23 February 2018

The Executive Board has appointed Peter-Bram ‘t Hoen as professor of Bioinformatics with a focus on Personalized Medicine, and head of the Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics (CMBI) by 1 March 2018. As such he will be the successor of Gert Vriend.

Previously,  Peter-Bram 't Hoen worked at the department of Human Genetics, LUMC, Leiden. His main research interest is the impact of genetic variants on transcription, mRNA processing, translation and clinical phenotypes. At the LUMC his research was focused on automated knowledge discovery, enhanced data interoperability and publication, and e-Science approaches to ensure reproducibility and easy sharing of analysis routines. He published over 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals in the area of genetics, bioinformatics, statistics, molecular biology and medicine.
 
We congratulate Peter-Bram with his new appointment and welcome him to our institute.
 
 

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