Fina Kurreeman

Fina A. S. Kurreeman
Born
Mauritius
NationalityMauritius, Netherlands
Alma mater
AwardsUNESCO-L'oréal For Women in Science International Fellowships (2009)
Scientific career
FieldsRheumatology, Immunology, Medical Genetics
InstitutionsLeiden University Medical Center

Fina Kurreeman is a Mauritian-Dutch medical geneticist and professor of rheumatology at the Leiden University Medical Center.[1] Kurreeman has authored 52 papers and received more than 6000 citations for her work in the genetic basis of Inflammatory disorders, in particular studying the role of non-coding RNA in disease pathologies.[2] She was awarded a 2011 Leiden University Medical Center Fellowship.[3]

Education

Kureeman completed her postdoc between the Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Broad Institute,[4] in the laboratory of George Church.[2]

Career and advocacy

Kurreeman's recent work focuses on investigating the role of long non-coding RNAs in fibrosis and sclerosis.[5][6]

In 2020, Kurreeman advocated for international support for Mauritius in the wake of the MV Wakashio oil spill, noting the biomedical potential of biodiversity and how such climate disasters can threaten future research.[2] She referenced in particular that many ongoing drug development projects depend on biomolecules recovered from environments such as those ecologies threatened by the oil spill,[7] stressing the importance of biobanking and sequencing projects.

Prices and recognitions

  • 2009 - UNESCO-L’Oréal For Women in Science International Fellowships[8]

References

  1. ^ LUMC. "Prijzen en subsidies | LUMC". www.lumc.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  2. ^ a b c Degnarain, Nishan. "Silicon Valley SynBio Firms In Race To Save Mauritius Unique Biodiversity From Oil Spill". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  3. ^ LUMC. "LUMC Fellowship and Gisela Thier Felllowship | LUMC". www.lumc.nl. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  4. ^ Kurreeman, Fina; Liao, Katherine; Chibnik, Lori; Hickey, Brendan; Stahl, Eli; Gainer, Vivian; Li, Gang; Bry, Lynn; Mahan, Scott; Ardlie, Kristin; Thomson, Brian (2011-01-07). "Genetic basis of autoantibody positive and negative rheumatoid arthritis risk in a multi-ethnic cohort derived from electronic health records". American Journal of Human Genetics. 88 (1): 57–69. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.12.007. ISSN 1537-6605. PMC 3014362. PMID 21211616.
  5. ^ Pachera, Elena; Assassi, Shervin; Salazar, Gloria A.; Stellato, Mara; Renoux, Florian; Wunderlin, Adam; Blyszczuk, Przemyslaw; Lafyatis, Robert; Kurreeman, Fina; de Vries-Bouwstra, Jeska; Messemaker, Tobias (2020-09-01). "Long noncoding RNA H19X is a key mediator of TGF-β-driven fibrosis". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130 (9): 4888–4905. doi:10.1172/JCI135439. ISSN 1558-8238. PMC 7456219. PMID 32603313.
  6. ^ Messemaker, Tobias C.; Chadli, Loubna; Cai, Guoshuai; Goelela, Varshna S.; Boonstra, Maaike; Dorjée, Annemarie L.; Andersen, Stefan N.; Mikkers, Harald M. M.; van 't Hof, Peter; Mei, Hailiang; Distler, Oliver (April 2018). "Antisense Long Non-Coding RNAs Are Deregulated in Skin Tissue of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 138 (4): 826–835. doi:10.1016/j.jid.2017.09.053. hdl:1887/74975. ISSN 1523-1747. PMID 29179949.
  7. ^ IV, Louis Metzger. "How The Indian Ocean Oil Spill Could Impact Global Health". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  8. ^ "Fifteen women researchers receive UNESCO-L'Oréal For Women in Science International Fellowships". www.bionity.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.