Peter Lansdorp#
| Membership Number: | 3459 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.umcg.nl/EN/Research/ERIBA/people/pi/Peter-Lansdorp/Paginas/default.aspx |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011 - present Professor, Biology of Ageing (Endowed Chair), University of Groningen
- 2011 - present Scientific Director, European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing
- 2008 - 2009, Visiting Professor (sabbatical), Institute for Stem Cell Research, Edinburgh, UK
- 1998 - present Distinguished Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
- 1998 - present Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
- 1995-1995 Visiting Professor (sabbatical), CLB (now Sanquin), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 1992-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
- 1986-1992 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
- 1979-1985 PhD, Immunobiology, CLB, Amsterdam
- 1970-1976 MD, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Fields of Scholarship
- Telomeres and genome stability in ageing
- Regulation of gene expression
- Chromatin replication
- Stem cell biology
Honours and Awards
- 2013 Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
- 2011 ERC Avanced Grant
- 2009 Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh
- 2007 UBC Killam Research Prize, in the Science category
- 1995 Fellowship, European Cancer Institute, The Netherlands
- 1985 Terry Fox Fellowship, National Cancer Institute of Canada
- 1979 Research Fellow Netherlands Organization of Fundamental Medical Research
