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15 May 2018
The symposium Journey of a lifetime will be organized in honour of Bé Wieringa’s retirement, preceding his valedictory lecture.
Bé Wieringa (Delfzijl, 1951) studied Chemistry at the University of Groningen, where he also did his PhD on genes and mRNAs of chicken yolk proteins (with Prof. M. Gruber). He moved to the ETH in Zürich for a postdoc in Charles Weissmann's lab on Globin RNA splicing. In 1984, he joined the Human Genetics department at Radboud University and started his life-long work on disease mechanisms underlying myotonic dystrophy. He was appointed professor in Cell Biology in 1990 and became head of the department of Cell Biology. Bé Wieringa initiated the generation of mouse models for human diseases, using gene targeting in mouse embryonic stem cells, in Nijmegen and was one of the co-founders of the RIMLS (NCMLS at the time).
During his career Bé Wieringa received many grants and awards.
1969 Chemie Studieprijs, RUG
1983 Nederlandse Vereniging voor Biochemie en Moleculaire Biologie Prijs
2011 Universitaire Onderwijsprijs, Radboud University
2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation (USA)
2013 Trajectory in Basic Research in Myotonic Dystrophy Award, International Myotonic Dystrophy Consortium
On the occasion of the retirement of Bé Wieringa a farewell symposium and valedictory lecture will be organized on the 1st of June.
The symposium Journey of a lifetime will be organized in honour of Bé Wieringa’s retirement, preceding his valedictory lecture.
Bé Wieringa (Delfzijl, 1951) studied Chemistry at the University of Groningen, where he also did his PhD on genes and mRNAs of chicken yolk proteins (with Prof. M. Gruber). He moved to the ETH in Zürich for a postdoc in Charles Weissmann's lab on Globin RNA splicing. In 1984, he joined the Human Genetics department at Radboud University and started his life-long work on disease mechanisms underlying myotonic dystrophy. He was appointed professor in Cell Biology in 1990 and became head of the department of Cell Biology. Bé Wieringa initiated the generation of mouse models for human diseases, using gene targeting in mouse embryonic stem cells, in Nijmegen and was one of the co-founders of the RIMLS (NCMLS at the time).
During his career Bé Wieringa received many grants and awards.
1969 Chemie Studieprijs, RUG
1983 Nederlandse Vereniging voor Biochemie en Moleculaire Biologie Prijs
2011 Universitaire Onderwijsprijs, Radboud University
2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation (USA)
2013 Trajectory in Basic Research in Myotonic Dystrophy Award, International Myotonic Dystrophy Consortium
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