Full professor at Leiden University Medical Center. Studying DNA repair in chromatin and its link to human disease. www.vanattikumlab.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/haicovanattikum.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/haicovanattikum.bsky.social/post/3mdi2beuwuc2eWe present a site‑saturation functional screens of missense variants in the high-risk breast cancer susceptibility gene PALB2. Damaging missense variants confer a high risk of breast cancer! Thanks to all co-authors and to KWF for financially supporting our work! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67252-z28 Jan 2026 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:zx4dcearrszvb5ml2ilvtprw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdi2beuwuc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/haicovanattikum.bsky.social/post/3md4e7ugirk2eVerry happy and thankful that the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF)/Alpe d'Huzes has decided to fund our research. We aim to determine how disabling Fanconi anemia proteins can kill BRCA1-deficient cancer, paving the the way for a new personalized treatment for BRCA1-patients. https://www.kwf.nl/nieuws/toekenningen-december-202523 Jan 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:zx4dcearrszvb5ml2ilvtprw/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4e7ugirk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/haicovanattikum.bsky.social/post/3lmeor7qstk2tA must for all DNA repair aficionados! Egmond DNA Repair Meeting → April 19–24, 2026 🇳🇱 ✔️ Confirmed top speakers ✔️ Ample opportunities for talks & posters Don’t miss it: dnarepairmeeting-egmond2026.com09 Apr 2025 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:zx4dcearrszvb5ml2ilvtprw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmeor7qstk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/haicovanattikum.bsky.social/post/3lhov57gvjk25We present Repli-ID, an approach to identify proteins affecting DNA replication. Lge1 and Rox1 are new regulators of this process. Great work by @sophievdhorst.bsky.social, @lleonie.bsky.social and co-authors in collaboration with @andreichabes.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/mvvcp3xe https://tinyurl.com/mvvcp3xe08 Feb 2025 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:zx4dcearrszvb5ml2ilvtprw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhov57gvjk25https://bsky.app/profile/haicovanattikum.bsky.social/post/3lebmyiuwgk2pMark your calendar: the next Egmond DNA repair meeting will take place in 2026 from April 19 - 24! You can pre-register to receive announcement here: forms.lumc.nl/lumc2/Egmond Registration will open by June 2025.27 Dec 2024 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:zx4dcearrszvb5ml2ilvtprw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lebmyiuwgk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/haicovanattikum.bsky.social/post/3km3p6brri42uDeadline approaching for the EMBO workshop "Chromatin dynamics and nuclear organisation in genome maintenance", June 17-20, 2024, Leiden, the Netherlands. Speaker slots available! Register before April 1, 2024! https://meetings.embo.org/event/24-chromatin-dynamics23 Feb 2024 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:zx4dcearrszvb5ml2ilvtprw/app.bsky.feed.post/3km3p6brri42uhttps://bsky.app/profile/haicovanattikum.bsky.social/post/3kh2r6boni32xThe EMBO workshop "Chromatin dynamics and nuclear organisation in genome maintenance" will take place from June 17-20, 2024, in Leiden, the Netherlands. Check our fantastic list of speakers and register before April 1, 2024, at https://meetings.embo.org/event/24-chromatin-dynamics…. Speaker slots available!21 Dec 2023 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:zx4dcearrszvb5ml2ilvtprw/app.bsky.feed.post/3kh2r6boni32xhttps://bsky.app/profile/haicovanattikum.bsky.social/post/3kbvdv3mcih2yWe are searching for a highly-motivated postdoc to study a newly-identified DNA repair protein, ZNF384, using state of the art functional genomics and biochemistry approaches. Interested in joining vanattikumlab.org? Apply via the link below: tinyurl.com/hedwn8nx16 Oct 2023 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:zx4dcearrszvb5ml2ilvtprw/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbvdv3mcih2y