Jacques S. Beckmann#

• 2012, Oct-present Professor Emeritus, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
• 2012 - 2016 Prof., Head of Clinical Bioinformatics, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Lausanne
• 2002, Nov - 2012, Sept Prof and Head of the Service (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CHUV) and Département de Génétique Médicale (Université de Lausanne, UNIL), Lausanne (Switzerland)
• 2000, Nov - 2002, Oct Prof. In the Dept of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
• 1998, June - 2000, Aug Associate Director General of the Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France
• 1997, Sept - 1998, Dec Director of the URA CNRS 1922 at Généthon, Evry, France
• 1997, Feb Scientific Director at Généthon, Evry, France
• 1995 Associate Scientific Director of Genethon, Evry, France
• 1993 (Oct) - 1994 Scientific director of the CEPH database
• 1991 - 1994 Director of Research at the Fondation Jean Dausset - CEPH, Paris

• Marker-based genetic improvement of plants and animals
• The genetic basis of complex traits
• Genomic rearrangements and genomic disorders
• Clinical bioinformatics
• Identification of inherited disease genes, including various muscular dystrophies
• Development of human genetic, physical and gene maps

• 2011 Loterie Romande: 650’000 CHF for the acquisition of a next generation sequencer.
• 2010 - 2012 Member of the Conseil de l’UNIL
• 2004 - 2009 Board Member of the European Society of Human Genetics (http/www.eshg.org)
• 2000 - 2002 Incumbent of the Hermann Meyer Professorial Chair at the Weizmann Inst. of Science
• 1995 (Jan) Diplôme d’Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Univ. Paris 7, Denis Diderot
• 1974 - 1975 EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship

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