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.: Boer, Gerard J.

Chair Local Organizing Committee (2008-2010)

Gerard J. Boer
Dept. Neuroregeneration
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
1105 BA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)294 26 5609
Fax: +31 (0)84 758 1447
Mobile: +31 (0)6 2470 4099
E-mail: g.boer@nin.knaw.nl

Curriculum Vitae

Education

1963-1970
Biochemistry, University of Amsterdam
1976
Ph.D. Medicine, University of Amsterdam
1977
C-degree, radiation protection, University of Leiden

Professional experience

1966-1970
Study assistant, Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry, University of Amsterdam
1970-1986
Scientist, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam
1977-2004
Head of the radioisotope laboratory, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam.
1986-1991
Project leader of research team "Functional Neuroteratology", Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam.
1992-1995
Senior scientist projectgroup "Hypothalamus" , Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam.
1995-1998
Scientific advisor, Department of Nuclear Medicin, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
1996-present
Senior scientist projectgroup "Neuroregeneration", Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam (as of 2006 as retired senior scientist)

Other main professional activities

1977
Organizer of postacademic course on "Neurosecretion", Amsterdam
1977-1978
Organizing committee of the VIIth Dutch British Endocrine Meeting, Maastricht
1979
Organizing committee of the 11th International Summer School of Brain Research, Amsterdam
1980
Organizer EMBO practival course "Immunocytochemistry and its application in brain research", Amsterdam
1981-1982
Chair organizing committee of the VIIIth Dutch British Endocrine Meeting, Noordwijkerhout
1981-1989
Board of the Netherlands Society of Endocrinology
1987
International programme committee of Schmitt Neurological Sciences symposium on "Transplantation into the mammalian CNS", Rochester, NY, USA
1986-1987
Chair Organizing committee of the 15th International Summer School of Brain Research, Amsterdam
1989-1992
Organizing committee of the 7th International Catecholamine Symposium, Amsterdam
1990
Organizer of satellite symposium of the CINP, Tokyo, Japan
1990-1996
Founding and board member Network of European CNS Transplantation And Regeneration (NECTAR)
1994-1998
Member EC Working Group Human Embryo & Foetus Protection (HEF), Brussels, Belgium.
1994
Organizer 6th General NECTAR meeting, Amsterdam
1996
Organizer 8th General NECTAR meeting, Amsterdam
1996-2005
Organizer Annual Dutch Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting, Doorwerth (10x)
1997-2007
Board Dutch Neurofederation (as of 2001 as secretary and of 2004 as chair)
1998
Organizer 10th NECTAR meeting, Amsterdam
2000-2001
Organizing committee of the 22nd International Summer School for Brain Research, Amsterdam.
2001-2002
Committee of Dutch Health Council on "Stem cells for transplantation purposes", Den Haag
2002
Organizer of the 13th NECTAR meeting, Amsterdam
2003
National Committee ‘Tissues and Cells’, Den Haa
2003-2007
Working Group ‘Intervening in the Psyche‘, European Academy, Ahrweiler, Germany
2004-present
Program Council of the Dutch Program on Tissue Engineering (DPTE)
2005-present
Member of the European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB)
2005
Assessment Committee of the European Technology and Investment Research Center, Haarlem
2006-2007
Chairman of the Ethical Review Board and Member of the Executive Board of EC CliniGene
2006-present
Chair local organizing committee 7th FENS Forum 2010 Amsterdam

Honours

2006
Officer in the Royal Netherlands Order of Oranje-Nassau