!!!Godefridus Johannes Peters \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Peters_Godefridus_Johannes_VU_small.jpg' alt='Godefridus Johannes Peters' height='220'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ * 10/2019 - present Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland * 04/1983 - present Laboratory Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center (VUMC) Amsterdam, the Netherlands, now part of the AUMC (Professor since 2003) * 09/2015 until 09/2021 Teacher at the Amsterdam University College * until 04/2018 Department head of the Laboratory Medical Oncology * 01/1989 until 04/2018 Head of the division (Biochemical) Pharmacology * 09/2002 until 01/2013 Chair of the examination committee of the Master Oncology * 07/1982 until 04/1983 Post-doc at the Department of Biochemistry Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands * 09/1982 until 11/1982 Visiting scientist in Canada (Calgary, Edmonton) and USA (San Diego) * 09/1977 until 06/1982 Ph.D. student at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen (now Radboud University) \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ * 1986 Senior research fellowship of the "Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences" (KNAW). * 2007 Eminent Scientist of the year 2007 (Europe) in “Genes and Pharmacogenomics”; awarded by the World Scientists Forum International Awards from the International Research Promotion Council (IRPC). * 2008 Featured on the front page of International Journal of Oncology (January 2008) * Featured in several Who is Who editions * Recipient (or co-recipient) of various poster and best presentation awards. * 2001 - 2003 President of the European Society for the Study on Purine and Pyrimidine metabolism in Man (ESSPPMM) * 2007 co-founder of the successor of ESSPPMM, the Purine and Pyrimidine Society (2007) * 2007 - 2017 chair Drug Discovery Committee (DDC) of the EORTC * 2009 - 2015 President of the EORTC-Pharmacology and Molecular Mechanism Group; member of the board of the EORTC (European Organization on Research and Treatment of Cancer) * 2010 - 2015 co-recipient of European Union grant for outermost regions in collaboration with the University of La Laguna (CIBICAN) * 2014 co-president of the Folate Receptor Society meeting in the Netherlands * 2014 treasurer of the Folate Receptor Society * 2019 Burger-Kelland award lecture of the EORTC-PAMM group, Verona, Italy, February 2019. * 2020 Full member of the World Academy of Sciences) * 2021 Vice-president of the International Association of Physical Chemists * 2021 Honorary Advisor of the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) * 2023 Honorary Professor at the Amity University, Noida, India * 2023 Anne Simmonds Award lecture at the meeting of the Purine and Pyrimidine Society * 2023 ranked #9 of Polish Scientists in the field of Medicine according to Research.com * 2023 President of the 18th Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery Science & Technology \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Peters_Godefridus_Johannes/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Peters_Godefridus_Johannes/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Peters_Godefridus_Johannes/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Peters_Godefridus_Johannes/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit gpeters}][{ALLOW upload gpeters}][{ALLOW comment All}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit gpeters}][{ALLOW upload gpeters}][{ALLOW comment All}]