R. Frank Kooy#
| Membership Number: | 6518 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2024-0485 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-kooy-70167b33 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 - present Full Professor in Cognitive Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- 2014 - 2017 Professor in Cognitive Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- 2001 - 2014 Associate Professor in Cognitive Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- 1997 - 2001 Assistant Professor in Cognitive Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- 1995 - 1997 Postdoc in Human Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- 1991 - 1994 Postdoc in Human Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen the Netherlands
- 1986 - 1991 Ph D student, Veterinary Faculty, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Fields of Scholarship
- Fragile X syndrome
- Mouse genetics
- Human genetics
- Medical genetics
- Intellectual disability
- Autism
- Dynamic mutations
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Secected as promotor of the GENOMED center of excellence with Methusalem finance
- 2019 Coordinator of the EC-Funded ERA-NET Neuron network “ADNPinMED” (2019 - 2022)
- 2016 Selected Editorial board member of Autism Research, the leading autism journal
- 2016 Coordinator of the EC-Funded ERA-NET Neuron network “AUTISYN” (2016 - 2018)
- 2015 Secected as promotor of the GENOMED center of excellene 2015
