CV Frans Gerbens

Study                   : Wageningen University (Molecular Sciences)

Ph.D.                    : Radboud UniversityNijmegen (Biochemistry)

Dissertation         : Genetic Control of Intramuscular Fat Accretion in Pigs.

Inaugural lecture : Not yet.

Subject                :

Keywords

Cardiomyopathies; Genetic and Linkage Analyses; Haplotype Sharing, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms.

My inspiration

My interest for genetics has been the key factor in my career. Every bit of genetic analysis, genealogy, association, expression, haplotype sharing and linkage analysis has been subject of my research untill now. Never had a dull moment.

Titles of major publications

• Gerbens F, De Koning DJ, Harders F, Meuwissen THE, Janss LLG, Groenen MAM, Veerkamp JH, Van Arendonk JAM, Te Pas MFW (2000) The effect of the heart and adipocyte fatty acid binding protein on intramuscular fat and backfat content in Meishan crossbred pigs. J Anim Sci 78: 552-559
• Gerbens F, Verburg FJ, Van Moerkerk HTB, Buist W, Engel B, Veerkamp JH, Te Pas MFW (2000) Associations of heart and adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein gene expression with intramuscular fat content in pigs. J Anim Sci 79: 347-354
• Schuurs TA, Gerbens F, Van der Hoeven JAB, Ottens PJ, Kooi KA, Leuvenink HGD, Hofstra RMW and Ploeg RJ (2004) Distinct transcriptional changes in donor kidneys upon brain death induction in rats: novel insights in theprocesses of brain death. American Journal of Transplantation 4: 1972-1981.
• Ter Elst A, Hiemstra BE, Van der Vlies P, Kamminga W, Van der Veen AY, Davelaar I, Terpstra P, Te Meerman GJ, Gerbens F, Kok K, Buys CHCM (2006) Functional analysis lung tumour suppressor activity at 3p21.3. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer 45: 1077-1093.
• Crijns APG, Gerbens F, Plantinga EAD, Meersma GJ, De Jong S, Hofstra RMW, De Vries EGE, Van der Zee AGJ, De Bock GH and Te Meerman GJ (2006) A biological question and a balanced (orthogonal) design: the ingredients to efficiently analyze two-color microarrays with Factor Analysis. BMC Genomics 7: 232

Interesting links

http:// www.rug.nl/umcg/genetica

http://www.umcg.nl/azg/nl/patienten/5031/15723