Career
He is head of the VIB Laboratory of Molecular Cancer Biology. His research interest is in the identification and characterization of cancer growth modulators, such as p53. He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Liège (Liège, Belgium) in 1996.
He did a Postdoc at Street Jude Children"s Research Hospital in Memphis, United States of America from 1996 until 1999 and at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan, Italy from 2000 until 2002.
He was Chercheur Qualifié of the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Brussels, Belgium from 2002 until 2004. He is VIB Group leader since 2004 and was European Molecular Biology Organization Young Investigator in 2006.