Undergraduate education as catalyst for public-private partnership in biotechnology

Toine Ten Broeke^{1

2}, Thijs Koorman^{1

2}, Sandra Crnko^{1

2}, Erik Voets³, Pauline de Goeje³, Michael Y Schakelaar¹, Heggert G Rebel^{1

2}, Emma W Pijnappel^{1

2}, Jorine G F Sanders^{1

2}, Jan Meeldijk^{1

2

4}, Rian Terveer-Couperus⁵, Esther L Geven⁵, Gönül Dilaver⁶, Erik van Tilborg⁷, Lucas M P Beekman⁷, Lars Guelen³, Niels Bovenschen^{8

9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Biomedicine Student Research HUB, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
³ Genmab, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁵ Patient advocates, Dutch Lobular Breast Cancer Foundation, Sneek, the Netherlands.
⁶ Education Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁷ Research Office, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. n.bovenschen@umcutrecht.nl.
⁹ Biomedicine Student Research HUB, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. n.bovenschen@umcutrecht.nl.
¹⁰ Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. n.bovenschen@umcutrecht.nl.

Toine Ten Broeke et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2025 Feb.

. 2025 Feb;43(2):282-283.

doi: 10.1038/s41587-025-02552-9.

¹ Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Biomedicine Student Research HUB, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
³ Genmab, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁵ Patient advocates, Dutch Lobular Breast Cancer Foundation, Sneek, the Netherlands.
⁶ Education Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁷ Research Office, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. n.bovenschen@umcutrecht.nl.
⁹ Biomedicine Student Research HUB, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. n.bovenschen@umcutrecht.nl.
¹⁰ Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. n.bovenschen@umcutrecht.nl.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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