Roland Kanaar

Prof. Roland Kanaar is a Full Professor at the Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research focuses on DNA repair mechanisms, homologous recombination, and their implications in cancer biology. He leads studies on DNA damage responses, BRCA2 function, and therapeutic resistance mechanisms in breast and head/neck cancers.

Recent work includes development of the REMIT assay for drug sensitivity testing and investigations into vascular aging in DNA repair-deficient models. Collaborations span radiation oncology (proton therapy optimization) and biomedical engineering (cancer-on-chip systems).

He has supervised 27 academic works and contributed to 222 research outputs. His group maintains a dataset on BRCA2 dynamics at DNA damage sites (Zenodo:10.5281/zenodo.7516460).