Dr Rob Ruijtenbeek is Head of Proteomics Research within Pamgene (‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands), where heperforms research on microarray applications in kinase research and other proteomics areas.Prior to joiningPamGene he worked in the area of medicinal chemistry and asthma research at the faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, where he received his Ph.D. degree in 2001.He holds an M.Sc. degree in biochemistry and organic chemistry from the University of Nijmegen (1996).