Emma van Bodegraven
Assistant professor
My research aims to identify factors in the environment of brain tumors (glioma) which drive tumor invasion using 3D human brain tumor models. I focus on factors which shape the mechanical properties of the tumor environment and guide tumor invasion through mechanotransduction.
Primary glioma (2D/3D) cell culture, human iPSC-derived brain tumor models, single cell RNA sequencing and 3D invasion assay