Biosciences and Public Health Steering Panel

The Steering Panel is co-chaired by Andre Knottnerus and Bert Rima. Programme Director Rosa Castro 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.

Christoph Bock

Christoph Bock (Austria) is head of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at the Medical University of Vienna. His…

Rosa Castro

Rosa joined the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) in
2023, as incoming Director of its Biosciences…

Laurent Degos

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

David Honys

David Honys (Czech Republic)

Helena Kandárová

Dr. Helena Kandárová (Slovakia) is a Director and Senior scientist at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology,…

André Knottnerus

André Knottnerus (Netherlands) obtained his MD degree at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, where he subsequently…

George Kollias

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

Leondios G. Kostrikis

Leondios Kostrikis (Cyprus) is a Professor of Molecular Virology at the University of Cyprus, an Inaugural Member of…

Patrick Matthias

Patrick Matthias (Switzerland) studied molecular biology at the University of Geneva and obtained his PhD in 1985 from…

Thomas C. Mettenleiter

Thomas C. Mettenleiter’s (Germany) main field of research is animal virus infections. He is a member of several…

Thomas Nystrom

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

Craig Primmer

Craig Primmer (Finland) is Professor of Genomics at the University of Helsinki and also currently holds the post of vice…

Bert Rima

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

Patrik Rorsman

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

Jorge Soares

Jorge Soares (Portugal)

Beata Sperlagh

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

Anne Spurkland

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

Romuald Zabielski

Romuald Zabielski (Poland) is professor in veterinary medicine at the Center for Translational Medicine, Warsaw…

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

Biosciences and Public Health Steering Panel

Christoph Bock

Rosa Castro

Laurent Degos

David Honys

Helena Kandárová

André Knottnerus

George Kollias

Leondios G. Kostrikis

Patrick Matthias

Thomas C. Mettenleiter

Thomas Nystrom

Craig Primmer

Bert Rima

Patrik Rorsman

Jorge Soares

Beata Sperlagh

Anne Spurkland

Romuald Zabielski

Member Academies