Personalia

Birth: Yes ! 28.09.58; Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Citizenship: Belgian
Cival status: married; 2 children
Address: Finnlandsveien 4, 9100 Kvaløysletta, Norway; Phone: +47-77 69 01 67

Address at work: University of Tromsø, Department of Medical Biology, Norway
Phone: +47-776 44653
Fax: +47-776 44522
e-mail: ugom@fagmed.uit.no
web: http://uit.no/medbiologi/staff/3 or http://sigtrans.org/

Education

1976-1980: master of sciences, physiology/biochemistry; University of Ghent (Belgium). Laude
1981: master of sciences, molecular biology; University of Brussels (Belgium). Cum laude.
1983: pedagogic education, University of Brussels (Belgium). Cum laude.
1992: PhD; University of Tromsø.
1992: course in use of radioactivity; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
1999: course in use of animals in research, University of Tromsø.

Scientific Career

1982-1983: teacher in biology and chemistry, high school, Ukkel, Belgium.
1983-1986: assistant professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Brussels
1986-1990: assistant professor, Department of Virology, University of Tromsø
1990-1997: associate professor, Department of Virology, University of Tromsø
1997-2004: professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Tromsø
2005-present: professor, Department for Medical Biology, University of Tromsø.
1992/1993: sabbatical at the UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2002/2003: sabbatical at the University of Leuven, Belgium
2007/2008: sabbatical at the University of Brussels, Belgium

Scientific Qualifications

1. Winner of the Rotary reward, the Odd Fellow reward, and the “Kanunnik De Meesterprijs”. Nominated for the teaching reward (University of Tromsø) and for F. Nansen Reward (Norway).
2. Supervisor for >20 master and 14 PhD students, and co-supervisor for several master and 5 PhD students. For the moment I am main supervisor for 2 PhD students and co-supervisor for 1 PhD student. I am also supervisor for one PhD student from Spain. I have been supervisor for 6 international exchange students. I have also been supervisor for 4 medical students.
3. Referee for NFR, Svensk Vetenskapsråd, international referee for scientific funding in Austria, Australia, Belgium, UK, Ireland, and for the evaluation of scientific research groups in Austria and Belgium. Referee for Flemish Research Council (Vlaams Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek VWO).
4. Referee for Am J Physiol Cell Phys, Biochem, BioMed, Cell Mol Life Sci, Clin Infect Dis, EMBO J, Eur J Biochem, Circul Res, Exp Cell Res, Int Immunol, Int J Cancer, J Cell Sci, J Gen Virol, J Med Virol, J Mol Biol, J Virol, J Virol Methods, Neurosci Lett, Scand J Immunol, Virol,.
5. I have been a member and leader of committees for professor, associate professor, assistant professor, PhD positions and technical positions. Member and/or leader of PhD dissertations national and international (13 students). Member of the International Committee for Virus Nomenclature. Member of the local committee of the Norwegian Society for Biochemistry (NBS). Examinator for >30 students and for course in eukaryotic transcription factors (Hucell 374, UiB).
   

Teaching Experience

I have extensive teaching experience for medical students, dental students and biology students in courses in virology, medical virology, cell biology, genetics, mammalian cell culture, oncology, molecular biology, signal transduction and transcription factors. I was 4 years invited teacher in viral oncology at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium until the course was stopped because of financial cut downs. I also gave a one week specialization course in molecular biology. This course included both a theoretical and a practical part.

For Students

BIO-1001: Genetics. http://uit.no/medfak-studietilbud/biologi-emner/1
BIO-3302: Eukaryotic transcription factors and cellular signalling, 10 ects. http://uit.no/medfak-studietilbud/biologi-emner/12
BIO-3312: Mammalian cell culture, 5 ects. uit.no/medfak-studietilbud/biologi-emner/22
BIO-3315: Virology, 10 ects. uit.no/medfak-studietilbud/biologi-emner/25
Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Cancer.Introduction Biomedicine - Virology part

Funding

My research has received external funding for 4 PhD positions (2x NFR, 2xCancer Society), one technician (1996-present, Cancer Society), 2 post doc (Mohn), consumables (~300.000 Nkr annually from different sources), and equipment. Funding from Blix foundation, Elisabeth Johansen foundation, Mjåland foundation, Sparebanken Nord-Norge. Extra funding from UT. My group is part of the regional and national “PhD school” and has received 2 PhD students and some small grants from this PhD school.

Publication List

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