André Deelder

André Deelder is head of the Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics at the Leiden University Medical Center. He obtained his masters and PhD from Leiden University in the early 1970s and in 1985 was appointed a full professor. “My research has focused on the immunology, epidemiology, and glycobiology of schistosomiasis, and on structural and functional studies of parasite glycoconjugates”. During these studies he pioneered the development of anti-glycan monoclonal antibody panels for detection of schistosome circulating antigens. “I set up a biomolecular mass spectrometry group with an infrastructure that is – in the field of clinical proteomics and metabolomics – unique for The Netherlands in both size and scope.” The group has now evolved into the Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics.