Jurgen Bernhagen
Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany
Biography
Jurgen Bernhagen has studied Biochemistry and Immunology at the University of Tübingen, Germany and at Queen Mary College, London, UK. He has performed a sandwich PhD thesis at the University of Tübingen and at the Picower Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA and trained as a Post doctorate at the Picower. He is currently a full Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and the Chair and Director of the homonymous institute. His main research interest has been on cytokines, chemokines and their role in inflammation with a focus on MIF and the biochemical and structural features and mechanisms of such inflammatory mediators. He has also studies the COP9 signalosome, disease models encompass rodent model of atherosclerosis, sepsis, liver and kidney disease as well as colitis and colorectal cancer. He has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed papers in these areas, several of them published in leading journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine, or PNAS. He serves on the Editorial Board of several journals and serves on several Review committees for extramural funding and various fellowship organizations.
Abstract
Abstract : MIF proteins as prototypical innate chemokines in inflammatory and cardiovascular disease
