Taraxacum  Club

Curriculum Vitae

 

name: Willem (Wim) B. Van Muiswinkel

 

residence: Texel, the Netherlands                                                        

 

interests and expertise: Cell Biology in general. Fish immunology, fish vaccination and the effect of antibiotics, genetic selection, pollutants and stress on fish health.                       

 

environmental organisations: Board member of the Christelijke Jeugdbond voor Natuurvrienden (CJN) 1963-64; local organiser of the IYF study camp for on the Wadden Island, Ameland, 1964; member of  “Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten ” and “Vogelbescherming” (NL) since 1959; volunteer for the protection of nesting birds in agricultural areas “Weidevogelbescherming” at Texel Island since 2010

 

educational qualifications: MSc Biology / Biochemistry, Free University, Amsterdam (NL); PhD Immunology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (NL)

 

profession (current): retired 

 

profession (previous): Professor of Cell Biology & Immunology, Wageningen University (NL); Dean of Biology, Wageningen University; visiting professor of universities at Guelph (Canada), Corvallis (USA) and Charlotte Town (Canada)

 

publications, conferences, etc.

- D.P. Anderson, W.B. van Muiswinkel & B.S. Roberson. 1984. Effects of chemically induced immune modulation on infectious diseases of fish. Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. 161, 187-211.      

- P.W. Wester, A.D. Vethaak & W.B. van Muiswinkel. 1994. Fish as biomarkers in immunotoxicology. Toxicology 86, 213-232.                                                                                                                                                                                     

- W.B. van Muiswinkel & M. Nakao. 2014. A short history of research on immunity to infectious diseases in fish. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 43,130-150.