CNCR/MCN/Ronald van Kesteren

Ronald van Kesteren

Full Professor

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    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (CNCR)
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
    Research Building
    De Boelelaan 1100
    1081 HZ Amsterdam
    The Netherlands

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Prof. dr. Ronald van Kesteren obtained a MSc in Biology at the University of Leiden in 1990 and a PhD in Neuroscience at the VU University Amsterdam in 1994. He received post-doctoral training in the labs of Prof. Naweed Syed and Prof. Andy Bulloch (University of Calgary, Canada) and Prof. Wijnand Geraerts (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

He was awarded post-doctoral fellowships from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

Positions:

Team leader at the CNCR (2003 – present)
Head of the CNCR high-content microscopy facility (2005 – present)
Director of the VU University Biomedical Science bachelor program (2016 – 2022)