Yvette van Kooyk#
| Membership Number: | 6527 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Affiliated section(s): | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://immunologyamsterdam.org |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5997-3665 |
| Twitter: | @YvK13 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - current Head of the department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology (since 2016), Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2017 - 2021 Director of Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute , AmsterdamUMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2006 - current CSO of spin-off DC4U Breukelen, The Netherlands
- 2001 - current Professor in Molecular Cell Biology, head of the Division Dendritic Cell Biology of the department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2000 - 2001 Associate Professor at the department of Tumor Immunology, University Hospital St. Radboud Nijmegen, head of the Adhesion Group
- 1996 - 2000 Assistant Professor at the department of Tumor Immunology, University Hospital St. Radboud Nijmegen, head of Adhesion Group
- 1994 - 1996 Post-doc at the department of Tumor Immunology, University Hospital, St. Radboud Nijmegen
- 1993 - 1994 Postdoc at the department of Immunology NKI, Amsterdam
Fields of Scholarship
- Immunology
- Cancer immunology
- Dendritic cells
- Auto-immunity
- Cell adhesion
- Glycobiology
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Elected Member KHMW (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen)
- 2019 Spinoza Award
- 2017 Elected MEMBER of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science (KNAW)
- 2014 Van Loghem Laureate for life time achievement Immunology
- 2014 ERC Advanced
- 2002 PIONIER
- 2000 ASPASIA
