Geert van den Bogaart is receiving the Heineken Young Scientists Award for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2012 for his research on cell biology problems.

Dr Van den Bogaart received his PhD cum laude for his study on the mobility of bio-molecules; he has continued his work at the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen. He recently received an appointment as a junior group leader at the Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences. According to the jury, Dr Van den Bogaart combines cell biology, microscopy, and insights from physics in a unique manner. The jury speaks of him as an exceptionally talented young researcher with a unique combination of different types of scientific expertise.

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Interview in Akademie Nieuws (in Dutch)