Balthasar Heesters
@heesters.gitlab.io
Immunologist interested in germinal center regulation by follicular dendritic cells, sugars, B-cell selection and antibody responses.
Assistant Professor #UtrechtUniversity
heesters.gitlab.io
Assistant Professor #UtrechtUniversity
heesters.gitlab.io
We're very excited to welcome Christian to our lab as a postdoctoral fellow! @uuuips.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social He'll work on the effect of adjuvants on FDCs.
heesters.gitlab.io/christianmar...
heesters.gitlab.io/christianmar...
Christian Joins the Lab – From Pain to Immunity
We’re excited to welcome Christian Martin as the newest postdoc in the Lab for Germinal Center Biology!
heesters.gitlab.io
August 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
We're very excited to welcome Christian to our lab as a postdoctoral fellow! @uuuips.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social He'll work on the effect of adjuvants on FDCs.
heesters.gitlab.io/christianmar...
heesters.gitlab.io/christianmar...
Reposted by Balthasar Heesters
A new Nature Index data set shows that progress towards gender equity in research continues to be slow.
With just 27% of high-quality papers in the natural sciences having female co-authors in 2024, there is a lot of room for improvement
#AcademicSky 🧪
#womeninSTEM
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
With just 27% of high-quality papers in the natural sciences having female co-authors in 2024, there is a lot of room for improvement
#AcademicSky 🧪
#womeninSTEM
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gender gap in research publishing is improving — slowly
A Nature Index data set shows which countries, institutions and topic areas are making the greatest progress towards gender equity in research.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
A new Nature Index data set shows that progress towards gender equity in research continues to be slow.
With just 27% of high-quality papers in the natural sciences having female co-authors in 2024, there is a lot of room for improvement
#AcademicSky 🧪
#womeninSTEM
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
With just 27% of high-quality papers in the natural sciences having female co-authors in 2024, there is a lot of room for improvement
#AcademicSky 🧪
#womeninSTEM
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Interested in germinal center regulation?
Should we coddle our immune system?
Two more weeks to apply!
3 year funding
Should we coddle our immune system?
Two more weeks to apply!
3 year funding
March 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Interested in germinal center regulation?
Should we coddle our immune system?
Two more weeks to apply!
3 year funding
Should we coddle our immune system?
Two more weeks to apply!
3 year funding
We have an exciting postdoc position for 3-years!
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Apply or sent me a message if you have any questions. Work @uuuips.bsky.social with wonderful colleagues such as @luckrimp.bsky.social and others without bluesky ;)
More information: heesters.gitlab.io/postdoc_hire/
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Apply or sent me a message if you have any questions. Work @uuuips.bsky.social with wonderful colleagues such as @luckrimp.bsky.social and others without bluesky ;)
More information: heesters.gitlab.io/postdoc_hire/
Postdoc to investigate Follicular Dendritic Cell (FDC) Stimulation
Join our team to unravel the complex effects of PRR stimulation on FDC functionality and its consequences for FDC interactions with immune cells in the GC.
www.uu.nl
March 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We have an exciting postdoc position for 3-years!
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Apply or sent me a message if you have any questions. Work @uuuips.bsky.social with wonderful colleagues such as @luckrimp.bsky.social and others without bluesky ;)
More information: heesters.gitlab.io/postdoc_hire/
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Apply or sent me a message if you have any questions. Work @uuuips.bsky.social with wonderful colleagues such as @luckrimp.bsky.social and others without bluesky ;)
More information: heesters.gitlab.io/postdoc_hire/
I’m very happy to welcome Vicente to the Lab! heesters.gitlab.io/vicenteferna...
He will be working with Petri on B cell survival factors :)
He will be working with Petri on B cell survival factors :)
Welcome Vicente to the Lab!
We have some exciting news! Starting next Tuesday, February 4th, we’ll be welcoming Vicente to our lab.
heesters.gitlab.io
February 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I’m very happy to welcome Vicente to the Lab! heesters.gitlab.io/vicenteferna...
