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Rolf Sijmons appointed to new chair in Medical Translational Genetics

01 August 2012

Per 1st August 2012, we are pleased to announce that Rolf Sijmons, MD, PhD, has been appointed to a new chair in Medical Translational Genetics at the University of Groningen/UMCG. He will lead the Department of Genetics's Development & Innovation work, which will include team 3 in Genome Diagnostics, the genotyping and sequencing facility, and the oncogenetics research team.

In addition, Rolf will remain active as a clinical geneticist in the UMCG Familial Cancer Clinic.

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