Prof. Charles HCM Buys (1942-2014)
Announcement of his death on 2 April 2014
Obituary in the European Journal of Human Genetics, (2014) 22, 1343–1344; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2014.207
Specific research interests Molecular-genetic etiology of solid tumours, in particular lung and renal cell tumours
Positions held
1973 - 1976 Assistant Professor of Biology, School of Education, University of Groningen
1976 - 1982 Assistant Professor of Cytogenetics, University of Groningen
1983 - 1987 Associate Professor of Molecular Cytogenetics, University of Groningen
1987 - 2006 Professor of Human Genetics, Chairman of the Department of Medical Genetics, University of Groningen
2001 - 2006 Head, Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Hospital Groningen
2006 – 2007 Head, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen
Honours and prizes
- The 1996 RuG Faculty Prize for Research (200,000 NLG) was awarded to the department for results obtained by two research programmes on "Tumour Genetics" and "Hereditary Diseases", both co-ordinated by Charles Buys
- The Nilsson-Ehle lecture 2003, University of Lund, on “Cancer & Heredity”
- Knighted in the Order of the Netherlands Lion for exceptional academic achievements, 2006
Publications 244 refereed publications in international journals between 1973-2010 (see publication list)
All Ph.D. theses supervised See list here, 1988-2010
Scholarly and professional activities See list, 1987-2012
Advisory, review and site visit activities See list
Teaching activities See list, 1987-2007
International invitations See list, 1984-2010
National invitations See list, 1986-2004
Organisation of international meetings See list, 1989-1998
Membership of scientific societies See list
Academic education
University of Utrecht: 1960-1965 B.Sc. Biology
1965-1969 M.Sc. Biochemistry
University of Groningen: 1969-1976 Ph.D. Biochemistry
Research training
Undergraduate research projects at the University of Utrecht in bacterial genetics (Prof. P.G. de Haan), in bacterial biochemistry (Prof. L.L.M. van Deenen), in biostatistics (Dr. J. Bezem).
Doctoral dissertation (Prof. M. Gruber) at the University of Groningen: "Uptake and Degradation of Circulating Proteins by the Liver".
Clinical registrations
Human geneticist (SMBWO), 1985
Clinical cytogeneticist (NAV), 2002
Clinical molecular geneticist (NAV), 2002
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