New group leader Wout Oosterheert: the devil is in the details

To fully understand how a cancer cell grows and moves, you need to zoom in on the tiniest detail, new junior group leader Wout Oosterheert knows. Starting October 1, this protein specialist will give a boost to fundamental cancer research at the Netherlands Cancer Institute. He hopes to use state-of-the-art techniques to slice patient cells into thin sections and scan them as if in a CT scan. “It will be like a candy store for scientists.”