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| Education |
| 1977-1985 |
Medical School, University of Graz |
| 1985 |
M.D. degree |
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| Career History |
| 1992 |
Habilitation in Molecular Pathology |
| 1991-1993 |
Postdoc at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (I.M.P), Vienna, Austria, in the group of Prof. Max L. Birnstiel (development of gene therapies for cancer) |
| 1997 |
Professor of Pathology |
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| Career-related Activities & Memberships |
| 2000 - 2003 |
Member of the board of the Austrian Science Fund |
| 2001 - 2009 |
Member of the Bioethics Commission at the Federal Chancellery |
| 2001 |
Founder of Oridis-Biomed (CEO 2001-2005) |
| 2002 - 2005 |
President of the Austrian Society of Genetics and Gene Technology |
| 2002 |
Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 2002 - 2007 |
Member of the OECD task force on biological resource centres |
| 2004 - 2011 |
Member of the Roadmap (thematic) Working Group of the European Strategy, Forum on Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) |
| 2002 |
Coordinator of the Genome Austria Tissue Bank, GATiB |
| 2007 - 2011 |
Coordinator of ESFRI Biomedical and Biobanking Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI) |
| 2009 |
Member of the Austrian “Arzneimittelbeirat” |
| 2009 |
Santa Chiara Chair at the University of Siena |
| 2009 |
Honorary Professor of the University of Dundee |
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| Publications |
| 148 publications, 14 patents |
