news & events
”Imaging a particular immune cell subpopulation, that is the holy grail”
Professor Nick Devoogdt is, together with Wouter Driessen of Roche, leader of work package 3 of the Immune-Image project. In this work package their team develops new immunotracers for cancer and inflammatory diseases by imaging specific immune cells. We interviewed...
”Within Immune-Image we actually want to deliver new immunotracers to the patients”
Natascha Stergiou is a researcher (postdoc) for the Immune-Image project in work package 3 and is developing a universal and inert labeling protocol for immune cells which will be used in cancer therapy. The unique strategy in this project is to radiolabel the immune...
Meet our partner: Kevin Maresca from Pfizer
Kevin Maresca works in Early Clinical Development within Pfizer’s Worldwide Research, Development and Medical (WRDM) organization. He is head of PET/Molecular Imaging within the Digital Medicine and Translational Imaging group. We talked with Kevin about the role of...
The official launch of the Sustainability and Knowledge Transfer Team (SKTT)
We are proud to announce the official launch of the Sustainability and Knowledge Transfer Team (SKTT) as part of the Immune-Image consortium! The SKTT will be responsible for the sustainability and business development activities of the consortium such as business...
Quentin Lecocq: “When I found out my research was a success; I was in awe”
Quentin Lecocq is 27 years old and is currently doing his PhD in the Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Therapies in collaboration with the In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging lab runned by Professor Karine Breckpot and Professor Nick Devoogdt respectively. Nick...
Registration is open for the online workshop ‘Immuno-Imaging and Molecular Therapy’
From 19th until the 23rd of April the Medical Imaging Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium organizes a workshop, with support from the EU-funded Immune-Image consortium. The workshop ‘Immuno-Imaging and Molecular Therapy’ aims to bring...
Meet our ambassadors!
We would like to introduce you to the brand ambassadors of the Immune-Image project: Prof. Dr. Geert Raes and Dr. Fiona McDonald. The goal of the brand ambassadors is to share their insights on relevant and interesting content for the partners of the consortium as...
Klevisa Ceka from ECPC: “We are very glad to be part of this international consortium and are looking forward to see the great and promising results.”
Can you tell us a little bit about the history, goals and strategy of ECPC? ''Since 2013 The European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) is the voice of cancer patients in Europe. With over 400 members, ECPC is Europe’s largest umbrella cancer patients’ association,...
Video Immune Image
In this animation video the purpose of the Immune-Image project is being explained in a simple and understandable way. What is this five-year project about? What are the objectives? And how will these be achieved? Have a look and find out!
Interview with Prof. Bert Windhorst about the first year of Immune-Image
Prof. Bert Windhorst (Amsterdam UMC) is the project coordinator of the Immune-Image project. He plays a central role in driving the project and chairs workpackage 1 together with Jason Hannon (Roche). The focus is on management, coordination, dissemination and...
This project has received funding from the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No 831514. This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and EFPIA.
