Scholarly and professional activities

1987 - 1995 Member of the Council for Medical and Health Research of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)

1988 - 1993 Member of the Science Committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Groningen

1988 - 1995 Chairman Club of Recombinant-DNA Workers, Faculty of Medicine, Groningen

1988 - 1993 President of the Dutch Society of Human Genetics

1988 - 1993 Observer in the Board of the Society of Clinical Genetics of The Netherlands

1989 - 1990 President of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG)

1989 - 1994 Member of the Committee for Clinical DNA Analysis of the national Health Service Council

1989 - 1991 Member of the Management Group of the 4th Medical and Health Research Programme of the European Communities

1990            Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the ESHG

1990 - 1991 Vice-President of the ESHG

1990 - 1992 Member of the Advisory Committee for the Human Genome Analysis Programme of the European Communities

1990 - 1993 Member of the Committee on Internationalisation, Faculty of Medicine, Groningen

1990 - 1997 Chairman of the Steering Group for DNA diagnosis in the Clinical Genetics Centres

1991 - 1994 Member of the Advisory Committee for the Biomedical Research Programme of the European Communities

1991 - 1996 Member of the Permanent Committee of the International Congresses of Human Genetics

1991 - 1998 Chairman of the Programma Committee for Human Genome Analysis of the Council for Medical and Health Research of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)

1992 - 1995 Chairman Selection Committee for Pioneering Researchers in Medical Sciences of the Council for Medical and Health Research of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)

1992 - 1996 Member of the International Scientific Advisory Council of the Genome Data Base at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

1993 - 1996 Member Steering Group European Genetic Linkage Map Project (EUROGEM)

1993 - 1997 Director Travel Awards Program of the Human Genome Organization (HUGO)

1994            Chairman Ad Hoc Group for the Work Programme of Human Genome Research of the European Union

1994            Member of the Ad Hoc Working Group to the Advisory Committee to the EU Council of Ministers with regard to the Biomedical and Health Research Programme

1994 - 1995 Co-chairman of the review group on Research on Ageing and Age-related Health Problems and Handicaps in the European Union

1994 - 1995 Member of the national Committee in Preparation of the Public Debate on Predictive Genetics

1994 - 1996 Member of the Advisory Committee for the European Collaborative Project on Mosaicism in Chorionic Villus Biopsies

1994 - 1997 Co-chairman Review Board of the Biomedical and Health Research Programme of the European Union

1994 - 1997 Member of the Committee of a Regulatory Nature for the Biomedical and Health Research Programme of the European Union

1995 - 1996 Chairman of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Human Genome Research of the European Union

1995 - 1996 Member of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Implementation and Long-Term Strategies of the Biomedical and Health Research Programme of the European Union

1995 - 1998 Chairman of the Scientific Programme Committee of the European Society of Human Genetics preparing the European Genetic Conferences of London (1996) Genoa (1997) and Lisbon (1998)

1996 - 2002 Chairman programme committee Gene Environment Interactions of Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)

1997 - 1998 Member of the NATO Science Committee Advisory Panel on the Collaborative Research Grants Program

1997 - 1998 Member of the governmental Ad Hoc Group Scientific Collaboration Indonesia - The Netherlands

1997 - 2000 Chairman of the Review Board of the Biomedical and Health Research Programme of the European Union

1997 - 2000 Member of the Spinoza Committee of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) selecting candidates for the highest national premium

1998 - 2001 Chairman Scientific Program Committee 10th International Congress of Human Genetics, Vienna, 2001

1999 - 2000 Chairman of the NATO Life Sciences and Technology Panel

2000 - 2001 Chairman of the Programme Committee Genomics Impulse of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research

2000 - 2006 Member of management group of COST action on Molecular Cytogenetics of Solid Tumours and co-ordinator of working group on Advanced Technologies

2000 - 2012 Member of the Health Council of the Netherlands

2001            Chairman BIOMED2 Programme Evalution Board, European Commission

2001 - 2002 Chairman Steering Committee Groningen Genomics Centre, University of Groningen

2001 - 2007 Member European Research Advisory Board, (EURAB 1&2)) European Commission

2001 - 2008 Member Scientific Advisory Council on High Performance Computing and Visualisation, University of Groningen

2001 - 2010 Member of the Governing Board of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO

2001 – 2008 Chairman Mixed Committee Scientific Cooperation Netherlands-Russian Federation

2002 - 2004 Member NATO Science Committee

2004             F1000 Biology member

2005             Member of INTAS expert panel on Genomics and Proteomics applied to Human Health

2005 - 2009 Member of the Board of CO-REACH, the network of European funding organisations promoting research co-operation with China

2006 - 2009 Member of the Steering Committee of EUROBIOFUND, an EU project aiming at fostering the co-ordination of European life sciences funders and performers

2008 - 2009 Member of the national project committee Trend Analysis Biotechnology

Editorial Boards

• European Journal of Human Genetics, 1992 -
• Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 1995 - 2009