Committee Chair
Andre van Wijen
Dr. van Wijnen received BSc (1983) and MSc (1987) degrees from the University of Utrecht, Netherlands while also affiliated with the University of Florida (1984-1987). He received his PhD from UMass Medical School (Worcester, MA) in 1991, and ascended the academic faculty ranks (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor). In 2012, he established a new research group at Mayo Clinic focusing on orthopedic tissue regeneration, musculoskeletal tumors and translational applications. Currently, he has an H-factor of 75 and has authored >500 PubMed papers that have been collectively cited >20,000 times .
The van Wijnen group focuses on projects that examine biological and mechanistic questions fundamental to regulation and deregulation of bone cell growth and differentiation using state-of-the-art approaches including genomics, proteomics, mouse genetics and microscopy to address gene regulation, cell signaling, microRNAs and epigenetics. The group has broad interests on biological mechanisms and patient-oriented research related to regenerative medicine, musculoskeletal development (bone, cartilage, ligament & tendon), as well as pluripotent embryonic and multipotent adult stem cells.
Committee Responsibilities
- Represent the organisation to the community
- Foster Membership involvement
- Promote and increase visibility of ECTS activities
- Raise awareness and support dissemination of relevant research by providing timely, accurate, and complete information to the public and other stakeholders on an ongoing basis
- Position ECTS as the main European authority on issues in the bone field
- Act as resource persons and advise on communications strategy
Commitee Structure and Composition
Website & Social Media Action Group
- David Jean-Pierre, Co-Chair
- Heide Siggelkow
- Daniela Merlotti, ECTS Academy
- Graziana Colaianni, ECTS Academy
- Lars Folkestad
- Alex Ireland, ECTS Academy
- Morten Hansen Steen
- Ursula Heilmeier, ECTS Academy
- Natalie Butterfield, ECTS Academy
Newsletter Action Group
- TeunDe Vries, Co-Chair
- Carmen Huesa, ECTS Academy
- Cristiana Cipriani
- Marco Ponzetti