Background
Ullrich, Axel was born on October 19, 1943 in Lauban, Schlesien, Germany.
Ullrich, Axel was born on October 19, 1943 in Lauban, Schlesien, Germany.
Diploma in bioChemistry, University Tubingen, Germany, 1971. Postgraduate, University Munster, Institute Biochemistry, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1975.
Assistant biochemist University Munster, Institute Biochemistry, 1971—1972. Fellow University Heidelberg, Institute Molecular Genetics, Heidelberg, 1972—1974. Postdoctoral fellow department biochemistry and biophysics University California, San Francisco, 1975—1977.
Postdoctoral fellow Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn, Germany, 1975—1977. Assistant research biochemist University California, San Francisco, 1977—1978. Senior scientist Genetech, Inc., South San Francisco, 1979—1984, staff scientist, 1984—1988.
Director department molecular biology Max Planck Institute, Martinsried, Germany, since 1988. Member science advisory board, founder, consultant, chief scientist SUGEN, Inc., South San Francisco, 1991—1999. Honorary professor 2d Military Medical University, Shanghai, 1996.
Professor Sorbonne, Academy de Paris, Paris, 1996—1998. Founder, vice-chairman academy board 2d Military Medical University, Cooperative Laboratory for Biological Signal Transduction Research, Shanghai, since 1996. Founder, consultant, chief science advisor Axxima Pharmaceutical AG, Martinsreid, Germany, since 1998.
Managing director Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsreid, Germany, 1999. Board directors BioImage Aktieselskab, Soborg, Sweden. Co-chairman clinical science advisory board SUGEN, Inc./Pharmacia Upjohn, South San Francisco, California, since 1999, science advisor, California, since 1999.
Honorary professor University Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany, since 2000. Board directors ProteoMD GmbH, Tubingen. Member science advisory board Neurotech SA, since 1998, Bionomics Ltd., since 1996, Wistar Institute, since 1995, Garching Innovation GmbH, 1992—1996, Hagedorn Research Institute, 1991—1995.
Chairman science advisory board Garching Innovation GmbH, since 1996. Vice chairman science advisory board Hans Knoll Institute, since 1992.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, European Molecular Biology Organization (elected), New York Academy of Sciences, International Life Science Forum, Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft, International Union Against Cancer, American Association for Cancer Research, Gesellschaft fur Biochemie and Molekularbiologie e.V., American Society Cell Biology, Academia Europaea.