Piet Borst
Piet Borst MD PhD (born 5 July 1934, Amsterdam) is emeritus professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Amsterdam (UVA), and the former Director of Research and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Netherlands Cancer Institute and the Antoni van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis (NKI-AVL).
Borst has received many awards for his research, including the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1984), the Howard Taylor Ricketts Award (1989), the Leeuwenhoek Medal and Lecture (1989), the Robert Koch Prize (1992) and the Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics (1992). He has honorary doctorates from Leiden University and the University of Dundee. Borst is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1978,[1] of the Royal Society since 1986,[2] of the Academia Europaea since 1989, and of the National Academy of Sciences since 1991.
References
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- Biography at the KNAW website.
- ^ Member entry at the KNAW website
- ^ Biography at the Royal Society website
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