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Prof. Dr. Arjen J. van Tunen got his Master of Science degree in 1986 at the Vrije University in Amsterdam for Medical Biology. In 1991 he got his PhD. and worked for Prof. Dr. J.N.M. Mol at the Department of Genetics on the Molecular genetics of flavonoid biosynthesis in flowers, specifically the petunia. Between 1991 and 1995 he was group leader at CPRO (now PRI) in molecular genetics of floral organ formation in flowers. Between 1995 and 1998 he was head of the department for Cell Biology at PRI. He worked on the plant as a dactory for commercially interesting components, Plant Biotechnology, flavors and fragrances, fructans and flavonoids. In 1998 until 2001 he was Director of Research at PRI and from 2001 to 2004 Director of Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. He has been the CEO of Keygene N.V. since 2004.

Other functions he is currently active in are: Chairman for the Agro Food Genomics Initiative (now NGI & CBSG), Vice-Chairman of BioPartner.
He is member of the EU food Advisory Board (FW6), the Evaluation Committee STW, the IOP Genomics PC, the Advisory Board WUR-PSG, the Egenis in the UK, and the HAN Biotechnology Advisory Committee.