Exeter University Medical School (2014-2017) and is Visiting Professor in Harbin (China, 2011-current) and Edmonton (Canada, 2013). His research interests include tumor immunology and immunotherapy, in particular antibody-engineering and antibody-based immunotoxins. He has >45 peer-reviewed articles in the field.
Dr. Marco de Bruyn is a staff member of Gynecological Oncology focused on tumor immunological principles as well as (pre)clinical and translational development of novel therapeutics with 29 peer-reviewed publications.