Dr Bernd Blobel studied Mathematics Technical Cybernetics and Electronics Bio Cybernetics Physics Medicine and Informatics at the University of Magdeburg and other universities in the former GDR He received his PhD in Physics with a neurophysiological study Furthermore he completed his Habilitation qualification as a university professor in Medicine and Informatics He was Head of the Institute for Biometrics and Medical Informatics at the University of Magdeburg and later Head of the Health Telematics Project Group at the Fraunhofer IIS in Erlangen After that he served until his retirement as Head of the German National eHealth Competence Center at the University of Regensburg as well as Head of the International Interdisciplinary PhD and PostDoc College He has been actively involved in the digitalization of healthcare and electronic health record strategies in many countries He has published more than 600 papers edited many books and supervised numerous PhD students from around the world He served as the German Representative to many standards development organizations including HL7 ISO CEN OMG IEEE ASTM and SNOMED while also chairing the national mirror groups He continues to contribute to international higher education and has supervised many PhD students worldwide He has played a leading role in several national digital health programs and is a Fellow of several international academies He has also served in important roles with global organizations including the World Health Organization the European Commission and UNESCO.
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Managing Healthcare Transformation Towards Knowledge-Based Intelligent and Ethical 5P Medicine Ecosystems
Julee Kim received her diplom degree in Biotechnology at the Westfaelische Wilhelms University of Muenster in 2007. She graduated from the Westfaelische Wilhelms University of Muenster with a PhD degree in Biology in 2013. During her PhD, she studied at the Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Muenster. She completed her post-doctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco, and at Columbia University, Irving Cancer Research Center. She worked as a research assistant professor at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, and as a research professor at CHA University. She was a senior researcher at Seoul National University. She was a principal researcher at Cellengene. Currently, she is a senior researcher at Redgene. She has 8 publications in international journals. She presented papers at more than 10 national and international conferences. Additionally, she served as a member of the scientific committee for OneGrasp.
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Long-term Maintenance of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells in Defined Media and Feeder-Free Conditions using Recombinant Protein