MICCAI 2020

2 DAILY Mo n d a y Women in Science 28 was speechless. I was almost jumping! [ laughs ] I was so excited! I was shouting on the phone so much that on the other side of the line he was like, “Okay, happy to know you are happy!” [ laughs ] Who was the first person you told to? My partner, Pieter Vos. He was certainly also happy. Yes, and he said: "I knew for many years now that you were going to be a professor!". He knows I'm a very stubborn person [ big smile ] Many younger people will read this interview and say, “Does this happen in real life? It must be a dream! ”. [ laughs ] It does happen! I didn’t even know, but it does happen! Did you expect it would happen one day? Not so fast, to be honest. What is your one talent that has helped you get this far? I don’t give up. That’s the thing. Was there ever a moment that you thought, “Okay, maybe I’ll give up”. Yes, but I always gave myself one day for that feeling, and then I said, “Okay, now let's continue!”. [laughs] Share your secret with us! How do you keep going and get through it? I think it is because I always see that it doesn’t have to be one path. If one path is closed, we always have to search “I tend to break the rules...”