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Netherlands Cancer Institute @nkinl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Leila Akkari, who has been elected as an EMBO Member. A wonderful recognition of her research excellence, scientific leadership, and the inspired team behind her work on the tumor microenvironment in cancer. #EMBOMembers2026

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EMBO @embo.org · 30/06/2026

Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 11 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! They join a community of more than 2,200 leading scientists. 🧪 www.embo.org/press-releases/seventy… #EMBOMembers2026

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Frankfurt Cancer Institute @loewe-fci.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

✨ Introducing the speakers of our #TumorMicroenvironment sessions at the #FrankfurtCancerConference 2026 – Part 1: ▫️Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social ▫️Ihsan Ekin Demir ▫️Frank Winkler @winklerlab.bsky.social 📆 Sep 2–4, Frankfurt 🔗 www.frankfurtcancerconference.org 👉 Deadline: June 25, 2026

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Thank you for the opportunity to share my two cents on this wonderful but challenging experience of parenthood as a woman in science, and how we can make this journey smoother for the next generation!!

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Nico Schramma @nicoschramma.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Sign up for the Dutch Society for Cell Biology meeting May 21st in Amsterdam dutch-society-cell-biology.nl with speakers: @buzzbaum.bsky.social Lucas Pelkman Geert van den Bogaart @leilaakkari.bsky.social Michiel Pegtel @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social @seemagrewal.bsky.social Martijn Nolte (ZonMW)

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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

What should Europe do when demand for #ERC funding keeps rising? Restrict access or invest in excellence? Please read our open letter calling for reconsideration of the ERC 2027 resubmission restrictions & for constructive alternatives that preserve openness Consider to share & sign - see below 🧪

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What should Europe do when demand for its most successful frontier research programme keeps rising? Restrict access, or invest in the excellence it has created? A new open letter, spearheaded by Sara...

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accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social @accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Dr. Leila Akkari (a cancer scientist specializing in tumor–immune interactions; she leads her own research group at the Netherlands Cancer Institute; Professor of Cancer-Immune Interactions at Leiden University) has left X (2.936 followers) Bluesky: @leilaakkari.bsky.social

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Incredibly excited by this opportunity to reinforce our interactions with Leiden Institute of Chemistry and University! More teaching, mentoring and opening of our research lines. 🙏🙏 to my fab lab members, NKI and LIC colleagues, and to my mentors 🤩 @nkinl.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

And he did a fantastic job! Bravo Menno, very proud of you 👏🏻

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Bravo to @martina-farber.bsky.social and Serena from our lab for writing an insightful preview of a very important paper from the Dimitri lab !👏🏻👏🏻

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Netherlands Cancer Institute @nkinl.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

❤️🧡💛💚💙 The traditional Canal Parade marked the end of Pride 2025 this past Saturday. Eighty boats took part, with number 72 proudly representing our Institute. We believe that an inclusive organization, where you can be yourself, is the foundation for strong collaboration and excellent research.

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Ammodo Science @ammodoscience.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Meet Leila Akkari (@leilaakkari.bsky.social). She combines insights from immunology and molecular biology to study how tumour cells and immune cells influence each other. 👉 www.ammodo-science.org/researches/l... Ammodo Science Award Laureate 2025 🧪 #immunology #molbiol

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valientelab.bsky.social @valientelab.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Entended deadline for the hands-on Cancer Neuroscience Cajal Course in Bordeaux. Spread the word!

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

So proud of @efitsouri.bsky.social, Thijs and Menno from our lab who ran up the Alpes d’Huez and raised funds for cancer research with @oncodeinstitute.bsky.social. Inspiring 🙏🤩

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Nothing like a little animal facility trip for injections with @claudiadepaulis.bsky.social and team to break from grant reviews 😍! I don’t do much experiments anymore, but it’s nice to feel useful sometimes 😂😂

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

My blue sky mindset as very busy times are keeping me from seeing it much (both the sky and kid!). Hard trade off of being a scientist,-something life is really just about research, and that’s ok, as long as it’s not too long :)

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Very proud to receive this Ammodo Science Award recognition of our lab’s work the past few years @nkinl.bsky.social @oncodeinstitute.bsky.social 🙏🙏. Big up to my fabulous lab peeps, mentors, colleagues, family and friends for all their support. Looking forward to celebrate altogether on May 7th🥳🤩🥰!

