Christoph Borner

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor of Medical Cell Research, University of Freiburg

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
• 1984: Dipl Biology II, University of Basel, Switzerland
• 1988: PhD, University of Basel, Switzerland
• 1998: Habilitation, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
• 1988-1991: Postdoctoral Fellow in Cancer Research, Columbia University, NY, USA
• 1991-1993: Postdoctoral Fellow in Apoptosis Research, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
• 1993-2000: Assistant Professor, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
• 2000-2006: Associate Professor (C3), University of Freiburg, Germany
• 2006-present: Full Professor (C4/W3) in Medical Cell Research, University of Freiburg
• 2007-present Director of the Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM) of University of Freiburg in the frame of the Excellence Initiative Germany
• 2007-present Deputy Director of the International Graduate Academy (IGA) of the University of Freiburg in the frame of the Excellence Initiative

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES:
• 1986-present: Member of the Union Schweizerischer Gesellschaften für Experimentelle Biologie (USGEB)
• 1988-present: Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1988: Organizer of International Conference 'Life and Death of a Cell', Fribourg, Switzerland
• 1999-present: Election to the Editorial Board of 'Cell Death and Differentiation'
• 1999-present: Member of the Cell Death Society, New York, USA
• 2000-present: Member of the European Cell Death Society (ECDO)
• 2000-present: Regular Reviewer for Molecular Cell, Molecular Cell Biology, EMBO Journal, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cell Death and Differentiation, Experimental Cell Research, Nature Medicine, Science, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA, Biochemical Biophysical Acta
• 2000-present: Regular Reviewer for Grant agencies Swiss National Science Foundation, Welcome Trust, Science Foundation Irland, Danish Cancer Society, Cancer Research UK
• 2001-present: Election to the Editorial Board of Biochimica Biophysica Acta (BBA)
• 2001: Organizer of Conference 'Cancer: from birth to death', Sarteano, Tuscany, Italy
• 2004: Election to the Board of Directors of Cell Death Society New York, USA

HONORS AND AWARDS:
• 1988: Magna cum laude, University of Basel
• 1988-2000: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation
• 1993-2000: Junior Professor Award: Swiss National Science Foundation
• 1997-1998: Research Award AETAS (Aging Research), Geneva, Switzerland
• 2000: Nomination for C4 Full Professorship in Biochemistry, University of Graz, Austria
• 2004: Nomination for Member of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit, Leicester, UK
• 2005: Nomination for Full Professorship and Chairman of Molecular Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Elucidation of the function of multidomain anti- and pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members (Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Mcl-1, Bax and Bak)
• Characterization of components of caspase-independent and RNA-virus (SFV)-induced apoptosis signaling
• Mathematical modelling of apoptotic and mitogenic FasL signaling pathways in primary hepatocytes

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