Andreas Radbruch

Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Germany

Andreas Radbruch

Academic positions:
- Scientific director, German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin (DRFZ)
- Full Professor for Experimental Rheumatology at the Charité, the medical faculty of the Humboldt University in Berlin.

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Radbruch's broad research interests in immunology comprise fields such as immunoglobulin class switching, the role of cytokines for the regulation of the immune system and the molecular basis of immunological memory, chronic immune reactions and autoimmue diseases.

Any other information:
In 2005, Dr Radbruch was made First Vice President of the German Society of Rheumatology. He has previously been President of the German Society of Cytometry, a Member of the Evaluation of Collaborative Research Grants of the German Research Council, a Member of the Henry Kunkel Society and a Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina.

Dr Radbruch is a member of several scientific committees and editorial boards of scientific journals. He has been Transmitting Editor of 'International Immunology', Editor for 'Flow cytometry and cell sorting', and on the editorial boards for many journals such as 'Cytometry' and 'Journal of Molecular Medicine'. He has also published some 200 scientific papers.

He was awarded the Karl-Heinz-Beckurts Prize for his involvement in the development of a magnetic cell sorting technology and its transfer from academia to industry and received the Aronson Prize in 2000. He has also received the Bayer-Chair at the Institute of Genetics at the University of Cologne.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology > Biomarkers of Rheumatic Disease (since 16 November 2005)

Andreas Radbruch is a Section Head for Biomarkers of Rheumatic Disease, part of the RHEUMATOLOGY & CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

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