Scholarly and professional activities
1987 - 1995 Member of the Council for Medical and Health Research of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
1988 - 1993 Member of the Science Committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Groningen
1988 - 1995 Chairman Club of Recombinant-DNA Workers, Faculty of Medicine, Groningen
1988 - 1993 President of the Dutch Society of Human Genetics
1988 - 1993 Observer in the Board of the Society of Clinical Genetics of The Netherlands
1989 - 1990 President of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG)
1989 - 1994 Member of the Committee for Clinical DNA Analysis of the national Health Service Council
1989 - 1991 Member of the Management Group of the 4th Medical and Health Research Programme of the European Communities
1990 Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the ESHG
1990 - 1991 Vice-President of the ESHG
1990 - 1992 Member of the Advisory Committee for the Human Genome Analysis Programme of the European Communities
1990 - 1993 Member of the Committee on Internationalisation, Faculty of Medicine, Groningen
1990 - 1997 Chairman of the Steering Group for DNA diagnosis in the Clinical Genetics Centres
1991 - 1994 Member of the Advisory Committee for the Biomedical Research Programme of the European Communities
1991 - 1996 Member of the Permanent Committee of the International Congresses of Human Genetics
1991 - 1998 Chairman of the Programma Committee for Human Genome Analysis of the Council for Medical and Health Research of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
1992 - 1995 Chairman Selection Committee for Pioneering Researchers in Medical Sciences of the Council for Medical and Health Research of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
1992 - 1996 Member of the International Scientific Advisory Council of the Genome Data Base at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
1993 - 1996 Member Steering Group European Genetic Linkage Map Project (EUROGEM)
1993 - 1997 Director Travel Awards Program of the Human Genome Organization (HUGO)
1994 Chairman Ad Hoc Group for the Work Programme of Human Genome Research of the European Union
1994 Member of the Ad Hoc Working Group to the Advisory Committee to the EU Council of Ministers with regard to the Biomedical and Health Research Programme
1994 - 1995 Co-chairman of the review group on Research on Ageing and Age-related Health Problems and Handicaps in the European Union
1994 - 1995 Member of the national Committee in Preparation of the Public Debate on Predictive Genetics
1994 - 1996 Member of the Advisory Committee for the European Collaborative Project on Mosaicism in Chorionic Villus Biopsies
1994 - 1997 Co-chairman Review Board of the Biomedical and Health Research Programme of the European Union
1994 - 1997 Member of the Committee of a Regulatory Nature for the Biomedical and Health Research Programme of the European Union
1995 - 1996 Chairman of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Human Genome Research of the European Union
1995 - 1996 Member of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Implementation and Long-Term Strategies of the Biomedical and Health Research Programme of the European Union
1995 - 1998 Chairman of the Scientific Programme Committee of the European Society of Human Genetics preparing the European Genetic Conferences of London (1996) Genoa (1997) and Lisbon (1998)
1996 - 2002 Chairman programme committee Gene Environment Interactions of Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
1997 - 1998 Member of the NATO Science Committee Advisory Panel on the Collaborative Research Grants Program
1997 - 1998 Member of the governmental Ad Hoc Group Scientific Collaboration Indonesia - The Netherlands
1997 - 2000 Chairman of the Review Board of the Biomedical and Health Research Programme of the European Union
1997 - 2000 Member of the Spinoza Committee of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) selecting candidates for the highest national premium
1998 - 2001 Chairman Scientific Program Committee 10th International Congress of Human Genetics, Vienna, 2001
1999 - 2000 Chairman of the NATO Life Sciences and Technology Panel
2000 - 2001 Chairman of the Programme Committee Genomics Impulse of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
2000 - 2006 Member of management group of COST action on Molecular Cytogenetics of Solid Tumours and co-ordinator of working group on Advanced Technologies
2000 - 2012 Member of the Health Council of the Netherlands
2001 Chairman BIOMED2 Programme Evalution Board, European Commission
2001 - 2002 Chairman Steering Committee Groningen Genomics Centre, University of Groningen
2001 - 2007 Member European Research Advisory Board, (EURAB 1&2)) European Commission
2001 - 2008 Member Scientific Advisory Council on High Performance Computing and Visualisation, University of Groningen
2001 - 2010 Member of the Governing Board of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO
2001 – 2008 Chairman Mixed Committee Scientific Cooperation Netherlands-Russian Federation
2002 - 2004 Member NATO Science Committee
2004 F1000 Biology member
2005 Member of INTAS expert panel on Genomics and Proteomics applied to Human Health
2005 - 2009 Member of the Board of CO-REACH, the network of European funding organisations promoting research co-operation with China
2006 - 2009 Member of the Steering Committee of EUROBIOFUND, an EU project aiming at fostering the co-ordination of European life sciences funders and performers
2008 - 2009 Member of the national project committee Trend Analysis Biotechnology
Editorial Boards
- European Journal of Human Genetics, 1992 -
- Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 1995 - 2009
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