Søren Brunak obtained his Master of Science degree in Physics, in 1987 at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, in 1991 his Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Biology at the Department of Structural Properties of Materials, Technical University of Denmark, and in 2002 a Doctor.phil. (honoris causa) from the Natural Science Faculty of the Stockholm University.
He is the director of the Center for Biological Sequence Analysis at the Department of Systems Biology of the Technical University of Denmark since 1993. (honoris causa) from the Natural Science Faculty of the Stockholm University. He is part of the scientific advisory committees of several scientific organizations, such as European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg), Ensembl at the European Bioinformatics Institute/Sanger Centre (chairman), the Bioinformatics Advisory Committee at the European Bioinformatics Institute (chairman), and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (Berlin).
Director
Villum Kann Rasmussen Price for within the Natural and Technical Sciences (2006). Brunak"s main research is in Bioinformatics and systems biology. In particular, the prediction of protein properties from their sequences.
Foreign example, protein cleavage sites, protein glycosilation sites, phosphorylation sites, transmembrane helices, et cetera
1993–present: Member: Danish Academy for the Natural Sciences (deoxyribonucleic acid). 1997-2003: Board of directors BioCentrum-Technical University of Denmark. 1998: Bjerrum-Brøndsted-Language Award from the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. 2000–present: Board of directors, Selskabet for Naturlærens Udbredelse. 2000–present: Nordic Bioinformatics Network Program Board. 2001-2004: Board of directors, International Society for Computational Biology. 2001–present: Member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences. 2002: Director Ib Henriksens Price for Outstanding Science Achievement. 2004–present: Member: Danish Royal Society of Science and Letters. 2006: Villum Kann Rasmussen Price for within the Natural and Technical Sciences.
He is member of the Danish Academy for the Natural Sciences since 1997, member of the Board of directors of the International Society for Computational Biology since 2001, of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences since 2002, and of the Danish Royal Society of Science and Letters since 2004. 2001–present: Member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences.
