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Marlies Vanden Bempt

@marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in Hematology in Belgium🩸 KU Leuven & University of Oxford🩸 youngEHA committee member & TRTH 2025🩸I love science, talking, and talking about science!

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ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🕔 5 days left to submit your abstract and apply for a travel grant for #ISEH2026! Don’t miss the opportunity to present your research at the ISEH 55th Annual Scientific Meeting. 🔗 iseh.org/Annual-Meeti...
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Afternoon at the outdoor pool getting ready to be a serious scientist starting tomorrow #ASH25
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
If I were looking for a postdoc position, I’d apply for this one 👇👇👇
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Gunter De Ryck @gunterdr.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Vandaag hadden wij zijn 46e verjaardag met de nodige grappen en steken moeten kunnen vieren, maar helaas zal Stijn voor altijd 42 blijven. #voorStijn
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Vincent Pasque @pasquelab.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Exciting Research Professorship Position in Stem Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Leuven. Amazing research ecosystem, great colleagues, high quality of life, tenure track. For those interested in joining us, please see below: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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Franziska Auer @franziskaauer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Make sure not to miss the last #YERM Session on „New frontiers in preclinical development of cellular therapies and other immunotherapies“ at 15.45 pm. #EHA2025 #Hematology Interested in actively participating in YERM next year? Check out the link below!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Session 3 of #YERM at #EHA2025 was a success! Thanks to all the wonderful speakers 😍 Are you interested in helping with organizing #YERM at #EHA2026, get in contact with #youngEHA or drop me an email!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
A big thank you to all the speakers in session 2 of #YERM ! See you this afternoon for session 3 on cellular plasticity #youngEHA #EHA2025
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Jan Cools @jancools.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Thank you EHA, for honoring me with the Education and Mentoring Award. Thank you Peter Marynen and Gary Gilliland for being such inspiring mentors to me! Thank you to all my trainees, all current and past members of my research group. #EHA2025 @hemasphere-journal.bsky.social
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Full house for the keynote talk of @ninacabezas.bsky.social in the 2nd #YERM session of today 😍 She shared some intriguing insights on the role of Vitamin A in HSCs! #EHA2025 #youngEHA
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Franziska Auer @franziskaauer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Don’t miss the second YERM Session on „New insights into clonal hematopoiesis“ at 10 o‘clock in Brown Hall 2! #EHA2025 #YoungEHA #Hematology
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Franziska Auer @franziskaauer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
If you're attending #EHA2025, make sure you don't miss the #YoungEHA Research Meeting (YERM) today. It starts off with an exciting session on "Erythropoiesis: From biology to pathology" at 8 o'clock in the Brown Hall 2!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Did you know astronauts suffer from anemia after being in space? Hematology in space is an intriguing topic, come and learn about it at the #youngEHA session now! Only a few more seats available so hurry up to join us! #EHA2025
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Congrats @jancools.bsky.social with the EHA education & mentoring award. This is so well deserved, you made such an incredible difference for my career as a scientist! You are the ultimate example of a great mentor! #EHA2025
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Day 1 of my favorite conference of the year #EHA2025 in Milan, very happy to see my #TRTH friends again and almost experienced death by tiramisu. I am so ready for day 2 (the official start of the conference!)
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The views do not disappoint! #EHA2025
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
On my way to #EHA2025 by train 🚆 from Leuven. First stops: Brussels 🇧🇪 and Paris 🇫🇷 - Boarding a direct train to Milan 🇮🇹 soon! It’s slow(er) travel compared to flying, but very comfortable! I’m looking forward to the views from the window while traveling through the alps 🏞️🚠
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
For everyone going to #EHA2025 in Milan, don’t forget to bring your reusable coffee cup! ☕️ let’s battle plastic waste together while enjoying the conference (and coffee)!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Last week, I presented my research on epigenetics in hematopoietic stem cells in the ‘Scientists on Stage’ session at the #VIBseminar2025. Working with this bunch of lovely enthusiastic constructive colleagues from all over VIB was a great experience! Congrats Pauline Bardet with your award!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
We are looking for a new team member! Apply now via ehaweb.org/organization...
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Call for interest
As a member of an EHA committee or taskforce, you’ll be instrumental in taking our ambitions to the next level. You’ll get opportunities to:<br /> Shape EHA’s current and planned initiatives<br /> Mee...
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Alba Maiques-Diaz @alba-maiques.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Once more, exciting times ahead for young_eha 🌱 It was great to finally meet in person all new members & have time to discuss all the projects. Specially excited with the kick-off of the mentorship program at the Congress 👏 📢 We have one vacancy, application is open!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
My first in-person meeting with the youngEHA committee - lots of discussions to improve our projects targeted at young hematology researchers! Come meet us on June 14th at the youngEHA research meeting #YERM at the annual EHA congress #EHA2025 in Milan this year!
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The Lewis Lab @peterlewislab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Happy Polycomb Day (3/27)! Today we celebrate H3K27me3- Polycomb’s quiet mark of repression, where gene silencing is not neglect, but a deliberate act of identity.
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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
After multiple failed attempts, the conch was blown at 10:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100.
