Frank Grosveld is a molecular biologist whose research interests are in the regulation of transcription during development with a particular emphasis on mammalian erythroid differentiation. He obtained his PhD at McGill University, Montreal and after completing two postdoctoral periods with Charles Weissmann (Zurich) and Richard Flavell (Amsterdam and London) he started his own research group at the national Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill. He is presently a professor and Head of the Department of Cell Biology at the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science.