Prof. Kim De Keersmaecker
Department of Oncology,
KU Leuven, Belgium
Address: Campus Gasthuisberg, O&N1 Herestraat 49, box 603
3000 Leuven, Belgium
Email: Kim.dekeersmaecker@kuleuven.be
Tel: +3216373167
I am interested in somatic and congenital mutations in ribosomal protein and biogenesis genes in adults and children. I study the molecular biological mechanisms by which these lesions induce anemia followed by an elevated risk to develop leukemia and solid cancers.
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Molecular biological analysis of the cellular consequences of ribosomal defects using state-of-the-art proteomics and genomics technologies in cell and mouse models.