Cisca Wijmenga
Cisca Wijmenga | |
|---|---|
 Wijmenga (2015) | |
| Born | Tjitske Nienke Wijmenga 16 February 1964 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Citizenship | Dutch |
| Alma mater | University of Groningen(B.S. in Biology) Leiden University(PhD) |
| Known for | Research on coeliac disease and other autoimmune diseases |
| Awards | Spinoza Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Human genetics |
| Institutions | University of Groningen |
| Thesis | Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: from genetic mapping towards gene cloning (1993 Cum laude) |
| Website | Personnel page of Cisca Wijmenga |
Tjitske Nienke "Cisca" Wijmenga (born 16 February 1964) is a Dutch professor of Human Genetics at the University of Groningen and the University Medical Center Groningen. She has been Rector Magnificus of the University since September 2019.
Life[]
Wijmenga was born on 16 February 1964 in Drachten.[1] She studied biology at the University of Groningen and obtained her PhD at Leiden University in 1993 with a thesis titled: "Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: from genetic mapping towards gene cloning". In 1999 she became a university lecturer of medical genetics at the University Medical Center Utrecht. In 2003 she became professor of human genetics at Utrecht University.[1] In 2007 Wijmenga switched to the University of Groningen where she also became professor of human genetics.[2] She was appointed as Rector Magnificus of the University per September 2019, becoming the first female to hold the position.[3]
Wijmenga was appointed a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.[4] In 2013 she became a member of the Academia Europaea.[5] In 2015 she was one of four winners of the Dutch Spinoza Prize, the highest Dutch distinction for academics working in the Netherlands. The award comprises €2.5 million.[6] She was awarded the prize mainly for her research into the genetic factors associated with coeliac disease.[7] She has also shown that several autoimmune diseases share common genetic factors.[8]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Prof.dr. T.N. Wijmenga (1964 - )". Utrecht University. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Cisca Wijmenga (1964)". University of Groningen. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Two new members appointed to the Board of the University of Groningen". University of Groningen. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Cisca Wijmenga" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Cisca Wijmenga". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021.
- ^ "NWO-Spinozapremies voor René Janssen, Birgit Meyer, Aad van der Vaart en Cisca Wijmenga" (in Dutch). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Spinozawinnaar: 'Onderzoek glutenintolerantie kwestie van lange adem'" (in Dutch). RTV Noord. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Prof. dr. T.N. (Cisca) Wijmenga" (in Dutch). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
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