Hey, I’m Julia! I’m a Master´s student in Science and Business Management at Utrecht University. During my ’Molecular Biology’ Bachelor´s in Mainz, Germany, I became fascinated by cell therapies as a form of cancer immunotherapy. At the research institute ’TRON - Translational Oncology’, I spent two years gaining experience in the field of mRNA therapeutics and CAR-T cell research, which deepened my interest in cell therapies. To better understand how to bridge the gap between scientific research and clinical application, I chose the SBM Master program.
I’m excited to join Niels Bovenschen´s research group focusing on effector immunity. I will expand the team of Matthijs Monnikhof and Myrthe Koppers to work on CAR-NK cell therapy for Medulloblastoma, addressing key challenges of current CAR therapies for solid tumours.