Simone Janssen

Simone Janssen is a Researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel's Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy. She specializes in developing fluorescent nanobodies and probes for cancer diagnostics, particularly targeting epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) and uPAR biomarkers. Her work spans canine clinical trials, fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLT), and veterinary medicine applications. She has published extensively on optical imaging techniques and collaborates internationally on projects like the VUB tauCAMTM platform.

Research Interests:

• Nanobody engineering for tumor imaging
• In vivo fluorescence contrast agents
• Veterinary clinical studies
• Multiplex imaging techniques

Key Achievements:

• 2023 Fellowship for PARPi-Fl diagnostic tool development
• Leading studies on canine head-and-neck cancer imaging
• Co-developed NIR azaBODIPY probes for extended lifetime imaging

Grants & Collaborations:

• Fellowship-funded research on canine solid cancer diagnostics
• International collaborations on biomarker imaging (e.g., with France's Anthony Romieu and Christine Goze)

Labs & Teams: Active in the VUB Molecular Imaging and Therapy group, utilizing the tauCAMTM imaging platform.