René Bernards#
| Membership Number: | 2318 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2005 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.nki.nl/divisions/molecular-carcinogenesis/bernards-r-group |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2003 Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Agendia BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (part time)
- since 1994 Professor of Molecular Carcinogenesis University of Utrecht (part time)
- since 1992 Head, Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
- 1988 - 1994 Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Fields of Scholarship
- Cancer genetics
- Cancer biology
Honours and Awards
- 1985 Constantijn and Christiaan Huygens Fellowship, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
- 1988 Edward Mallinckrodt Foundation award
- 1989 Searle Scholarship award
- 1992 Pionier Award, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
- 2004 Josephine Nefkens award, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
- 2005 2005 Pezcoller Foundation-FECS Recognition for Contribution to Oncology
- 2005 Member, Academia Europea
- 2005 Spinoza award, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
- 2005 Ernst W. Bertner Award for Cancer Research, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- 2007 Member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2007 ESMO Lifetime Achievement Award in Translational Research in Breast Cancer
- 2009 Fellow, European Academy of Cancer Sciences
