Han Brunner
Henri Gerrit "Han" Brunner (born October 18, 1956 in Rotterdam ) is a Dutch human and molecular geneticist. He is Professor of Medical Genetics at the Medical Faculty of Radboud University Nijmegen and Head of the Human Genetics Department .
Life
Brunner studied medicine at the University of Groningen (Degree in Medical Genetics 1988) and at the University of Nijmegen, where he received his PhD in Human Genetics in 1993 ( Genetic Studies in Myotonic Dystrophy ). From 1998 he was given a full professorship in Nijmegen, where he headed the human genetics department at the university hospital. From 2004 to 2008 he was also the head of the superordinate department for Pediatrics , Human Genetics and Medical Psychology .
In 2016 he and Joris Veltman received the König Faisal Prize in Medicine for the development of Next Generation Sequencing and its application in clinical practice. They developed new microarray-based DNA analysis methods of the human genome. Brunner dealt with hereditary diseases in connection with human behavior and brain development, muscle malfunction ( e.g. myotonic dystrophy , topic of his dissertation) and skeletal malfunction, malformations, gonads.
In 2013 he became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences . He is on the Council of the Dutch Society for Human Genetics.
He is co-editor of the Journal of Medical Genetics, Clinical Genetics, and Molecular Syndromology .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data in the university professor's directory ( memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch)
- ^ Website on Brunner at the KNAW
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| SURNAME | Brunner, Han |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brunner, Henri Gerrit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch human and molecular geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotterdam |