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Cisca Wijmenga

Dutch human geneticist, university professor
Person human Q20196322

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[19]
Date of birth
1964, February 16, 1964[2][5]
Place of birth
Drachten
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands[6]
Occupation
university teacher, geneticist
Employer
University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht[9][10][11]
Field of work
human genetics[7]
Position held
rector magnificus of the University of Groningen[8]
Educated at
University of Groningen[12]
Award received
Spinoza Prize, Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, EMBO Membership, ESHG Award[13][14][15][16]
Official website
www.rug.nl
Doctoral student
Maciej Geremek[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Dutch, English
Short name
Cisca Wijmenga
Academic degree
doctorate[21]
Birth name
Tjitske Nienke Wijmenga
Family name
Wijmenga[22]
Given name
Tjitske, Nienke[23]
Member of
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europaea[17][18]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia
Social media followers
+3306, +2806
🏷️ Also known as
en Tjitske Nienke Wijmenga en T.N. Wijmenga en Wijmenga C en Cisca Wijmenga en C Wijmenga en C. Wijmenga en prof. dr. T.N. Wijmenga de C. Wijmenga de Tjitske Nienke Wijmenga de T.N. Wijmenga fr C. Wijmenga fr Tjitske Nienke Wijmenga fr T.N. Wijmenga nl C. Wijmenga nl Tjitske Nienke Wijmenga nl T.N. Wijmenga
🔖 Identifiers · 20
ISNI
0000000393056398
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5635-1614
VIAF cluster ID
287184511
Library of Congress authority ID
n2016191550
OpenAlex ID
A5035504682as of 2026-09-23
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
CiscaWijmenga2015.jpg ↗
AE member ID
Wijmenga_Cisca
Catalogus Professorum Academiae Groninganae ID
2018
Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae ID
2370
Dimensions author ID
01372510466.28
Freebase ID
/m/013dg1tz
GTAA ID
255787
Show all 20 identifiers +8
Google Scholar author ID
0Hlub1IAAAAJ
Loop ID
990988
NARCIS researcher ID
PRS1277462
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
104713216
Scopus author ID
7005273061
Springer Nature person ID
01372510466.28
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrGwrWr4Cb7yQJXvkPbBP
X (Twitter) username
wijmenga_cisca

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🔗 Connections
Author of 5
A Large-Scale Genetic Analysis Reveals a Strong Contribution of the HLA Class II Region to Giant Cell Arteritis Susceptibility, Detection of stable community structures within gut microbiota co-occurrence networks from different human populations, Negative selection in humans and fruit flies involves synergistic epistasis, Phenotype prediction using biologically interpretable neural networks on multi-cohort multi-omics data, The importance of cohort studies in the post-GWAS era
← Authored by 5
A Large-Scale Genetic Analysis Reveals a Strong Contribution of the HLA Class II Region to Giant Cell Arteritis Susceptibility, Detection of stable community structures within gut microbiota co-occurrence networks from different human populations, Negative selection in humans and fruit flies involves synergistic epistasis, Phenotype prediction using biologically interpretable neural networks on multi-cohort multi-omics data, The importance of cohort studies in the post-GWAS era
Employer 4
University of Groningen, Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Groningen
Affiliated with 3
University of Oslo, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen
Award received 2
Spinoza Prize, ESHG Award
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Dutch
Member of 2
Academia Europaea, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Occupation 2
geneticist, university teacher
Academic degree 1
doctorate
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Educated at 1
University of Groningen
Field of work 1
human genetics
Given name 1
Nienke
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Drachten
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Born in Drachten[1], she… she was born in 1964[2]. She worked as a university teacher[3] and geneticist[4].

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Career and Affiliations

Employers include University Medical Center Groningen[9], a university hospital[24], in Netherlands[25], founded in 2005[26]; University of Groningen[10], a public research university[27], in Netherlands[28], founded in 1614[29], headquartered in Groningen[30]; and Utrecht University[11], a public research university[31], in Netherlands[32], founded in 1636[33], headquartered in Utrecht[34].

Recognition

Awards received include Spinoza Prize[13], a science award[35], in Netherlands[36], founded in 1995[37]; Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion[14], a grade of an order[38], in Netherlands[39], founded in 1815[40]; EMBO Membership[15], a fellowship award[41]; and ESHG Award[16], an award[42].

FAQs

Where was Cisca Wijmenga born?

Cisca Wijmenga's place of birth was Drachten[1].

What did Cisca Wijmenga do for work?

Cisca Wijmenga worked as university teacher[3] and geneticist[4].

Where did Cisca Wijmenga go to school?

Cisca Wijmenga was educated at University of Groningen[12].

What awards did Cisca Wijmenga receive?

Honors received include Spinoza Prize[13], Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion[14], EMBO Membership[15], and ESHG Award[16].

Related Entities

Kingdom of the Netherlands

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