New Scientific Management at NBIC

01 Jul 2010

Nijmegen, The Netherlands, June 28, 2010

The Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre (NBIC) presents its new scientific management staff: Jaap Heringa, Ph.D. (VU University Amsterdam), Barend Mons, Ph.D. (Erasmus MC Rotterdam/Leiden University Medical Centre) and Marcel Reinders, Ph.D. (Delft University of Technology).

The three Scientific Directors together are responsible for the overall NBIC scientific programme, with each director managing an individual portfolio. Marcel Reinders heads the research programme (BioRange), Barend Mons manages the support programme (BioAssist) and is responsible for external relations and Jaap Heringa chairs the education programme (BioWise).

The new team takes over from Antoine van Kampen, Ph.D. (Amsterdam University Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam) and Bob Hertzberger, Ph.D. (University of Amsterdam) who stepped down as scientific directors in March of this year. The composition of the new scientific management and the expansion to three members reflects the strong growth of the NBIC programme, both in number and different types of activities. The daily management of the NBIC Foundation will remain the responsibility of Managing Director Ruben Kok, Ph.D, who is also responsible for the valorisation programme NBICommons.

Jaap Heringa (1957) is professor of Bioinformatics and director of the Centre for Integrative Bioinformatics at VU University Amsterdam. Next to his scientific work in the area of bioinformatics and computational biology, he has longstanding and broad advisory, management and education experience in both the Dutch and international arena.

Barend Mons (1957) is associate professor of Biosemantics at Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam and Leiden University Medical Centre. He bridges bioinformatics and biomedical research, has an extensive international network and is (co-)founder of a number of academic spin-offs. Mons is one of the initiators of the Concept Web Alliance (CWA).

Marcel Reinders (1966) is professor of Bioinformatics and Pattern Recognition at Delft University of Technology. His research links bioinformatics, informatics and imaging. Reinders manages a large research group, which regularly publishes in leading international journals.

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