Journal of Drug Metabolism & Toxicology
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Jurgen Borlak

Biography

Jurgen Borlak was a Cancer Research Campaign-founded postdoctoral research scientist and in 1990 joined the Marion Merrel Dow Research Institute in Strasbourg, France, as Principal Investigator. In 1998, he was appointed Director of the Center of Drug Research and Molecular Pharmacology at the Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine; the centre focuses largely on the molecular effects of drugs and xenobiotics, using a wide range of methods and technologies in cell biology, genomics and molecular biology. In 2000, Jurgen Borlak was habilitated in pharmacology and toxicology and received the venia legendi at the Medical School of Hannover. In 2002 he was appointed as Full Professor to the chair of Pharmaco- and Toxicogenomics at the Medical School of Hannover. He was also appointed as Professor of Molecular Anatomy at the Medical Faculty of the University Leipzig in 2003. Jurgen Borlak is author of 183 original publications and 25 book chapters. He is reviewer and member of the editorial board for various scientific journals. Amongst others he is member of the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences and an appointed expert of the World Health Organisation.

Research Interest

Technology platforms applied, including DNA arrays or proteomics, via the bioinformatics tools required, right up to applications of toxicogenomics presented in numerous case studies, while also including an overview of national programs and initiatives as well as regulatory perspectives.