We are delighted to inform you that Prof. Frank Grosveld (from Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) has been awarded the Princess Lilian Foundation visiting professorship 2013-14 at KU Leuven.

Frank Grosveld is a world-leading expert in transcription and chromatin regulation in cell differentiation and disease, and also had his research accompanied by frontline development of multiple genome-wide omicsapproaches. Frank Grosveld will stay for 1 week in Belgium (March 16-March 22, 2014) and talk to researchers of KU Leuven and other Belgian universities.

In Leuven, the opening ceremony, encompassing a public lecture by Frank Grosveld, and followed by a reception takes place on Monday, March 17, 2014 from 16:00 onwards at KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg.

In addition, several organisations co-organize an 1-day symposium in two parts on several technical and conceptual aspects of Omics, especially also intended for young scientists, with expert speakers and technology developers, including Frank Grosveld, and also presentations by young scientists onFriday, March 21, 2014, at KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg.

All information on the Princess Lilian Foundation visiting professorship, the program of the March 17 and 21 events, downloadable posters of the program, and the registration modules for each of both events, can be found at http://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/plf