Related investments

NISB partners also directly invest in systems biology research within their own organisation, which strengthens NISB. Such investments (with their starting dates) are listed below.

20080101 @ UvA: extra-ordinary chair in systems biology

The ‘Genootschap ter Bevordering van Natuur-, Genees- en Heelkunde’ (Chamber/Society for enhancing natural and medical sciences) of the University of Amsterdam made an extra-ordinary chair in Systems Biology available at the Faculty of Science (FNWI) / Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) for the period 2008-2013.
Prof. Dr Jörg Stelling, from the Institute for Computational Science at the ETH in Zürich, has been appointed as professor to this chair. Professor Stelling is a leading researcher in the field of systems biology, especially in the analysis of dynamic behaviour of complex biological networks. He has an excellent track-record in bridging the gap between mathematical modelling and analysing biological systems.
The tasks of the chair are focussed on research participation, lecture courses and master classes/summer schools (MSc and PhD students), grant acquisition, and strategy development in systems biology (NISB).

20080801 @ CWI: two additional group leaders in biology-related mathematics

CWI further invests in systems biology through two new groups in biology-related mathematics.
Dr Gunnar Klau has been appointed in 2008 as the first group leader, the second appointment will be made in the course of 2009.

20080901 @ VU: chair in systems bioinformatics

The VU University Amsterdam paralleled the initial NISB investment (see www.sysbio.nl/node/88) by establishing a new chair in Systems Bioinformatics to serve as one of the nuclei of NISB.
Prof. Dr Bas Teusink was appointed to this chair as per 2008 September 01, who will play a key role in bio-modelling that drives ‘wet’ experimentation in NISB.

20090301 @ AMOLF: group leader in physical systems biology

The FOM-institute AMOLF invests in a new research group in physical systems biology. Dr Tom Shimizu takes the position of group leader as per the beginning of 2009, and two postdocs c.q. PhD-students will work in his group on ‘Mesoscopic Spatial Dynamics in Cellular Information Processing’ and ‘Design and Dynamics of Intracellular Signalling Algorithms’.

20090701 @ UvA & VU: visiting professor

Dr Hiraoki Kitano has been appointed in 2009 by the University of Amsterdam and the VU University Amsterdam jointly as visiting professor. Dr Kitano is director of the Systems Biology Institute in Tokyo, and director of the Sony Computer Science Laboratories. He paid his first visit to Amsterdam in 2009 July, also presenting a lecture on 'Robustness-based approach to systems drug design'.