Lukas Frank

Postdoctoral Scientist at the Prinses Máxima Center | NWO Veni Laureate | MSCA Fellow

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Interdisciplinary scientist with extensive experience in quantitative microscopy, method development, cell biology and fundamental cancer research. Advocate of curiosity-driven science and technological innovation!

Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Prinses Máxima Centrum voor kinderoncologie
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Group of Prof. René Medema Project: Dissecting nuclear organization of extrachromosomal DNA in cancer cells

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at The Netherlands Cancer Institute
    Nov 2023 - Mar 2024 · 5 mos

    Group of Prof. René Medema, Department of Cell Biology Project: Dissecting nuclear organization of extrachromosomal DNA in cancer cells

  • DKFZ German Cancer Research Center (7 yrs)
    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      Aug 2023 - Sep 2023 · 2 mos

    • Doctoral Researcher
      Jan 2018 - Aug 2023 · 5 yrs 8 mos

      Group: Division of Chromatin Networks - Prof. Karsten Rippe Alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) in cancer. Mechanisms of transcription factor and chromatin regulation.

    • Research Trainee and Master Thesis (MSc)
      Oct 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Thesis title: Site-specific recruitment of RNA to chromatin using engineered dCas9 complexes.

  • Teaching Assistant at Heidelberg University
    2012 - 2017 · 5 yrs

    Faculty of Biosciences, University of Heidelberg Subjects - inorganic and general chemistry - organic chemistry - biochemistry

  • Research Trainee at EMBL
    Apr 2016 - Jul 2016 · 4 mos

    Group of Prof. Lars Steinmetz Project: "Genome-wide analysis of alternative 3' and 5' transcript isoform usage during replicative aging and environmental stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae."