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Miedema

Full Professor

Biography

Frank Miedema studied biochemistry at the University of Groningen, specializing in immunology. As Division Manager at the Central Laboratory of the Blood Transfusion Service (CLB) he was responsible for such things as education and research, before going on to become Director of Sanquin Research. Miedema was affiliated with the University of Amsterdam as professor of Immunology of AIDS. In 2004 he became head of the Immunology department at UMC Utrecht. from 2009-2019 he was dean and vice chair of the board of  UMC Utrecht. Since then vice rector for research at UU/UMCU. He is one of the initiators of www.scienceintransition.com. The initiators of Science in Transition believe that the scientific system is in need of fundamental reform. Science should be appreciated for the added value it contributes to society and stakeholders in society must participate in decisions regarding the production of knowledge.

Recent publications

De universiteit in transitie Henk Kummeling, Manon Kluijtmans, F Miedema
2023
T cell receptor repertoires associated with control and disease progression following Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Munyaradzi Musvosvi, Huang Huang, Chunlin Wang, Qiong Xia, Virginie Rozot, Akshaya Krishnan, Peter Acs, Abhilasha Cheruku, Gerlinde Obermoser, Alasdair Leslie, Samuel M. Behar, Willem A. Hanekom, Nicole Bilek, Michelle Fisher, Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Gerhard Walzl, Mark Hatherill, Mark M. Davis, Thomas J. Scriba, Fazlin Kafaar, Leslie Workman, Humphrey Mulenga, Thomas J. Scriba, E. Jane Hughes, Nicole Bilek, Mzwandile Erasmus, Onke Nombida, Ashley Veldsman, Yolundi Cloete, Deborah Abrahams, Sizulu Moyo, Sebastian Gelderbloem, Michele Tameris, Hennie Geldenhuys, Willem Hanekom, Gregory Hussey, Rodney Ehrlich, Suzanne Verver, Larry Geiter, Gerhard Walzl, Gillian F. Black, Gian van der Spuy, Kim Stanley, Magdalena Kriel, Nelita Du Plessis, Nonhlanhla Nene, Teri Roberts, Leanie Kleynhans, Andrea Gutschmidt, Bronwyn Smith, Andre G. Loxton, Novel N. Chegou, Gerhardus Tromp, David Tabb, Tom H.M. Ottenhoff, Michel R. Klein, Marielle C. Haks, Kees L.M.C. Franken, Annemieke Geluk, Krista E. van Meijgaarden, Simone A. Joosten, W. Henry Boom, Bonnie Thiel, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Moses Joloba, Sarah Zalwango, Mary Nsereko, Brenda Okwera, Hussein Kisingo, Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Shreemanta K. Parida, Robert Golinski, Jeroen Maertzdorf, January Weiner, Marc Jacobson, Hazel M. Dockrell, Maeve Lalor, Steven Smith, Patricia Gorak-Stolinska, Yun Gyoung Hur, Ji Sook Lee, Amelia C. Crampin, Neil French, Bagrey Ngwira, Anne Ben-Smith, Kate Watkins, Lyn Ambrose, Felanji Simukonda, Hazzie Mvula, Femia Chilongo, Jacky Saul, Keith Branson, Sara Suliman, Thomas J. Scriba, Hassan Mahomed, E. Jane Hughes, Nicole Bilek, Mzwandile Erasmus, Onke Nombida, Ashley Veldsman, Katrina Downing, Michelle Fisher, Adam Penn-Nicholson, Humphrey Mulenga, Brian Abel, Mark Bowmaker, Benjamin Kagina, William Kwong Chung, Willem A. Hanekom, Jerry Sadoff, Donata Sizemore, S. Ramachandran, Lew Barker, Michael Brennan, Frank Weichold, Stefanie Muller, Larry Geiter, Desta Kassa, Almaz Abebe, Tsehayenesh Mesele, Belete Tegbaru, Debbie van Baarle, Frank Miedema, Rawleigh Howe, Adane Mihret, Abraham Aseffa, Yonas Bekele, Rachel Iwnetu, Mesfin Tafesse, Lawrence Yamuah, Martin Ota, Jayne Sutherland, Philip Hill, Richard Adegbola, Tumani Corrah, Martin Antonio, Toyin Togun, Ifedayo Adetifa, Simon Donkor, Peter Andersen, Ida Rosenkrands, Mark Doherty, Karin Weldingh, Gary Schoolnik, Gregory Dolganov, Tran Van
Nature medicine, 2023, vol. 29, p.258-269
Prepare PhD holders for different career tracks Theo van den Broek, Berent Prakken, Frank Miedema
Nature, 2021, vol. 600, p.386
Reshaping the Academic Self: Connecting Education & Open Science Sicco De Knegt, Martijn van der Meer, Loek Brinkman, Manon Kluijtmans, Frank Miedema
2021
Visualisation of Manifesto - Reshaping the Academic Self: Connecting Education & Open Science Sicco De Knegt, Martijn University, Loek Brinkman, Manon Kluijtmans, Frank Miedema
2021
Toll-like receptor 7-adapter complex modulates interferon-α production in HIV-stimulated plasmacytoid dendritic cells Andy A Patamawenu, Nathaniel E Wright, Tulley Shofner, Sean Evans, Maura M Manion, Nicole Doria-Rose, Stephen A Migueles, Daniel Mendoza, Bennett Peterson, Christopher Wilhelm, Julia Rood, Amy Berkley, Nancy A Cogliano, C Jason Liang, Kiki Tesselaar, Frank Miedema, Julian Bess, Jeffrey Lifson, Mark Connors
PLoS ONE, 2019, vol. 14

External positions

Toezicht - research, innovatie, diagnostiek - Diagnostic Living Labs

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board - research management, Life Sciences - Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft