On May 13th 2026, the researchers and User Committee of the TRACER consortium met up in Rotterdam to discuss each other's work and the progress of TRACER. Despite the upcoming year being the last year of our consortium, the group is still growing! Due to new collaborations with other research projects and researchers that share the goals or our work, we keep adding more visitors and interns to our annual meeting. This leads to refreshing discussions and new perspectives on th

During the Moonlight Benefit Gala at the Nieuwe Luxor Theater in Rotterdam, Het Sikkelcelfonds brought attention to the debilitating sickle cell disease, which remains little-known and severely underfunded. Sanquin, Erasmus MC and multiple researchers within TRACER were all present to support the goal of raising both awareness and money for research. At the end of the Moonlight Benefit Gala, the remarkable amount of €335.500 had been raised for research into safer treatment o

On 22 December, the TRACER consortium hosted the third edition of the lab tour at Sanquin. After a previous tour in April and the first edition in December 2024, it was once again a pleasure to welcome patients involved in the Responsible Research & Innovation (RRI) research, together with representatives from Stichting OSCAR and Stichting Zeldzame Bloedziekten. The continued enthusiasm for these lab visits shows just how much interest there is in seeing what happens behind t