Pierre De Meyts | |
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| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) Verviers, Belgium |
| Education | University of Liège |
| Known for | Diabetogenes |
| Awards | Christophe Plantin Prize, Belgium |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Hormone-receptor interaction of peptide hormones, physiopathogenesis of diabetes |
| Institutions | Hôpital de Bavière; Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Université catholique de Louvain; Beckman Research Institute, California; Hagedorn Research Institute, Copenhagen; University of Copenhagen |
Pierre De Meyts (born 1944) is a Belgian physician and biochemist known for his research on fine chemical and kinetic aspects of ligand-receptor interaction, subunit assembly, and specific metabolic (as well as mitogenic) effects of hormones typically causing receptor tyrosine kinase activation such as insulin and insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). He has also studied receptor signalling for other peptide hormones such as growth hormone and relaxin, and key pathophysiological aspects of diabetes mellitus. De Meyts held professorial posts for over three decades at several European and United States institutions and currently is an emeritus professor in the Science Faculty at the Université catholique de Louvain.[1][2] While living in Denmark (1990-2010) he occupied executive research positions at Novo Nordisk.[3] De Meyts (a.k.a. Chuck) is also known as a science cartoonist.[4][5]
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- ^ "Speaker Biographies". ectsoc.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Pierre de Meyts". excellence-in-diabetes.eu. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Featured Cartoons by Pierre De Meyts". sarahgreene.net. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ De Meyts, Pierre (2005). "A Scientist and a Cartoonist: how Chuck came to be". IUBMB Life. 57 (4–5): 251–252. doi:10.1080/152165405000943134. S2CID 221830282.