Agilent Technologies Presents Early Career Professor Award to Dr. Roeland Verhaak
Jackson Laboratory Professor Recognized for Work in Big Data in Life Sciences
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has named Roeland G.W. Verhaak, Ph.D., as the winner of the company’s prestigious Early
Career Professor Award.
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Agilent award winner Dr. Verhaak (Photo: Business Wire)
Dr. Verhaak has been selected for his contributions to the implementation of transcriptomics, genomics, and big-data analysis to
the classification and diagnosis of various cancer types, including acute myeloid leukemia and glioblastoma. His approach and
results spearheaded the implementation of the molecular analysis of cancer.
Dr. Verhaak recently joined The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) as professor and associate director of computational biology.
“Dr. Verhaak is recognized internationally for the development and implementation of workflows for the analysis of big-data from
transcriptomics to next generation sequencing approaches. His data-driven, unbiased analyses of cancer genomics and profound
understanding of cancer biology are improving our ability to identify clinically relevant subtypes of cancer,” said Jack Wenstrand,
Agilent's director of university relations and external research. "Agilent is pleased to recognize Dr. Verhaak with this award and
to support his important research at JAX."
“We’re so pleased that Dr. Verhaak has received this prestigious award in recognition of his outstanding work in advancing human
health,” said Charles Lee, Ph.D., FACMG, scientific director and professor at JAX Genomic Medicine.
The annual Agilent Early Career Professor Award was established in 2008. Through this award, Agilent seeks to recognize the
achievements of academic researchers in the early stages of their careers and to establish strong collaborative relationships with
them early in their professional lives. This award underscores Agilent's commitment to furthering research through the company's
products and services, financial support, and collaborative engagement by Agilent scientists and engineers.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, is the
premier laboratory partner for a better world. Agilent works with customers in more than 100 countries, providing instruments,
software, services and consumables for the entire laboratory workflow. The company generated revenues of $4.04 billion in fiscal
2015 and employs about 12,000 people worldwide. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.
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