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Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Ronald P. de Vries

Curriculum vitae

Affiliation and official address

CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre,
P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.

r.devries@cbs.knaw.nl; +31 302122689

Education

MSc Molecular Sciences, Wageningen University, August 23rd 1992

PhD Wageningen University, September 13th 1999. Title of thesis: Accessory enzymes from Aspergillus involved in xylan and pectin degradation.

Career/Employmen

January 1999 – December 2001, Postdoctoral researcher at  the department of Molecular Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, Wageningen University.

January 2002 – 2005, Postdoctoral researcher at the department of Microbiology, Utrecht University.

January 2006 – present, Senior Scientist at the department of Microbiology, Utrecht University.

May 2009 – present, Group Leader Fungal Physiology, CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre.

Specialization

(I) main fields:

-       regulatory systems of Aspergillus involved in carbon utilization

-       plant polysaccharide degradation by fungi

-       sugar-related carbon metabolism of fungi

-       carbon source preference of fungi

(II) other fields:

-       fungal comparative genomics

-       bio-fuel pre-treatments

-       role of polysaccharide degrading enzymes in phytopathogenicity

 

Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies

  • 2010. NGI Kluyver Centre grant entitled: ‘Mixed cultivations’.
  • 2010. STW grant entitled ‘How mushrooms feed on sugars’.
  • 2010. NWO grant entitled ‘Reducing the stringency of chemical and thermal treatments for bio-fuel production by developing more efficient enzyme mixtures.’
  • 2010. JGI Community Sequencing Project, entitled ‘Comparative Analysis of Aspergilli to Facilitate Novel Strategies in Fungal Biotechnology’.
  • 2010. Van Gogh collaboration grant with INRA Grignon, France
  • 2011. NGI Zenith grant entitled ‘Understanding fungal diversity with respect to carbon utilization using experimentally supported bioinformatics and the Fung-Growth database’.
  • 2005. STW/NWO VIDI grant entitled: 'How fungi choose from nature's menu. Unraveling the molecular basis for substrate utilisation in Aspergillus niger'.
  • 2006 & 2007. NWO Van Gogh Collaboration grant with Bayer Crop Science (Lyon, France).
  • 2006 & 2007. NWO Van Gogh Collaboration grant the CAZy team, University of Marseille (Marseille, France).
  • 2006. British Council – NWO Travel Grant (3 k€) for a collaboration with the University of Manchester.
  • 2007. STW grant entitled: Modification of the expression of transcriptional regulators of Aspergillus to improve industrial fermentations and use of agricultural by-products.
  • 2007. Invited Speaker Grant from FEMS ISMG for attendance to Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi (PYFF3), Helsinki, Finland
  • 2008. EU grant collaborative grant entitled: 'Novel high performance enzymes and micro-organisms for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to bioethanol'.
  • 2008. IC short stay fellowship for the 3-month visit of a PhD student from Hong Kong.
  • 2009. Horizon Breakthrough grant entitled: 'Dissecting sequential substrate utilization in Aspergillus niger using transcriptomics and proteomics'.