Dirk Bootsma
Dirk Bootsma (23 May 1936 – 5 October 2020) was a Dutch geneticist. He was a professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam between 1969 and 2002. He and his research group discovered the cause of chronic myelogenous leukemia and pushed for the understanding of the nucleotide excision repair.[2]
Dirk Bootsma | |
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| Born | 23 May 1936 |
| Died | 5 October 2020 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
| Known for | Discovering cause of chronic myelogenous leukemia |
| Awards | Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (1995)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Bootsma was elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization in 1976.[3] He was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1983.[4] Bootsma was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1991.[5]
References
- ↑ Louis-Jeantet Prize
- ↑ F. Kievits and M.T. Adriaanse (14 October 2002). "Prof.dr.D.Bootsma". Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ↑ "Dirk Bootsma". European Molecular Biology Organization. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ↑ "D. Bootsma". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016.
- ↑ "Dirk Bootsma". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.