Background
Eiberg, Hans was born on April 8, 1945 in Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark. Son of Helge Lytchoff and Christense Eiberg.
Eiberg, Hans was born on April 8, 1945 in Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark. Son of Helge Lytchoff and Christense Eiberg.
Candidate science, University Copenhagen, 1970.
In 1970. He has worked with genetics at the Institute for Medical Biochemistry and Genetics of Copenhagen University since 1971, and became a associate professor at the institute in 1975. In 1972, he and professor January Mohr established the Copenhagen Family Bank, a database of deoxyribonucleic acid samples from approximately 1000 large Danish families. Hans Eiberg contributed to the mapping of the human genome, and has succeeded in finding important genetic markers for several serious illnesses such as cystic fibrosis, Batten disease and various diseases of the eye.
He has also shown that bedwetting is a hereditary disease rather than a psychological disturbance.
Hans Eiberg has written more than 250 articles published in international journals.
Member Human Genome Organisation, Danish Society Medical Genetics, European Society Human Genetics.
Married Else Dettmer (deceased 1971). Children: Cecilie, Charlotte. Married Ingemarie Nyegaard, August 3, 1991.