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ECN Board

Executive Board

Past-President

Christoph Schmidt
Germany

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Institute of Pharmacology of Natural 
Products & Clinical Pharmacology
Ulm University
Germany

President

Elena Goicoechea de Jorge
Spain

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Center for Biological Research 
Margarita Salas (CSIC), 
Madrid

Spain

Secretary

Kevin Marchbank
UK

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The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
 

UK

Treasurer

Simon Clark
UK

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Institute for Ophthalmic Research
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Germany

Board Members

Claire Harris
United Kingdom

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Cardiff University & Newcastle University, 
Cardiff & Newcastle-upon-Tyne
UK

Roberta Bulla
Italy

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Dept. of Life Sciences 
University of Trieste
Italy

Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl
Sweden

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Uppsala University, Uppsala, Linnaeus University, Kalmar,
Sweden

Richard Pouw
The Netherlands

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Sanquin Research and Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Marina Noris
Italy

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Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Bergamo
Italy

Søren Pischke
Norway

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Oslo University Hospital
Norway

Felix Poppelaars
The Netherlands

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University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen
The Netherlands

Robert Rieben
Switzerland

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Department of BioMedical Research, University of Bern, 
Switzerland

Gregers R Andersen
Denmark

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Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
Denmark

Rubén Pío Osés
Spain

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Translational Oncology group, Cima Universidad de Navarra
Spain

Previous Presidents and Secretaries:
ECN PresidentsYears of Service        SecretariesYears of service
  Christoph Schmidt, Germany  2022 -  Mihály Józsi, Hungary  2024-2026
  Elena Giocoechea de Jorge, Spain  2022-2024

Reinhard Würzner, Austria       

 

2017-2022

 

Christoph Schmidt, Germany2019-2022
Leendert Trouw, Netherlands   2015-2019
Tom Eirik Mollnes, Norway

 2013-2017

 

Anna Blom, Sweden2012-2015
Zvi Fishelson, Israel2011-2013

Matthew Pickering, UK

 

2009-2012

 

Peter Zipfel, Germany

2007-2011

 

Sakari Jokiranta, Finland2003 - 2009
Paul Morgan, UK

2003 - 2007

 

Seppo Meri, Finland2001 - 2003

 

Reinhard Würzner, Austria

 

1997 - 2003

Anders Sjöholm, Sweden

1997- 2001

 

Previous Board Members and Year of Departure:

Year of departure

Member

2026

 P. Nillson (SE), M. Skjoedt (DK), M. Jószi (HU)

2024

R. Würzner (AT) 

2022

B. Nilsson (SE), N. Thielens (FR), M. Trendelenburg (CH), E. Volokhina (NL)

2019

P. Gál (HU), M. Noris (IT), S. Thiel (DK), M. López-Trascasa (ES), L. Trouw (NL), M. Pickering (UK),  T. Mollnes (NO)

2017

Z. Fishelson (IL), J. Köhl (DE), S. Meri (FI)

2015

H. Stoiber (AT), V. Fremeaux-Bacchi (FR), P. Sanchez-Corral (ES), R. Rieben (CH), A. Blom (SE)

2013

F. Tedesco (IT), L. Varga (HU), P. Zipfel (DE)

2011

P. Garred, (DK), M.R. Daha (NL), V. Kotnik (SK), S. Jokiranta, (FI)

2009

G.J. Arason (IS), G. Arlaud (FR), M. Lopez-Trascasa (ES), C. Speth (AT), P. Santos (PT)

2007

M. Cicardi (IT), A. Erdei (HU), H. Lutz (CH), L. Truedsson (SE), P. B. Morgan (UK)

2005

C. E. Hack (NL), M. Kirschfink (DE), T.-E. Mollnes (NO)

2003

M. Colomb (FR), Z. Fishelson (IL), R.G. Q. Leslie (DK), S. Meri (FI), J. E. Volanakis (EL), R. Würzner (AT)

2001

G. Füst (HU), S. Rodriguez de Cordoba (ES), J. Schifferli (CH), A. Sjöholm (SE), F. Tedesco (IT)

1999

M. Daha (NL), M. Kazatchkine (FR), M. Loos (DE), R. B. Sim (UK)

1997

M. Dierich (AT), U. Nydegger (CH), P. Schena (IT), S-E. Svehag (DK)
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