I joined the Princess Máxima Center as a basic researcher and pediatrician in training in June 2018. My primary research interest lies in understanding the molecular biology of pediatric soft tissue sarcomas (STS) and to use that knowledge to develop new treatment options for patients suffering from these tumors. To this end, I study establishment procedures for novel preclinical models of pediatrist STS (i.e., tumor organoid models) as well as bulk and single-cell genomics of these tumors. I am furthermore member of the molecular tumor board of the Dutch iTHER as well as the German INFORM pediatric precision medicine trial.
My hobbies include sports (running, bootcamp) and gaming (board games, tabletop role-playing games, video games). I am the proud father of a boy and a girl.
Marian Groot Koerkamp
Research technician
I have been a research technician since 1982, working on various mostly transcription related projects, and from 2002 to 2015 managing the Utrecht microarray facility in the group of Frank Holstege at the UMC Utrecht. Since 2015 I have been working on pediatric soft tissue sarcomas, with focus on rhabdomyosarcoma and NRSTS.
As one of my hobbies I like to do video scouting and statistics of the volleyball men’s team of Taurus.
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