Dr. Henry Vischer

Biography

Henry Vischer studied biology at Utrecht University. He joined the Neurobiology department at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York from 1997 to 1998, where he investigated ligand-binding pockets of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). His PhD project at Utrecht University from 1998 to 2003 focused on the cloning, profiling, and ligand-receptor interactions of gonadotropins with their cognate GPCRs. In 2003, he was awarded the Organon Research Prize in Endocrinology. Following this, he served as a postdoctoral fellow from 2003 to 2008 in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he was involved in the molecular pharmacology of GPCRs and the signaling interactions between viral chemokine receptors. In 2009, Vischer was appointed as an assistant professor at the university, concentrating on molecular GPCR pharmacology with a particular emphasis on biased signaling and the development of multiplex biosensor assays. He has received several grants, including the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Veni in 2005, the Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) Horizon Breakthrough in 2008, and the NWO ECHO grant in 2012.

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