On Friday 17/10/25, we will have the pleasure to welcome Pr. Johan Swinnen, head of the Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer at KU Leuven. Johan is a pionneer in the analytical detection of lipids by MS and in the understanding of lipid reprogramming in cancer. He will give a talk entitled: Application of lipidomics approaches to identify exploitable vulnerabilities in cancer.

 

Biosketch:

Johan(nes) Swinnen is professor at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium, former chair of the Department of Oncology and Vice-chair of the Leuven Cancer Institute. He is director of the KU Leuven Lipidomics Core Facility Lipometrix (http://www.lipometrix.be). Johan has a long-standing interest in the rewiring of lipid metabolism in cancer and other complex diseases. To map the heterogeneity of alterations in lipid metabolism, he employs and combines various lipidomics and other spatial and bulk omics approaches. His main focus is on the discovery and exploitation of lipid-related vulnerabilities to enhance therapy response in the context of personalized precision medicine.

 

In case some of you are interested to meet with Johan in the afternoon, don't hesitate to contactArnaud Blomme.