After earning a BSc in Applied Mathematics and Molecular Biology from Maastricht University, I completed an MPhil in Computational Biology at the University of Cambridge. I then worked as a bioinformatician with the Butovsky Laboratory, focusing on neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases. As a PhD researcher with the Transmissible Cancer Group, I will be investigating host–cancer immune interactions in mammalian transmissible cancers.