Cisca Wijmenga

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Cisca Wijmenga
Wijmenga in 2015
Born
Tjitske Nienke Wijmenga

(1964-02-16) 16 February 1964 (age 60)
Drachten, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
CitizenshipDutch
Alma materUniversity of Groningen (B.S. in Biology)
Leiden University (PhD)
Known forResearch on coeliac disease and other autoimmune diseases
AwardsSpinoza Prize
Scientific career
FieldsHuman genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Groningen
Thesis Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: from genetic mapping towards gene cloning  (1993 Cum laude)
WebsitePersonnel 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 was Rector Magnificus of the University between September 2019 and September 2023.

Life[edit]

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] During her time in office she strived for more recognition of the education part of the university.[4] In November 2022 she announced she did not aspire a second term due to personal reasons.[5] She was succeeded on 1 September 2023 by Jacquelien Scherpen.[6]

Awards and honours[edit]

Wijmenga was appointed a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.[7] In 2013 she became a member of the Academia Europaea.[8] 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.[9] She was awarded the prize mainly for her research into the genetic factors associated with coeliac disease.[10] She has also shown that several autoimmune diseases share common genetic factors.[11] In 2018, she was awarded the United European Gastroenterology Research Prize of €100.000.[12] In the same year she was made a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.[13] In 2022 Wijmenga was elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Prof.dr. T.N. Wijmenga (1964 - )". Utrecht University. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Cisca Wijmenga (1964)". University of Groningen. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Hulscher, Eva (1 September 2023). "Cisca Wijmenga draagt stokje als rector magnificus over: 'Nog een beetje onwerkelijk'" (in Dutch). RTV Noord. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Rector Magnificus Cisca Wijmenga not available for second term". University of Groningen. 14 November 2022. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Jacquelien Scherpen to be new Rector Magnificus of the University of Groningen". University of Groningen. 30 June 2023. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Cisca Wijmenga" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Cisca Wijmenga". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Spinozawinnaar: 'Onderzoek glutenintolerantie kwestie van lange adem'" (in Dutch). RTV Noord. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Prof. dr. T.N. (Cisca) Wijmenga" (in Dutch). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Wijmenga: darm-op-een-chip voor onderzoek naar coeliakie" (PDF). Dutch Digestive Disease News (DDD News) (in Dutch) (1). Haarlem: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Gastro-enterologie (NVGE): 6–7. February 2019. ISSN 2543-3075. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Koninklijke onderscheiding voor hoogleraar Wijmenga" (in Dutch). RTV Noord. 19 September 2018. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Cisca Wijmenga". European Molecular Biology Organization. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023.

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