CV of Frederik Richard Opperdoes

Mail Address

ICP-TROP 74.39, Avenue Hippocrate 74-75, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: ++32-2-764.74.39 (secretary), Fax: ++32-2-762.68.53
Tel: ++32-2-764.74.55 (direct)
E-mail: Opperdoes_at_bchm.ucl.ac.be

Private Address

Pimberg 109, 3360 Korbeek-Lo, Belgium
Tel. +32-16-46.27.43

Education

• 1972 - M.Sc. University of Amsterdam, Chemistry / Biochemistry
• 1977 - Ph.D. University of Amsterdam, Biochemistry

Positions held

• 1994: Head of the Biochemistry unit of the Catholic Universtity of Louvain
• 1994: Professor at the Catholic Universtity of Louvain
• 1991- now: Member of the Directorate of the "Christian de Duve" Institute of Cellular Pathology (ICP)
• 1980-now: Head of the Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, "de Duve" Institute of Cellular Pathology, Brussels, Belgium
• 1978-1980: Senior Investigator at the International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Brussels, Belgium (Director Prof. Dr. Ch. de Duve)
• 1976-1978: Post-doctoral research fellow with the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (ZWO)
• 1977: Ph.D. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. P. Borst)
• 1972-1976: Research fellow at the Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Director: Prof. Dr. E.C. Slater)

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Professional interests

1. Biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology of protozoan parasites, with special reference to the Trypanosomatidae
2. Chemotherapy of protozoal diseases
3. Carbohydrate, Intermediary and Energy metabolism of parasites
4. Biogenesis of sub-cellular organelles
5. Receptor-mediated endocytosis
6. Molecular evolution of protists.

Publications

Author of over 150 original publications in refereed international journals and review papers and over 110 abstracts.

Fred's publications since 1991