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Curriculum vitae of Marco Roos

Education


Note that the Dutch educational system is different from the Anglo-american system
1988VWO diploma
1989Propaedeuse diploma in Biology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA)
1989-1994Masters degree in Molecular en Cellular biology
1991-1993StudiedInformation technology, studied the following subjects:
Programming, Datastructures, Logic, Relational databases, Continuous Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics, Sensorinformatics, Image processing
1992/1993 Research training under supervision of dr. M. Haring at the section of Plant Physiology, department of Molecular Cellbiology (UvA)
1993/1994Research training under supervision of dr. A.B. Houtsmuller at the section of Molecular Cytology, department of Molecular Cellbiology (UvA)
1994Caput: 'Nuclear organisation, chromatin structure and gene expression'
1994Paper: 'Macromolecular crowding in the cell' under supervision of prof. dr. R. van Driel
1996-1997Attended course for Phd students: 'Phd student in front of the classroom' under supervision of R. van Krieken of the 'Institute for the training of teachers' (UvA); presented my research to students at higher levels of the 'VWO'.
1997Attended the course 'Write faster better', by journalist Joris Luyendijk (now Middle East correspondent)
1998Attended Phd course: 'Writing and presenting in scientific English' under supervision of mme. van Noppen at the Academic Medical Centre (AMC) in Amsterdam
1999Attended Phd course on statistics at the AMC, department of Epidemiology.
1999Attended the course 'Image processing for industrial applications', at the Technical University Delft, under supervision of prof. dr. I. T. Young and prof. dr. L. J. van Vliet
2000Attended the course 'Bioinformatics', at the University of Amsterdam, under supervision of dr. Wim Crielaard
2001Attended the course 'The cell cycle', at the University of Amsterdam, under supervision of dr. C. L. Woldringh

Work experience

1995-1996As replacement for military service I worked as a scientist at the AMC at the department of Radiobiology (now 'Centre of Microscopical Research', part of the department of 'Cellbiology and Histology') under supervision of dr. J. Aten.
1996-2001Phd student at the section of Molecular Cytology, department of Molecular Cellbiology (UvA), under supervision of my promotor prof. dr. N. Nanninga. I obtained my Ph D degree on the fifth of july. (Click here for more information about my project.)
- 2001 (juli)Part time scientific researcher at the section of Molecular Cytology, department of Molecular Cellbiology (UvA)

Other activities

1988-1994Active member of the club for biology students 'Congo', involved in organising lectures and festivities, members administration and guiding first years students.
1990-1993Member of the board of Congo (on behalf of the commitee for festivities and on behalf of the commitee for the organisation of symposia)
1991-1992Chairman of the organising comitee of the multidisciplinary symposium
'The Brain in Pieces' about Alzheimer's disease (the 11th of November 1992) (speakers: prof. dr. Lopes da Silva, prof. dr. J. Korf, prof. dr. D.F. Swaab, dr. J. Vijg, dr. W.G.M. Raaymakers, and dr. C. Jonker).
1994-1997Member of the board and journalist of the official magazine of the faculty of Biology, 'Papyrus'
1996-1997Financial adviser at the start of the company 'Roland Roos Music productions', responsible for the financial plan.
1998Design and implementation of a database of addresses (in MS-Access) for Allegro Management.

Contact me by sending an e-mail to:
m.roos@amc.uva.nl (formerly roos@science.uva.nl)