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Biography

Edwin Cuppen is initiator and scientific director of the Hartwig Medical Foundation (part-time since 2015 and full time since 2021), a not-for-profit organisation that aims to improve cancer care by systematic whole genome sequencing analysis of tumors and that also maintains one of the world’s largest databases of cancer whole genome sequencing data enriched with clinical patient data. After his undergraduate and PhD training at Wageningen University and Radboud University Nijmegen as a molecular geneticist, he held research and group leader positions at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, the Hubrecht Institute and the UMC Utrecht. His expertise is in cancer genomics and functional genetics.

Side activities

Academic advisory activities 

Scientific Advisory Board InteRNA Technologies BV (2006-2023) (miRNA-based therapeutics) (personal remuneration)

Advisory Board Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing Illumina (2019-2023) (remuneration transfered to employer)

Employment at other organisation

Full time Scientific Director Hartwig Medical Foundation

Minimal appointment at UMC Utrecht

Fellowship & awards

European Young Investigator Award 2005

NWO Vici grant 2013

External positions

Committee member - Selection Board Committee for a Group Leader & Professor position in cancer systems biomedicine - Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), Oslo University Hospit

1 Feb 202530 Apr 2025

Spreker - Houden van lezingen - Spreker bij diverse organisaties

1 Jul 202431 Dec 3999

Advies - Researchgebied - Advisory Board Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing Illumina

1 Jan 201931 Dec 3999

Scientific Director - overeenkomstig researchgebied - Hartwig Medical Foundation

1 Jan 201631 Dec 3999

Advisering - Raakvlakken met onderzoeksveld - Scientific Advisory Board InteRNA Technologies BV (miRNA-b

1 Jan 201331 Dec 3999

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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  • A pan-cancer analysis of the microbiome in metastatic cancer

    Battaglia, T. W., Mimpen, I. L., Traets, J. J. H., van Hoeck, A., Zeverijn, L. J., Geurts, B. S., de Wit, G. F., Noë, M., Hofland, I., Vos, J. L., Cornelissen, S., Alkemade, M., Broeks, A., Zuur, C. L., Cuppen, E., Wessels, L., van de Haar, J. & Voest, E., 25 Apr 2024, In: Cell. 187, 9, p. 2324-2335.e19

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  • Combining Genomic Biomarkers to Guide Immunotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Van De Haar, J., Mankor, J. M., Hummelink, K., Monkhorst, K., Smit, E. F., Wessels, L. F. A., Cuppen, E., Aerts, J. G. J. V. & Voest, E. E., 1 Apr 2024, In: Clinical Cancer Research. 30, 7, p. 1307-1318 12 p.

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  • EXO1 protects BRCA1-deficient cells against toxic DNA lesions

    van de Kooij, B., Schreuder, A., Pavani, R., Garzero, V., Uruci, S., Wendel, T. J., van Hoeck, A., San Martin Alonso, M., Everts, M., Koerse, D., Callen, E., Boom, J., Mei, H., Cuppen, E., Luijsterburg, M. S., van Vugt, M. A. T. M., Nussenzweig, A., van Attikum, H. & Noordermeer, S. M., 15 Feb 2024, In: Molecular Cell. 84, 4, p. 659-674.e7

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  • Five latent factors underlie response to immunotherapy

    Usset, J., Rosendahl Huber, A., Andrianova, M. A., Batlle, E., Carles, J., Cuppen, E., Elez, E., Felip, E., Gómez-Rey, M., Lo Giacco, D., Martinez-Jimenez, F., Muñoz-Couselo, E., Siu, L. L., Tabernero, J., Vivancos, A., Muiños, F., Gonzalez-Perez, A. & Lopez-Bigas, N., Oct 2024, In: Nature genetics. 56, 10, p. 2112-2120 9 p.

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  • Impact of genetic counseling strategy on diagnostic yield and workload for genome-sequencing-based tumor diagnostics

    Koster, R., Schipper, L. J., Giesbertz, N. A. A., van Beek, D., Mendeville, M., Samsom, K. G., Rosenberg, E. H., Hogervorst, F. B. L., Roepman, P., Boelens, M. C., Bosch, L. J. W., van den Berg, J. G., Meijer, G. A., Voest, E. E., Cuppen, E., Ruijs, M. W. G., van Wezel, T., van der Kolk, L. & Monkhorst, K., Feb 2024, In: Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics. 26, 2, 13 p., 101032.

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