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Sunny day at #EHAReCon2025, great opportunity for some Belgian interuniversity networking #kuleuven #ugent #ULB
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
We are ready for #EHAReCon25 ! Grace is sharing her exciting findings on the role of Runx2 in hematopoietic stem cells in a talk tomorrow, come talk to her if you want to discuss HSC biology! #EHA
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Congrats to everyone and a special shout-out to Adam Wilkinson who did amazing work on HSC biology in the last years and who is an incredible PI - I was lucky to spend time in his lab as a postdoc! @imm.ox.ac.uk
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
So cool to be part of the #TRTH2025 cohort this year - they make us work hard, but I've learned so much this week! If you're interested in translational research in hematology, I highly recommend applying for this program organised by EHA and ASH!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This week is already my last week in Oxford @imm.ox.ac.uk, so I got the chance to present my work to everyone in our department! EZH2 is slowly but steady revealing it’s secrets 🙃
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Jan Cools @jancools.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Happy to share our new insights in the variant mutations driving high hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic #leukemia - always new discoveries when you go to the #single-cell level… @hemasphere-journal.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Single‐cell DNA and surface protein characterization of high hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia at diagnosis and during treatment
High hyperdiploid (HeH) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is the most prevalent subtype of childhood ALL. This leukemia is characterized by trisomies and tetrasomies of specific chromosomes...
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Happy 600th birthday, @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social 🎂 Proud to be part of your impressive history since 2007!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Nice touch, @hemasphere-journal.bsky.social, giving out reviewer certificates 😍
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
In the Jan issue of @isehsociety.bsky.social journal, the very first “Society Voices article: Advice for effective leadership and hitting the ground running as a new group leader - Experimental Hematology www.exphem.org/article/S030...
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Advice for effective leadership and hitting the ground running as a new group leader
Congratulations—you have just been appointed a new group leader! That position that you coveted from the time you first set foot in a laboratory as an undergraduate student. You have a great hypothesi...
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Jette Lengefeld @jetteleng.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
💥Postdoc position open for highly motivated enthusiast of hematopoietic stem cells at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden 🇸🇪Link here: ki.varbi.com/what:job/job... Please RT - We are excited for your application!😃
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Postdoctoral Researcher in human stem cells
Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? Are you interested in how human stem cells contribute to aging and disease? The failure to regenerate tissue with age is a major health issue
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Last experiment today before I fly back to the UK. I had a lovely stay in Japan 🇯🇵 I will miss the incredible food, the attentive people and the fantastic public transport 😉
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Currently in Tokyo 🇯🇵 visiting the lab of prof Atsushi Iwama to establish new EZH2 collaborations! Luckily there is also some time for sightseeing, because this is my first time in Asia - Happy (jetlagged) researcher!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Merry Christmas from my two cats! 🐈 🐈‍⬛ We are also the proud parents of the smallest Christmas tree in the history of Christmas trees 🎄 ♥️ happy to be home!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
My bench is ready for the holidays 🧑‍🎄🎄🎆🍾🥂 See you in 2025! Exciting times ahead: ➡️ back home to Leuven for Christmas ➡️ research visit in Tokyo early January ➡️ last 2 months in Oxford, time flies when you’re having fun ♥️ ➡️ back to my Alma mater @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social end of March
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
New this year: #YERM has moved to SATURDAY in the #EHA2025 congress program. A full day of basic/translational science presented by excellent young researchers in the middle of the congress, what a treat!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
😍 Let me introduce you to the program of the YoungEHA Research meeting #YERM @ EHA congress next June: Session 1: Erythropoiesis 🩸 Session 2: Clonal Hematopoiesis 🧫 Session 3: Cell fate and cell plasticity in normal/malignant hematopoiesis 🧬 Session 4: Cellular therapies and immunotherapy 💊
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Happy holidays from the Wilkinson lab members at the #WIMM @imm.ox.ac.uk Christmas party! 🎄 ❤️ live music by the one and only #WIMMposters featuring a certain emeritus professor playing the drums 🎸🎶🥁
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Achievement unlocked at our lab’s cosy Christmas party 🎄
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I am touched that my colleagues at KU Leuven think of me - while in Oxford - when preparing the props for their Christmas party performance 😍 @vib-ccb.bsky.social
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Alessandro Donada @alessandrodonada.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
go.bsky.app/FrzB2bf Send me a message if you want to be added or you have some suggestions! The more the merrier 🩸🔬
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Katherine Bridge @bridgekatherine.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Announcing the launch of the European Hematology Association (EHA) Mentorship Program - call for Mentors is now open - apply today!
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
For all experienced hematology researchers in Europe: we welcome you to join the EHA mentorship program (a new youngEHA initiative 🤩) As a mentor, you can really have a positive impact on the careers of young researchers! ⏱️ Deadline to sign up is 13 January 2025
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Marlies Vanden Bempt @marliesvandenbempt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Hi there! Let me introduce myself: I’m a postdoc at the MRC WIMM in Oxford, currently investigating how my favourite gene EZH2 enhances hematopoietic stem cell function 🧫🔬🧬. I also love cats 🐈🐈‍⬛, hiking ⛰️🥾 and playing the violin 🎻 🎶
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