After receiving his PhD in Medicine from the University of Amsterdam in 2007, Arjen van den Berg moved to San Diego, USA, joining The Scripps Research Institute to work in the field small RNA mediated regulation of gene expression. He then joined the lab of Steven Dowdy at the department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine of UCSD to work on the dream of bringing siRNA drugs into the clinic to target the undruggable domain. With over two decades of hardcore molecular cell biology experience under his belt he joined ThermoFisher Scientific in Frederick, MD in 2017, where he currently leads a team dedicated to early feasibility research in the field of optimizing mammalian protein and viral vector production systems.
When not fixing problems and creating solutions in the lab, Arjen can be found aimlessly biking around in the hood or wandering in nature, pumping his skateboard around the track or wrenching on his classic sports car. Preferably in the company of his family.