Hans Clevers

Clevers (2012)

Johannes Carolus Clevers (born March 27, 1957 in Eindhoven ) is a Dutch immunologist , molecular geneticist and professor at the University of Utrecht . From 2012 to 2015 he was President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW).

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Clevers obtained a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Utrecht in 1984 and a Ph.D. from Rudy E. Ballieux in 1985. before working as a postdoctoral fellow with Cox Terhorst at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Harvard University) in Boston , Massachusetts . Between 1991 and 2002 Clevers was Professor of Immunology at the University of Utrecht. Since 2002 he has been Professor of Molecular Genetics and Head of the Hubrecht Institute there .

Clevers was able to make important contributions to elucidating the importance of the Wnt signaling path for developmental biology and oncogenesis . In particular, Clevers dealt with the importance of the adenomatous polyposis coli protein (APC protein) in the development of colon cancer . He was able to show that stem cells and cancer cells use the same mechanisms.

Since 2019 the media group Clarivate has counted him among the favorites for a Nobel Prize ( Clarivate Citation Laureates ).

Awards (selection)

2000 Membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
2001 Spinoza Prize
2004 Louis Jeantet Prize
2005 Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
2008 Meyenburg Prize
2009 member of the Academia Europaea
2011 Ernst Jung Prize
2011 Léopold Griffuel Prize
2012 AH Heineken Prize for Medicine
2012 Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion
2012 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
In 2013 he was among the first to win the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences .
2014 Foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences
2015 member of the Académie des sciences
2016 Körber Prize for European Science
2016 Ilse and Helmut Wachter Prize
2016 Pour le Mérite for Science and the Arts
2018 Erasmus Medal
2019 Foreign member of the Royal Society
2019 Keio Medical Science Prize

Web links

Commons : Hans Clevers - collection of images, videos and audio files

Clevers Group at the Hubrecht Institute; accessed on February 15, 2016
Prof. Dr. Hans Clevers at the Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht ( Memento from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Videos by and about Hans Clevers in the AV portal of the Technical Information Library

Individual evidence

↑ Clevers, Prof. dr. JC (Hans) - KNAW. In: knaw.nl. Retrieved February 12, 2016 .
↑ Prof. JC (Hans) Clevers. In: nwo.nl. August 28, 2014, accessed February 14, 2016 .
^ Fondation Louis-Jeantet - Lauréats. In: jeantet.ch. Retrieved February 11, 2016 (French).
^ The winners of the Meyenburg Foundation (meyenburg-stiftung.de); Retrieved January 2, 2012
↑ Press release (PDF; 35 kB) from the German Cancer Research Center (dkfz.de); Retrieved January 2, 2011
↑ Prize winners 1976 to 2017. In: jung-stiftung.de. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
↑ Lauréats du Prix Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel. (PDF; 68 kB) In: fondation-arc.org. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
^ Dr AH Heineken Prize for Medicine - KNAW. In: knaw.nl. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
↑ Koninklijke onderscheidingen (PDF, 11.3 MB, April 27, 2012) at the Kanselarijder Nederlandse Orden (lintjes.nl); Retrieved January 25, 2013
↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter C. (PDF; 1.3 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed April 14, 2018 .
↑ Hans Clevers. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .
↑ http://www.academie-sciences.fr/fr/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-C/hans-clevers.html
↑ Hans Clevers - Körber Prize Winner 2016. In: koerber-stiftung.de. September 7, 2016, accessed April 14, 2018 .
^ Körber Prize for Stem Cell Researchers: Replacement Organs from the Petri Dish. Retrieved September 8, 2016 . (Contribution of the ARD Tagesschau from September 7, 2016 1:31 p.m.)

personal data
SURNAME	Clevers, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Clevers, Johannes Carolus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch immunologist, molecular geneticist and professor at Utrecht University
DATE OF BIRTH	March 27, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eindhoven

[1] Clevers, Prof. dr. JC (Hans) - KNAW. In: knaw.nl. Retrieved February 12, 2016 .

[2] Prof. JC (Hans) Clevers. In: nwo.nl. August 28, 2014, accessed February 14, 2016 .

[3] Fondation Louis-Jeantet - Lauréats. In: jeantet.ch. Retrieved February 11, 2016 (French).

[4] The winners of the Meyenburg Foundation (meyenburg-stiftung.de); Retrieved January 2, 2012

[5] Press release (PDF; 35 kB) from the German Cancer Research Center (dkfz.de); Retrieved January 2, 2011

[6] Prize winners 1976 to 2017. In: jung-stiftung.de. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .

[7] Lauréats du Prix Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel. (PDF; 68 kB) In: fondation-arc.org. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .

[8] Dr AH Heineken Prize for Medicine - KNAW. In: knaw.nl. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .

[9] Koninklijke onderscheidingen (PDF, 11.3 MB, April 27, 2012) at the Kanselarijder Nederlandse Orden (lintjes.nl); Retrieved January 25, 2013

[10] Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter C. (PDF; 1.3 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed April 14, 2018 .

[11] Hans Clevers. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .

[12] ttp://www.academie-sciences.fr/fr/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-C/hans-clevers.html

[13] Hans Clevers - Körber Prize Winner 2016. In: koerber-stiftung.de. September 7, 2016, accessed April 14, 2018 .

[14] Körber Prize for Stem Cell Researchers: Replacement Organs from the Petri Dish. Retrieved September 8, 2016 . (Contribution of the ARD Tagesschau from September 7, 2016 1:31 p.m.)