Specialization

Clinical Genetics

Focus of research

Genetic Obesity - genetic diagnostics, phenotyping, new treatment options

Syndromic obesity disorders

  • 16p11.2 deletion syndrome
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome
  • Disorders of GNAS inactivation
  • GNB1
  • PHIP (Chung-Jansen syndrome)
  • Schaaf-Yang syndrome 

Non-syndromic obesity disorders

  • LEPR 
  • MC4R
  • POMC
  • SIM1

Personalized medicine (Emma center for personalized medicine)

  • Treatment for rare genetic disorders
  • Proof-of-concept trial: Glibenclamide treatment for Cantú Syndroom