Frans HJ Claas, Netherlands

professor Immunogenetics of Transplantation
Dept. Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion
Leiden University Medical Center

Frans Claas, Ph.D, is director of the Eurotransplant Reference Laboratory and professor “Immunogenetics of transplantation” at the Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. The main topics of his current research are the differential immunogenicity of HLA mismatches in clinical transplantation and the immunology of pregnancy as a model for transplantation tolerance. The studies of his research group have generated more than 500 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He was the initiator of a special program within Eurotransplant to enhance transplantation of highly sensitized renal transplant patients on basis of acceptable HLA mismatches. He is an active member of different professional societies as reflected amongst others by his past-presidency of the European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI) and past-membership of the Board of the American Society for Histocompatibilty and Immunogenetics (ASHI). He is an editor-in chief of Transplant Immunology.

Presentations by Frans HJ Claas

Sessions chaired by Frans HJ Claas

When Session Room
Mon-02
09:45 - 11:15
Oral Abstract Session — Antibody Responses (Videos Available) N-104


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