Basic Science of MPN
09:40 – 10:15
Mutations in MPN: Hereditary Predispositions, Disease Initiators and Drivers of Progression
Dr. Robert Kralovics

Visiting Professor, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Independent Principal Investigator, CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria


 

Education

1997Ph.D. degree in Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic, Thesis: DNA and chromatin structure of repetitive sequences
1993M.Sc. degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Thesis: Alu polymerase chain reaction
1988-1993Undergraduate studies in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

 

Professional Experience

2010~Visiting Professor, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2010-2011Head of Next Generation Sequencing and Genomics facility of CeMM
2006~ Independent Principal Investigator, CeMM, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
2002-2006Project Leader, Department of Research, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
2001-2002Project Leader, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
2000-2001Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Houston, USA
1998-2000Research Instructor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
1996-1998Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
1995-1995Invited Research Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, work on human myeloproliferative disorders, with particular emphasis on molecular genetics
1993-1996Graduate Student at the Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic, research on biological role of repetitive sequences in plants
1992-1992TEMPUS fellowship, King's College, University of London, UK