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Efi Tsouri @efitsouri.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Happy to be organising this year’s yICSA symposium at the @nkinl.bsky.social. Looking forward to two days full of exciting research 😄 #yICSAAmsterdam @yicsac.bsky.social @icsasenescence.bsky.social

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Jacky Goetz @goetzjacky.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Please spread widely 🙏, thank you ! Dear community, we are actively looking for the mouse 344SQ lung adenocarcinoma cell line (129sv background) ? We would also be interested in any other mouse tumor cell line in this background (129sv). Highly appreciated ! Thank you in advance

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Just perfectly worded👇. Happy international women’s day to all !💪. #WomenInScience

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Martina Farber @martina-farber.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Had an amazing time at AMC25! It was a great opportunity to present my work, have insightful discussions and connect with amazing people! Very grateful to have received the poster prize - thanks to the organizers for such a fantastic event! 🤩☀️🌴

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Hurray for Menno and Martina (M&M) for their poster prize at #AMC25 🤩🤩 thank you @juliensage.bsky.social @fusionconf.bsky.social for having us here- what a fantastic few days of science (and sun.. 😉)

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Chris Marine Lab @marinelab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Our excellent host, Julien Sage, sharing a surprising/unexpected role for T cells in the biology of small cell lung cancer …thanks Julien and Kevin for organising such a great @fusionconf.bsky.social (mouse models of cancer) conference!!

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Efi Tsouri @efitsouri.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Excited to be attending #AMC25 and hearing about amazing science!! @fusionconf.bsky.social

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Fusion Conferences @fusionconf.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This evening focused on insights into heterogeneity & plasticity: 💥 Tuomas Tammela on cell state interrogation 🧪 Laura Attardi on p53 in cell state transitions 🧬 Frederic De Sauvage on tumor cell plasticity in colorectal cancer Thanks to our incredible speakers for their contributions! 🙌 #AMC25

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Congratulations to @tymillerlab.bsky.social and the Bernstein lab for this elegant work defining phenotypic programs of myeloid cells in gliomas-so many integrated cues to it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤩

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Looking forward to joining you there Rich !

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Huge congrats my friend. This is so cool- extracellular cleaving of peptides as a nutrient backup??? So so cool. Life lesson from this study- cooperate/collaborate to thrive :) Wonder what macrophages do in this whole process… also love how the paper is written, a tour de force! Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤩🤩

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Cassie Clarke @cassiejclarke.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Today is #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience. Women continue to face systemic barriers & biases in pursuing scientific careers. Closing the gender gap requires breaking stereotypes,promoting role models & supporting womens advancement through actions that promote inclusion,diversity & equity 🧪

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Well done, bravo to @nkinl.bsky.social for developing and now implementing this initiative- super happy to have Angelina in the lab for the next few months! Very proud of my workplace 👌👏🏻🙌🙌🙌

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Jacky Goetz @goetzjacky.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Great talks in this morning #CRCL symposium #invasion & #metastasis session : - @eriksahailab.bsky.social showing amazing new insights into why liver metastasis respond badly/differently to @ICB - @eloise-grasset.bsky.social telling us how hybrid E/M cells contribute to TNBC metastasis (1/2)

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

So true! #thankamentor! So grateful to mine, from my forever mentors who shaped my scientific life, Ula Hibner and @johannajoyce.bsky.social, and the ones who were instrumental me along the way: @lowelab.bsky.social, Chuck Sherr, Karin de Visser, Rene Medema.. and many others. Merci !!☺️ 🤩 🙏🙏

