Cisca Wijmenga

Cisca Wijmenga (born Tjitske Nienke Wijmenga; 16 February 1964) is a Dutch professor of Human Genetics at the University of Groningen and the University Medical Center Groningen.

Tjitske Nienke (Cisca) Wijmenga
Wijmenga (2015)
Born(1964-02-16)16 February 1964
Drachten, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
CitizenshipDutch
Alma materUniversity of Groningen(B.S. in Biology)
Leiden University(PhD)
Known forResearch on coeliac disease and other autoimmune diseases
AwardsSpinoza Prize
Scientific career
FieldsHuman genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Groningen
ThesisFacioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: from genetic mapping towards gene cloning (1993 Cum laude)
WebsitePersonnel page of Cisca Wijmenga

She was appointed a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.[1]

In 2015 she was one of four winners of the Dutch Spinoza Prize, the highest Dutch distinction for academics working in the Netherlands. The award comprises €2.5 million.[2] She was awarded the prize mainly for her research into the genetic factors associated with coeliac disease.[3] She has also shown that several autoimmune diseases share common genetic factors.[4]

References
  1. "Cisca Wijmenga" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. "NWO-Spinozapremies voor René Janssen, Birgit Meyer, Aad van der Vaart en Cisca Wijmenga" (in Dutch). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. "Spinozawinnaar: 'Onderzoek glutenintolerantie kwestie van lange adem'" (in Dutch). RTV Noord. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. "Prof. dr. T.N. (Cisca) Wijmenga" (in Dutch). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.


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