Evert Bosdriesz

Evert Bosdriesz is an Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics at the Department of Computer Science within the Faculty of Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He also serves as a guest researcher at the Netherlands Cancer Institute. His research focuses on computational approaches to understand signal transduction networks in cancer, leveraging novel single-cell technologies and integrating statistical and mechanistic modeling to bridge top-down bioinformatics and bottom-up systems biology. He holds a PhD in Systems Biology (2015) from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a Master's in Theoretical Physics (2009) from the University of Amsterdam.

Education background includes a PhD in Systems Biology (2009-2014) under Professors Bas Teusink and Frank Bruggeman, followed by a postdoc in Computational Cancer Biology at the Netherlands Cancer Institute under Lodewyk Wessels. He teaches courses including 'Introduction to Bioinformatics' and contributes to the BioSB Education Committee.

Research interests emphasize cancer biology, computational modeling of drug responses, and single-cell technologies. His work explores mechanisms of drug resistance and identifies novel therapeutic strategies using network reconstruction and multi-drug combination approaches. Collaborations span international institutions, with a focus on translational oncology and systems pharmacology.

Teaching responsibilities include foundational bioinformatics courses and supervising research projects in bioinformatics and systems biology. His lab actively develops computational tools for analyzing signaling networks and integrates multi-omics data to understand cancer heterogeneity.