He will be working with Petri on B cell survival factors :)
He will be working with Petri on B cell survival factors :)
Always great to be at the Dutch immunology conference (NVVI)!
December 11, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Always great to be at the Dutch immunology conference (NVVI)!
Very inspiring talks at the 10th anniversary science for life conference @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Impressed by other fields, such as Ben Lehner’s talk.
Great venue in the Beatrix theatre. Science as art.
Impressed by other fields, such as Ben Lehner’s talk.
Great venue in the Beatrix theatre. Science as art.
December 2, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Very inspiring talks at the 10th anniversary science for life conference @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Impressed by other fields, such as Ben Lehner’s talk.
Great venue in the Beatrix theatre. Science as art.
Impressed by other fields, such as Ben Lehner’s talk.
Great venue in the Beatrix theatre. Science as art.
Old news to everyone here, but I wrote a little post on why I've moved here:
From the Dark Zone to Bluesky heesters.gitlab.io/bluesky
From the Dark Zone to Bluesky heesters.gitlab.io/bluesky
From the Dark Zone to Bluesky
Although I've been on bluesky since May 2023, I just moved my entire activity there, join me in the lightzone(.bsky.social)!
heesters.gitlab.io
November 25, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Old news to everyone here, but I wrote a little post on why I've moved here:
From the Dark Zone to Bluesky heesters.gitlab.io/bluesky
From the Dark Zone to Bluesky heesters.gitlab.io/bluesky
For all the Twitter/X immigrants, I highly recommend github.com/kawamataryo/...
GitHub - kawamataryo/sky-follower-bridge: Instantly find and follow the same users from your X(Twitter) follower on Bluesky.
Instantly find and follow the same users from your X(Twitter) follower on Bluesky. - kawamataryo/sky-follower-bridge
github.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:04 PM
For all the Twitter/X immigrants, I highly recommend github.com/kawamataryo/...
Reposted by Balthasar Heesters
A few yrs ago we spent $10K on trialing antibodies. Only a few worked well. The good news is we got refunds for everything that didn’t work! Just need to push the companies. Don’t suffer in silence!
Great to see more effort/avenues for improving reliability and reproducibility of Abs! #immunosky
Great to see more effort/avenues for improving reliability and reproducibility of Abs! #immunosky
"The antibodies don’t work!"
We, like many labs, have faced issues with bad antibodies cell.com/cell-stem-ce...
Great to see that some are tackling this problem head-on!
Read more about their solutions:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#ImmunoSky #Metaresearch #Openscience
We, like many labs, have faced issues with bad antibodies cell.com/cell-stem-ce...
Great to see that some are tackling this problem head-on!
Read more about their solutions:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#ImmunoSky #Metaresearch #Openscience
The antibodies don’t work! The race to rid labs of molecules that ruin experiments
Poorly performing antibodies have plagued biomedical sciences for decades. Several fresh initiatives hope to change this.
www.nature.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:40 AM
A few yrs ago we spent $10K on trialing antibodies. Only a few worked well. The good news is we got refunds for everything that didn’t work! Just need to push the companies. Don’t suffer in silence!
Great to see more effort/avenues for improving reliability and reproducibility of Abs! #immunosky
Great to see more effort/avenues for improving reliability and reproducibility of Abs! #immunosky
Hello #immunology community!
Happy to join Bluesky for some great ad and bs free scientific discussions!
Let me know if you like germinal centers and follicular dendritic cells.
Happy to join Bluesky for some great ad and bs free scientific discussions!
Let me know if you like germinal centers and follicular dendritic cells.
November 17, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Hello #immunology community!
Happy to join Bluesky for some great ad and bs free scientific discussions!
Let me know if you like germinal centers and follicular dendritic cells.
Happy to join Bluesky for some great ad and bs free scientific discussions!
Let me know if you like germinal centers and follicular dendritic cells.