@maximabutterfly
https://maximabutterfly.com The Máxima Butterfly is an HE/MSCA co-fund project run by the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands. The goal is to advance pediatric oncology research.
Celebrating the Butterfly programme’s @themaximacenter.bsky.social halfway milestone! Fellows shared honest secondment experiences, learned from inspiring speakers, and reflected on resilience, growth, and community. Truly grateful to everyone who made this week meaningful and motivating.
From 20-23 October 2025, the Princess Máxima Center is host of the SIOP congress, the biggest international childhood cancer conference. Here, you can read about the Máxima research being presented, and other conference highlights: www.prinsesmaximacentrum.nl/en/news-even... #SIOPcongress
An inspirational week!
So proud of our amazing PhD students who represented @themaximacenter.bsky.social at the 57th International SIOP Conference in Amsterdam this week!
#SIOP2025 #PediatricOncology #ResearchExcellence #PhDStudents #Innovation #Collaboration
Shining a Light on Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
In September, student Roula Farag, @themaximacenter.bsky.social
shared a heartfelt interview about how her mission goes beyond advancing cures.
Roula shares her story alongside so many voices shaping the future of childhood cancer bit.ly/3IYiEI8
Spotlighting Excellence: Proud of our PhD student recently featured in the @themaximacenter.bsky.social interview, "Getting Better in Care and Research." For the full article maximabutterfly.com/news/spotlig...
#HealthcareInnovation #ChildhoodCancerAwareness #ProjectManagement #MakingADifference
From Caterpillars to Leaders. Last Friday we wrapped up the personal growth program. The students @themaximacenter.bsky.social are becoming resilient, confident leaders, building human skills, & creating impact for a better world. Thanks for sharing your journey. 🦋 So proud of your accomplishments!
Breaking barriers in childhood leukemia research!
Thrilled to share a new publication from researchers at @themaximacenter.bsky.social, Distinct stromal cell populations define the B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia microenvironment.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Huge congratulations to all.
Shaping the future of pediatric medicine ✨
Thrilled to share that students Hannah Kunstek's research @themaximacenter.bsky.social
Congrats, Hannah, for advancing our understanding of immune reconstitution in pediatric care!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#PediatricOncology #Research
Thrilled for Leonor Teles @themaximacenter.bsky.social who just won Best Presentation Award at the Medical Imaging Conference @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, celebrating exceptional presentation skills & outstanding communication in the Life Sciences #MedicalImaging #LifeSciences #AcademicExcellence
PI in the Spotlight: Meet Sebastiaan van Heesch @themaximacenter.bsky.social. Excited to interview Sebastiaan, sharing his journey on becoming a group leader, his approach to mentoring, and offering heartfelt advice to his younger PhD self. The full interview is available here lnkd.in/etukKSjU
🚴♂️ From lab coat to lycra! This June, 140+ cancer researchers from Oncode Institute took on Alpe d'Huez for #AlpedHuZes
Among them @themaximacenter.bsky.social Rugile Januskeviciute & Martina Jovancheva. An impressive €351,731 for the Dutch Cancer Society was raised!
#CancerResearch #ScienceForGood
Proud to support Lucia Brasceo @themaximacenter.bsky.social
as she explores new frontiers in science, with her amazing illustration on the cover of the June issue of Trends in Cell Biology!! Article "Emerging approaches to enhance human brain organoid physiology" www.cell.com/trends/cell-...
🦋 Butterfly student Roula Farag @themaximacenter.bsky.social wraps up her secondment at the National Cancer Research Center, Madrid. Huge thanks to the Macintyre Group, the Nijbakker Morra Stichting, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.
#MSCA #PediatricCancer #CancerResearch #WomenInSTEM #Gratitude
Congrats to Mianyong Ding @themaximacenter.bsky.social and team @umcutrecht.bsky.social and Whilemina Children’s Hospital on their recent publication.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
#AIinMedicine #PediatricOncology #DeepLearning #MedicalAI #Radiotherapy #HealthTech
MSCA Secondment in Action
Mianyong Ding @themaximacenter.bsky.social has started his MSCA secondment at KiTZ Heidelberg. Collaboration was enhanced during a recent KiTZ–Máxima Twinning Program. His project uses federated learning to improve contouring models in pediatric radiotherapy.
🚀 Fourth Successful Training School! ❄️🎓
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our recent Training School (April 14–15, 2025) 👏✨ organized by 5 Butterfly students @themaximacenter.bsky.social . Let’s keep collaborating and pushing the boundaries of pediatric oncology research!
Hot off the press! Proud to announce review by Miguel Vieira Martins @themaximacenter.bsky.social and team members at Skåne University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. An emerging childhood ALL treatment topic.
www.ejcped.com/article/S277...
The Butterflies are emerging! 🦋
🦋 Proud moment: Máxima Butterfly students @themaximacenter.bsky.social just wrapped up an amazing personal development masterclass with @ThePowerOfTimeOff! Thanks, Elco Jongenburger & Ingrid Valks, for empowering the next generation of pediatric cancer scientists.
Our EU project officer came to visit us! We were thrilled to host our Máxima Butterfly (maximabutterfly.com) EU project officer, Maria Pilar Carreras Romeo, in person in Dec 2024 at the Prinses Máxima Centrum voor kinderoncologie (www.prinsesmaximacentrum.nl/en). Read more. maximabutterfly.com/news/