Citizenship Dutch Notable awards Spinoza Prize Fields Human genetics | Name Cisca Wijmenga Nationality Dutch | |
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Born 16 February 1964
Drachten, Netherlands ( 1964-02-16 ) Institutions University of Groningen Thesis Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: from genetic mapping towards gene cloning (1993 Cum laude) Known for Research on coeliac disease and other autoimmune diseases Alma mater University of Groningen, Leiden University | ||
Institution University of Groningen | ||
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Cisca Wijmenga (born 1964) is a Dutch professor of Human Genetics at the University of Groningen and the University Medical Center Groningen.
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She was appointed a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.
In 2015 she was one of four winners of the Dutch Spinoza Prize, the highest Dutch distinction for academics working in the Netherlands. The award comprises €2.5 million. She was awarded the prize mainly for her research into the genetic factors associated with coeliac disease. She has also shown that several autoimmune diseases share common genetic factors.
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