Niels Vandamme

About

Specialties: Single cell RNA sequencing - Biomedical biotechnology - Molecular and Cellular Oncology - Graphic Design

Experience

• VIB (Full-time · 8 yrs 6 mos)
  • Head of VIB Single Cell Core
    Oct 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

  • Staff Scientist
    Jan 2018 - Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Running a single Cell RNA sequencing platform for experimental and computational workflows. www.single-cell.be Part of Data Mining and Modelling for Biomedicine (Dambi) • www.dambi.ugent.be

• Postdoctoral Researcher at Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG)
  Jun 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos

  Topics: Melanoma and melanocyte stem cell biology, Ovarian cancer, Breast cancer. Single cell RNA-sequencing. Molecular and Cellular Oncolog Lab • www.irc.ugent.be/gbe

• Doctoral Researcher at Ghent University
  Jan 2012 - Dec 2016 · 5 yrs

  Stem cells have the extraordinary ability to maintain differentiated cell populations by dividing and generating new cells. Unfortunately, these same qualities that stem cells possess in respect to growth and survival are also found in cancer (stem) cells. This project seeks to elucidate physiological molecular pathways and mechanisms that regulate stem cell homeostasis and how these 'stemness' regulating pathways become dysregulated in conversion to a malignant state in melanoma.

• Master thesis at VIB-UGent-Center for Infammation Research
  Aug 2010 - Jun 2011 · 11 mos

  Study of the molecular mechanisms of ZEB1-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition during malignant breast cancer progression.

• Intern - Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety at Universiteit Gent
  Feb 2010 - May 2010 · 4 mos

  The interaction between food pathogens and free-living protozoa