User:Wiep Klaas Smits

Contact Info
Wiep Klaas Smits Department of Medical Microbiology Postzone E4-P, room L4-39 Leiden University Medical Center Albinusdreef 2 2333 ZA Leiden The Netherlands

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Education

 * 2007, PhD, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, cum laude
 * 2002, MSc, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, cum laude
 * 1998, Propedeuse (undergraduate degree), University of Groningen, The Netherlands, cum laude

Research interests

 * 1) Genetics, molecular and cell biology of Gram positive organisms (C. difficile, B. subtilis)
 * 2) Phenotypic heterogeneity
 * 3) Competence for genetic transformation
 * 4) DNA replication
 * 5) Toxin production

Awards and honours

 * 2010, Veni Fellowship from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
 * 2008, Rubicon Fellowship from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
 * 2007, EMBO Long Term Fellowship (declined)
 * 2007, Nat L. Sternberg Thesis Prize, for the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of prokaryotic molecular genetics
 * 2005, Kiem Prize of the Dutch Society of Microbiology (NVvM), for the best first publication as a first author
 * 2002, Travel grant Dr. L.A. Bumafonds
 * 2001, Travel grant Dr. L.A. Bumafonds
 * 2001, Erasmus scholarship for exchange with Oxford University

Publications
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 * 1) Paper1 pmid=21085634
 * 2) Paper2 pmid=19968790
 * 3) Paper3 pmid=19453701
 * 4) Paper4 pmid=18537474
 * 5) Paper5 pmid=17586671
 * 6) Paper6 pmid=17581123
 * 7) Paper7 pmid=17493123
 * 8) Paper8 pmid=17468244
 * 9) Paper9 pmid=16907804
 * 10) Paper10 pmid=16541134
 * 11) Paper11 pmid=15937154
 * 12) Paper12 pmid=15819618
 * 13) Paper13 pmid=15743949
 * 14) Paper14 pmid=15528548
 * 15) Paper15 pmid=15128451
 * 16) Paper16 pmid=12490720
 * 1) Book1 isbn=9789036730310
 * 2) Book2 isbn=9783540749202

Personal
(under construction)

Useful links

 * My weblog (in Dutch) and my website (under construction)
 * My profile on Linkedin, Epernicus and Nature Network Boston
 * My profile on Facebookand Hyves (the Dutch equivalent)
 * European Career Fair at MIT
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 * OpenWetWare help pages