dr. Jeffrey Aalders (PhD)
CRIG member
Post-doctoral researcher – Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Prof. Tom Taghon’s group, UGent
Principal investigator: prof. Tom Taghon (PhD)
Research focus
The use of induced pluripotent stem cells provide a powerful tool to dissect and investigating human T-cell development in vitro. As part of the NOVISTEM project I am optimizing the in vitro differentiation and maturation of CAR-T cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells. In particular this project aims to interrogate the role of TNFR2 during T-cell development. Establishing CAR-T cells from healthy human induced pluripotent stem cells can be an important anti-cancer therapy which is suitable for scaling up to treat a large patient population.
Contact & links
- Lab address: Campus UZ Gent, C. Heymanslaan 10, MRB2,
ingang 38, 9000 Gent, Belgium - Taghon Lab
- Novistem project
- Jeffrey Aalders is interested to receive invitations for presentations or talks