Anton Berns#
| Membership Number: | 1908 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1999 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.nki.nl/divisions/molecular-genetics/berns-a-group |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2013 Director Skoltech Center for Stem Cell Research, Moscow
- since 2012 Senior Group Leader, Netherlands Cancer Institute
- 1999 - 2011 Director of Research, Chairman of the Board of Directors Netherlands Cancer Institute & Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
- 1992 - 2011 Professor Experimental Molecular Genetic of Inherited Diseases, University of Amsterdam.
- 1992 - 1994 VP Research and Development, Somatix, Alameda, California, USA
- 1986 - 1999 Head Division of Molecular Genetics, NKI
- 1976 - 1985 Staff member Department of Biochemistry, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- 1974 - 1976 Postdoctoral fellow with Rudolf Jaenisch, Salk Institute, USA
- 1972 - 1974 Postdoctoral fellow with Hans Bloemendal, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Fields of Scholarship
- Development of tools to faster generate complex mouse models
- High throughput transposon insertional mutagenesis to identify components in signaling pathways relevant for cancer
- The role of tumor heterogeneity and cells-of-origin of lung cancer and mesothelioma
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Josephine Nefkens Award
- 2010 Elected Member of European Academy Cancer Sciences
- 2008 Queen Wilhelmina Research Prize
- 2007 Smith Visiting Professor, MSKCC
- 2006 1e Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Award
- 2002 AKZO Nobel Science Award
- 1999 Elected to Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1997 Elected to Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences.
- 1993 Prix Antoine de Lacassagne (French Cancer Society)
- 1990 Elected Member of European Molecular Biology Organization
- 1973 Gold Medal Royal Dutch Chemical Society
- 1972 Shell travel award
