Covid-19 Response

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Biosciences Steering Panel

The Steering Panel is co-chaired by Andre Knottnerus and Bert Rima. Programme Director Robin Fears (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.

Thomas C. Mettenleiter

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

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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

André Knottnerus André Knottnerus (1951) obtained his MD degree at the Vrije Universiteit in…

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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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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

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