Thierry Voet, PhD

Former Group leader

Alumni

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This page is no longer being updated and is a historical record of Thierry Voet’s work at the Sanger Institute.

Thierry Voet focuses on developing methods that characterise the DNA and RNA in a single cell to enable the exploration of DNA-mutation, the genetic differences between cells in a person's body and the relation of this diversity to disease.

We are developing methods to determine all classes of genetic variants in the DNA of a single cell, as well as the RNA molecules the cell transcribes, using next-generation sequencing. We are applying our methods to study mutagenesis (the mechanism and rate of genetic mutation), somatic genetic heterogeneity (the degree of genetic difference between individual cells in a person’s body) and their effect on disease. Using our methods, we are probing for the extent, nature and biology of cellular heterogeneity in health and disease.

My timeline

• Professor at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

• Joint Faculty Member and Group-leader to the Wellcome Sanger Institute (Hinxton-Cambridge, UK)

• Associate Professor at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

• Co-founder of the Sanger Institute-EBI Single-Cell Genomics Center

• Associate Faculty Member and Group-leader to the Wellcome Sanger Institute (Hinxton-Cambridge, UK)

• Visiting researcher in the Cancer Genome Project at the Wellcome Sanger Institute (Hinxton-Cambridge, UK)

• Tenure Track docent at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

• Ph.D. in Medical Sciences (University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium)