Biosciences Steering Panel

The Steering Panel is chaired by Volker ter Meulen (Germany). Programme Director Louise Leong (UK) is responsible for the Panel's general organisation and day-to-day business.

The Panel meets normally twice yearly to discuss the latest issues of concern to the Biosciences community, general strategy and decisions on project proposals.

Laurent Degos

Laurent Degos (France), Professor Emeritus of Haematology University of Paris, Vice President of Paris Biotech is…

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Robin Fears

Robin Fears, BSc (Biochemistry), PhD (Nutrition) and DSc. 29 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry in the UK…

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David Honys

David Honys (Czech Republic)

Andre Knottnerus

George Kollias

George Kollias (Greece) is member of the Academy of Athens, Professor of Experimental Physiology at the Medical School…

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Leondios G. Kostrikis

Leondios Kostrikis (Cyprus) is a member of Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts and a Professor of Biological…

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Ulf Landegren

Ulf Landegren (Sweden) is Professor of Molecular Medicine at Uppsala University. He is trained as a medical doctor and…

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Louise Leong

Dr Louise Leong PhD FRSB Louise Leong is an independent life science professional specialising in…

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Patrick Matthias

Patrick Matthias is Group Leader at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel since 1991. His…

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Thomas Nystrom

Thomas Nystrom (Sweden) has a long-term interest in studying protein homeostasis and protein damage in single cell…

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Pere Puigdomènech

Pere Puigdomènech Rosell (Spain) graduated in Physics (University of Barcelona, 1970), defended a thesis (thèse de…

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Bert Rima

Bert Rima (Ireland) was appointed to a position in Queen’s University Belfast in 1974 and he became Professor of…

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Patrik Rorsman

Patrik Rorsman (United Kingdom) is Professor of Diabetic Medicine (statutory) and Professorial Fellow of Harris…

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Jorge Soares

Jorge Soares (PT)

Beata Sperlagh

Beata Sperlagh (Hungary) is the deputy director and Head of Department of Pharmacology and Laboratory of Molecular…

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Anne Spurkland

Anne Spurkland (Norway) is professor in anatomy at the Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Basal Medical…

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Maija Tenkanen

Volker ter Meulen

Volker ter Meulen (Germany) qualified as MD in 1960. He received his post-doctoral training in virology in the USA, at…

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Romuald Zabielski

For more information or to contact a member of the Biosciences Steering Panel, please send an email to secretariat@easac.eu.

Member Academies

The Austrian Academy of Sciences

The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts

The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Czech Academy of Sciences

The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

The Estonian Academy of Sciences

The Council of Finnish Academies

The Académie des sciences, France

The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

The Academy of Athens

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences

The Royal Irish Academy

The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy

The Latvian Academy of Sciences

The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

The Polish Academy of Sciences

The Academy of Sciences of Lisbon

The Romanian Academy

The Slovak Academy of Sciences

The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

The Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences

The Royal Society, UK

Academia Europaea