Jan M. Ruijter

Jan M Ruijter trained as a medical biologist and worked in endocrinology, neurobiology, ophthalmology and embryology. He is currently appointed as principle investigator in the department of Anatomy, Embryology & Physiology (Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) where he is heading a research group studying the relation between gene expression and the development of the heart with molecular, image analysis and 3D reconstruction and quantification techniques.

The statistical analysis of research data resulted in the development of the LinRegPCR program for the analysis quantitative PCR data based on PCR efficiency values derived from amplification curves (http://LinRegPCR.nl). LinRegPCR imports raw fluorescence data, performs baseline correction and reports target quantities based on the mean PCR efficiency per amplicon; its compatibility with RDML places the program in a pipeline between the qPCR apparatus and final statistical analysis.