Prof. Walter Kolch is the Director
of Systems Biology Ireland at the School of Medicine, University College Dublin.
He was a Professor
of Molecular Cell Biology from 2000 to 2009 and Director of Sir Henry Wellcome
Functional Genomics Facility from 2001 to 2009 at the University
of Glasgow. He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine from the University
of Vienna in Austria. A leading international proponent of precision medicine, he
originally trained as a clinician, subsequently working in the pharmaceutical
industry, research institutes, and academia. He has designed, developed, and
coordinated innovative systems biology, systems medicine, and precision
medicine programs of vision, scale, and impact with a track record of
competitive grant funding of over two hundred million. He serves on several
editorial boards and scientific advisory boards and is a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. In 2022, he received
the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland Mentorship Award.
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Network Biology
Protein Kinases
Proteomics
Signal Transduction
precision oncology
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Short Biography
Prof. Walter Kolch is the Director
of Systems Biology Ireland at the School of Medicine, University College Dublin.
He was a Professor
of Molecular Cell Biology from 2000 to 2009 and Director of Sir Henry Wellcome
Functional Genomics Facility from 2001 to 2009 at the University
of Glasgow. He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine from the University
of Vienna in Austria. A leading international proponent of precision medicine, he
originally trained as a clinician, subsequently working in the pharmaceutical
industry, research institutes, and academia. He has designed, developed, and
coordinated innovative systems biology, systems medicine, and precision
medicine programs of vision, scale, and impact with a track record of
competitive grant funding of over two hundred million. He serves on several
editorial boards and scientific advisory boards and is a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. In 2022, he received
the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland Mentorship Award.
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