Background
Forejt, Jirí F. was born on December 28, 1944 in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Son of Frantisek and Stanislava Forejt.
Forejt, Jirí F. was born on December 28, 1944 in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Son of Frantisek and Stanislava Forejt.
Doctor of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, 1968. Doctor of Science, Charles University, Prague, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1975.
Postdoctoral fellow Academy of Sciences Prague, 1969-1975, head department, since 1981. Vice president council science The Academy of Sciences The Czech Republic, since 2001. Visiting research fellow Institut Pasteur, Paris, 1980.
Vis research scholar Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, 1989. Visiting professor Princeton University, 1992-1993, visiting research scholar, 1993-1994, 96-97. Head subcontract National Institutes of Health grant, 1992-1997.
Head committee Czech Grant Agency, Prague, 1995-1998.
Member Czech Biological Society, Czech Bio-chemical Society, European Molecular Biology Organization, Czech Learned Society.
Married Marie Kotfaldová, April 22, 1972. Children: Kamila, Alena.