Biography Jan Wijnholds

1987: M.Sc. in Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Groningen (cum laude)

1990: EMBO 3-month fellowship NIMR, London

1991: EMBO 3-month fellowship NIMR, London

1991: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Groningen

1992-1995: Max Planck Fellow, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen

1995-2000: Postdoctoral Fellow, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam

2000-2005: Principal Investigator, Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute

2000-2008: Honorary Staff Member, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam

2002-2005: FP5 EC project coordinator "Crumbs Therapeutics"

2006-2012: ZonMw project coordinator "CRB1 retinal gene therapy"

2008-2012: FP7 EC project coordinator "Crumbs In Sight"

2006-2015: Head of Department of Neuromedical Genetics, NIN, Amsterdam

Since 2014: Head of Department of Neuromedical Genetics, RPQure, Amsterdam

2015- onwards: Associate Professor Department of Ophthalmology, LUMC, Leiden