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Biographical Details

Wim Van Hul

Wim Van Hul is full professor of Molecular biology and genetics at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He obtained a bachelor degree in Chemistry from the University of Louvain (Belgium) and a master degree in biochemistry. He obtained his PhD on molecular genetics in 1993 from the University of Antwerp. He started his own research group aiming at the identification and characterization of genes underlying skeletal disorders and obesity. His team was successful in identifying and characterizing several disease causing genes including the SOST gene encoding the sclerostin protein. He authored and co-authored more than 200 publications and is on the editorial board of several journals. He is currently chair of the educational committee of biomedical sciences at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.