The International Advisory Council of the VU Life Sciences Center was established at the end of 2017 with the aim to get insight, high-quality guidance, and advice from outstanding scientists, industrial leaders, and administrative experts that could contribute to further development and growth of the VU Life Sciences Center into one of the leading research and education centers in Europe.
The International Advisory Board consists of seven members appointed for a five-year term.
Regulations of the International Advisory Council of VU LSC
2023–2028 term
This Council was formed in the autumn of 2023. The first meeting took place on 18 January 2024.
International Advisory Council members in 2023–2028:
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Prof. Andres Metspalu Professor of Genomics and Biobanking at University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Genomics, Estonia |
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Dr. Anna Olsson A group leader at i3S-Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, University of Porto, Portugal |
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Dr. Heiko Runz Senior Medical Director, Head of Human Genetics at Biogen, Boston, USA |
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Prof. Janusz Marek Bujnicki Head of the Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Poland |
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Prof. Dr. Peter Becker Head of the Biomedical Center München, Ludwig Maximiliian University München, Germany |
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Prof. Poul Nissen Director, Danish Node of Nordic-EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience – DANDRITE, Prof. at Aarhus University, Denmark |
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Prof. Taina Pihlajaniemi Vice-rector research at the University of Oulu, Finland |
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