SEMINAR: "Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease - how a Mendelian condition became a complex disorder"

Frank Baas obtained his MD (1982) and his PhD in molecular genetics (1986) at the University of Amsterdam. In 1986 he received a stipend from the Netherlands Organization for Research to visit Prof. Dr. T. Maniatis’ Laboratory at Harvard University, and in 1987-1992 he received a Constantijn and Christiaan Huygens Fellowship form the Netherlands Organization for Research. From 1987-1988 he was visiting scientist at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cancer Center, Prof. Dr. D.E. Housman and Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Dr. R.J. Arceci, studying regulation and expression of mammalian P-glycoprotein genes. In 1989-1991 he was a scientist at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Division of Molecular Biology, establishing a research group on the regulation of gene expression and the identification of new mechanisms for multidrug resistance. In 1991he became assistant Professor at the Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam Academical Medical Centre, to specialise in human molecular (neuro) genetics, staying a honorary staff member, at the Netherlands Cancer Institute from 1991-1996. In 1996 he became head of the Neurogenetics laboratory and in 2002 Professor of Neurogenetics at the AMC, University of Amsterdam. In 2006 he became Head of the Genome Analysis facility AMC.