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Netherlands Cancer Institute @nkinl.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Are you graduating this year and ready to start your career in the most meaningful way? This is your chance to get on board. #PhD #CancerResearch ➡️ nki.nl/careers-study/phd-students/nki-phd-program-2025/

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Daan Kloosterman @dkloosterman.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Very honored to receive the AVL Award for my research on macrophages in glioblastoma. Grateful to my mentors (especially @leilaakkari.bsky.social ) and everyone who supported me in making these impactful discoveries possible. Here’s to continuing to push the boundaries of macrophage research! 🌟🏆

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Sjoukje van der Stegen @sjoukjejc.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

We are looking for PIs to join @rohamparsa.bsky.social, Evan Paull and I as Intramural Investigators at the @czbiohub.bsky.social in NYC! Positions are open for PIs with a focus on Gene Regulation, Immune Cell Tropism and Advanced Single Cell Technologies. www.czbiohub.org/careers/?loc...

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Yet another reason to be incredibly proud of Daan @dkloosterman.bsky.social! Thank you @nkinl.bsky.social for recognizing his important contributions to the #braintumor #immunology #macrophage field! 🤩👏🏻🙏🥳🥳 #proudPI 🥹

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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

You cannot underestimate all the positive and long-term benefits of having a supportive #mentor One could argue this is at least as important as the research topic 🧪 Do choose wisely.. #MentoringMonth

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Very excited about this visit and meeting with many colleagues and friends in Barcelona!

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Carlos Ribeiro @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Winter sunsets are the best. Did I mention that the Champalimaud PhD program just opened for applications and that the lab has an open postdoc position in metabolism?

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Hurray! Congrats to my colleague and friend Tineke for this major achievement!

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Luca Magnani @magnanilab.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Ok, time to try out this new platform. This is a shout out for London/UK colleagues who have experience modelling cancer with rats. We are setting up a relevant new model in the lab and would appreciate all the help we can get. MagnaniLab is going In Vivo. Reluctant but essential step.

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The Batlle Lab @batllelab.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We have an Open PostDoctoral Position in the Lab @IRBBarcelona.bsky.social 📢 Project on Tumour Immunology in collaboration with Ido Amit (Weizmann Institute of Science) and Holger Heyn (CNAG) ➡️ recruitment.irbbarcelona.org/jobs/5229393...

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Postdoctoral Fellow (ref. PD/24/15) - IRB Barcelona

Created in 2005 by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) and the University of Barcelona, IRB Barcelona is a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence—a seal that was awarded in 2011. The ...

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Pls share 🌟Join the IMP as a Group Leader We are 👀 for a colleague, ready to lead a groundbreaking research program. Enjoy generous funding, outstanding facilities & a vibrant scientific community in one of the world's most livable cities @impvienna.bsky.social 👉https://tinyurl.com/impgl2025

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Renato Ostuni @ostunilab.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

With the deluge of new friends - if you are or know someone who is a looking for a position as computational scientist (any level) in #pancreaticcancer, #macrophages #spatialbiology #singlecell... we might have something for you. Will also consider wet lab ppl, send email if interested. pls repost!

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Daan Kloosterman @dkloosterman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

It was so much fun reflecting on all the challenges and achievements of the past five years! @leilaakkari.bsky.social, your energy, leadership, and ambition have been contagious, inspiring me to continue my scientific journey (update coming soon!). I'll def miss working at @nkinl.bsky.social!

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

A warm welcome to the new Bluesky community to our upcoming @nkinl.bsky.social scientific director, @thijnbrummel.bsky.social ! Sky may be grey in our city, but bright blue here and in our NKI community 🦋

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Leila Akkari @leilaakkari.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Today was bitter sweet, as the wonderful Daan Kloosterman gave his last lab meeting. Daan is one of the best thing that happened to the junior PI I was in 2019, leading seminal work in our team. I will miss him oh so dearly, and I am so very proud of all he achieved 🥹🙏. Farewell Daan!!!

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