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 has been Rector Magnificus of the University since September 2019.

Cisca Wijmenga
Wijmenga in 2015
Born
Tjitske Nienke Wijmenga

(1964-02-16)16 February 1964
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
ThesisFacioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: from genetic mapping towards gene cloning (1993 Cum laude)
WebsitePersonnel page of Cisca Wijmenga

Life

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]

Wijmenga was appointed a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.[4] In 2013 she became a member of the Academia Europaea.[5] 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.[6] She was awarded the prize mainly for her research into the genetic factors associated with coeliac disease.[7] She has also shown that several autoimmune diseases share common genetic factors.[8]

References
  1. "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. "Cisca Wijmenga" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020.
  5. "Cisca Wijmenga". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021.
  6. "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.
  7. "Spinozawinnaar: 'Onderzoek glutenintolerantie kwestie van lange adem'" (in Dutch). RTV Noord. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  8. "Prof. dr. T.N. (Cisca) Wijmenga" (in Dutch). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.


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