Background
Závada, Jan was born on December 10, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Son of Vilém and Jaroslava (Hrejsová) Závada.
Závada, Jan was born on December 10, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Son of Vilém and Jaroslava (Hrejsová) Závada.
Doctor of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 1963.
Junior scientist, Institute Virology, Bratislava, 1956-1958; scientist, Institute Virology, Bratislava, 1963-1992; scientist, Institute Molecular Genetics, Prague, since 1993. University teacher Comenius U., Bratislava, 1963-1969, Charles U., Prague, since 1993. Visiting scientist Imperial Cancer Research Fund laboratories, London, 1969-1970,76-77, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1984-1985.
Member European Association for Cancer Research, European Molecular Biology Organisation, Learned Society.
Married Zuzana Sumavská, March 23, 1963. 1 child, Karin.