Background
Auwerx, Johan Henri was born on October 4, 1958 in Diepenbeek, Limburg, Belgium. Son of Rene Auwerx and Maria Gilissen.
molecular biologist medical educator
Auwerx, Johan Henri was born on October 4, 1958 in Diepenbeek, Limburg, Belgium. Son of Rene Auwerx and Maria Gilissen.
Bachelor of Medicine, Catholic U., Leuven, Belgium, 1978; Doctor of Medicine, Catholic U., Leuven, Belgium, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, Catholic U., Leuven, Belgium, 1990; Specialist in Endocrinology, Catholic U., Leuven, Belgium, 1987.
Intern Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada, 1981. Resident in medicine University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, 1982—1985, fellow in endocrinology & metabolism Belgium, 1985—1986, consultant in endocrinology & metabolism Belgium, 1988—1991. Research fellow in molecular endocrinology Katholieke Universiteit, 1986.
Senior research fellow in molecular endocrinology University Washington, Seattle, 1986—1989, fellow in endocrinology & metabolism, 1986—1988. Research associate NFWO Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, 1988—1991. Research director (full professor) National Center for Scientific Research Institute Pasteur, Lille, France, 1991—1999, National Center for Scientific Research Institute de Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire et Cellularie, Illkirch, France, 1999—2003.
Professor medicine Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 2003—2008. Full professor life sciences Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Lausanne, Switzerland, since 2008. Co-director Institute Clinique de la Souris, 2002—2006, director, 2006—2008.
Consultant Janssen Pharmaceutical Industry, Beerse, Belgium, Ligand Pharmaceutical, La Jolla, California, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey. Visiting professor Harvard Medical School, Boston since 2007. Invited speaker in the field.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Federation Clinical Research, American Heart Association (fellow council on atherosclerosis 1989), American Society Microbiology, Endocrine Society, European Atherosclerosis Society, Institut Francais de Nutrition, European Molecular Biology Organization, Belgian Lipid Club.