Ralf Bartenschlager

Ralf F. W. Bartenschlager (born May 29, 1958) is a German virologist who has been researching hepatitis C since 1989. He is a professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Heidelberg University.[1]

Ralf Bartenschlager
Born(1958-05-29)May 29, 1958
Mannheim, Germany
Alma mater
  • University of Heidelberg
Scientific career
Institutions

Early life

Bartenschlager grew up in Mannheim. After high school, he worked as a policemen for four years before starting his undergraduate in biology in 1981 at Heidelberg University.[2] He conduced his thesis work with Heinz Schaller at the ZMBH in Heidelberg on the structure and functional role of the P-protein in Hepatitis B viruses. After graduating in 1990, he continued working as a postdoc at Heidelberg University until joining Hoffmann-La Roche in 1991, where he began working on Hepatitis C.[3]

He was a recipient of the 2016 Lasker Award for Clinical Research for discoveries related to hepatitis C virus, jointly with Charles M. Rice and Michael J. Sofia.[4][5]

References
  1. http://www.cellnetworks.uni-hd.de/19832/CV_Bartenschlager.pdf
  2. Foundation, Lasker. "Hepatitis C replicon system and drug development | The Lasker Foundation". The Lasker Foundation. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  3. "CV Ralf Bartenschlager" (PDF).
  4. Yin, Steph (13 September 2016). "Lasker Awards Given for Work in Physiology, Virology and Science Education" – via NYTimes.com.
  5. "2016 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award: Hepatitis C replicon system and drug development". The Lasker Foundation. 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.


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