Professorship for Timo van den Berg

On 6 July 2017, Timo van den Berg PhD was appointed professor of 'Immunotherapy, especially the role of non-specific immunity in tumor reduction' at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.

This appointment is an important step to further cooperation between Sanquin and the Vrije Universiteit Medical Center in the area of immunotherapy of cancer, as well as to strenghten the research program of Sanquin within the medical need Cancer. Timo van den Berg will continue his appointment as head of the department of Blood cell research of the Research division of Sanquin.