Dutch Atherosclerosis Society

Prof. dr. M. Hofker 

Professor of Integrative Genomics
University Medical Center Groningen
Dept. Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Medical Biology Section
Antonius Deusinglaan 1
9713 AV Groningen
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-50-3637932/5777 Fax: +31-50-3638971 E-mail: m.h.hofker@med.umcg.nl

Biography

Marten Hofker studied Biology in Leiden, where he received his PhD degree in 1987 on the basis of the development of genetic markers for the detection of inherited diseases, and in particular the application in the diagnosis of X-linked diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy. During 1987-1989 he received a fellowship of the Medical Research Council of Canada, and worked at the genetics department of the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. At the end of 1989, he returned to the department of Human and Clinical Genetics in Leiden. During 1989-1994, he received a fellowship of the Royal Dutch Society of Arts and Sciences which allowed him to start his work on cardiovascular diseases using transgenic mice. Subsequently, he became an Established Investigator of the Dutch Heart Association (1997). In 2000 he was appointed as professor of Molecular Genetics and set up the department of Molecular Genetics at the Maastricht University. In 2007 he moved from Maastricht to the University Medical Center Groningen to head the Integrative Genomics Section, department Pathology & Medical Biology.

Research Interests

His main field of interest is the role of lipid metabolism and inflammation in diabetes and atherosclerosis.