Ton N.m. Schumacher PhD

Ton Schumacher is Principal Investigator at The Netherlands Cancer Institute. Research of his lab focuses on the development of novel technologies with which T cell responses can be measured or manipulated, and the subsequent use of these technologies to dissect tumour-specific T cell immunity in mice and men. Particular focus of his recent work is the role of cancer neo-antigens in human tumor control, and the escape mechanisms that tumor cells employ to escape such control. Schumacher is recipient of, amongst others, the Amsterdam Inventor Award (2010), Queen Wilhelmina Cancer Research Award (2014), San Salvatore Award (2014), Meyenburg Cancer Research Award (2015), and W.B. Coley Award (2016). Schumacher is also member of the Cancer Research Institute Council, professor of Immunotechnology at Leiden University, and co-founder of 3 biotechs.