NGI-NBIC Distinguished Visiting Scientist Award for Prof. Roland Siezen
A Distinguished Visiting Scientist
stipend for the period 2010-2013 has been awarded by NGI-NBIC to Prof. Dr.
Roland Siezen of the Bacterial Genomics group at the Center of Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics (CMBI),
UMC St. Radboud Nijmegen. He will visit international host institutes to set up new
collaborations in genomics and bioinformatics of food- and
health/disease-related bacteria, in particular in relation to microbial
diversity. This will also involve exchange and developments of bioinformatics
tools and databases. These host institutes at universities in
South
Africa and USA are of high international
reputation, with excellent scientific infrastructure and computational
facilities.
Prof. Siezen’s goals
are to increase the
international visibility of the NGI, NBIC, the Kluyver Centre and TI Food and
Nutrition programmes and science at the host institutes by giving guest
lectures, and by discussing NBIC/Kluyver/TIFN research projects with local
scientists and students. The collaborations should lead to joint international
publications (1-2 per host institute) with these NGI institutes.
The first visit in March 2011 was to the Centre of
Excellence in Biomedical Tuberculosis Research of Stellenbosch University in
South
Africa, and to the South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI), University of the Western Cape in Capetown. He was accompanied by PhD student Anita Schürch of
the Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public
Health and the Environment (RIVM), in
Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
The second visit in September 2012 will be to the Food Science and Technology Department, University of California, Davis, USA. Host scientist will be Dr. Maria Marco. Prof. Siezen will be accompanied by NBIC PhD student Lex Overmars of the CMBI, Nijmegen.
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