Ronald Plasterk
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| In office February 22, 2007 – present |
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| Preceded by | Maria van der Hoeven |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | April 12, 1957 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Political party | Labour Party (PvdA) |
| Residence | Bussum |
Ronald Hans Anton Plasterk (born on April 12, 1957 in The Hague) is a Dutch biologist, columnist, and politician. He is the Minister of Education, Culture and Science in the fourth Balkenende cabinet.
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[edit] Scientific career
As a biologist he is specialised in molecular biology. He has been a professor at the California Institute of Technology, at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, and at Utrecht University.[1] From 1987 until 2000 he was the managing director of the Netherlands Cancer Institute.[1] In February 2000 he started a research institute at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1]
[edit] Political career
Plasterk is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).[1] Plasterk is an outspoken atheist. In his columns in de Volkskrant and Buitenhof, he opposed the proposal of Maria van der Hoeven, the preceding minister, to introduce the teaching of intelligent design at schools.[2]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Selected bibliography by Plasterk
- Ketting, R.F., Fischer, S.E.J., Bernstein, E., Sijen, T., Hannon, G.J., Plasterk R.H.A. (2001). Dicer functions in RNA interference and in synthesis of small RNA involved in developmental timing in C. elegans. Genes & Development 15: 2654-2659.
- Sijen, T., Fleenor, J., Simmer, F., Thijssen, K.L., Parrish, S., Timmons, L., Plasterk, R.H.A., Fire, A. (2001). On the role of RNA amplification in dsRNA-triggered gene silencing. Cell 107: 465-476.
- Tijsterman, M., Ketting, R.F., Okihara, K. L., Sijen, T., Plasterk, R. H. A. (2002) Short antisense RNAs can trigger gene silencing in C. elegans, depending on the RNA helicase MUT-14. Science 25;295 (5555): 694-697
- Wienholds, E., Schulte-Merker, S., Walderich, B., Plasterk, R.H.A. (2002) Target-selected inactivation of the zebrafish rag1 gene. Science 297 (July 5): 99-102.
- Wienholds, E., Koudijs, M.J., Van Eeden, F.J.M., Cuppen, E., Plasterk, R.H.A. (2003) The microRNA-producing enzyme Dicer 1 is essential for zebrafish development. Nature Genetics 35: 217-218.
- Sijen, T., Plasterk, R.H.A. (2003) Transposon silencing in the Caenorhabditis elegans germ line by natural RNAi. Nature 426: 310-314.
- Berezikov, E., Guryev, V., van de Belt, J., Wienholds, E., Plasterk, R.H.A., Cuppen, E. (2005) Phylogenetic shadowing and computational identification of human microRNA genes. Cell 120: 21-24.
- Robert, V.J.P., Sijen, T., van Wolfswinkel, J., Plasterk, R.H.A. (2005) Chromatin and RNAi factors protect the C. elegans germline against repetitive sequences. Genes Dev. 19: 782-787.
[edit] About Plasterk
- Rosan Hollak en Ron Rijghard, "Ware baldadigheid. Het culturele DNA van minister Ronald Plasterk", NRC Handelsblad, 16 februari 2007 (Dutch language)
- Karolin Schaps (September 30, 2006). Ronald Plasterk, DNA dissenter. cafebabel.com.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Ronald Plasterk. PvdA (February 20, 2007).
- ^ (Dutch) Ronald Plasterk (May 8, 2005). Column: Kerk en Staat. Buitenhof.
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Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers: Wouter Bos (Finance) • André Rouvoet (Youth and Family)
Ministers: Guusje ter Horst (Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations) • Maxime Verhagen (Foreign Affairs) • Eimert van Middelkoop (Defense) • Maria van der Hoeven (Economic Affairs) • Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) • Gerda Verburg (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) • Ronald Plasterk (Education, Culture and Science) • Piet Hein Donner (Social Affairs and Employment) • Camiel Eurlings (Transport and Water Management) • Ab Klink (Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports) • Jacqueline Cramer (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) • Ella Vogelaar (Minister of Housing and Integration) • Bert Koenders (International Development)
State Secretaries: Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) • Frans Timmermans (European Affairs) • Nebahat Albayrak (Justice) • Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) • Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) • Sharon Dijksma (Education, Culture and Science) • Cees van der Knaap (Defense) • Tineke Huizinga (Transport and Water Management) • Frank Heemskerk (Economic Affairs) • Ahmed Aboutaleb (Social Affairs and Employment) •Jet Bussemaker (Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports)
