Professor Gerhard Kostner, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Medical University of Graz

Scientific Carreer:

Gymnasium Graz, AUSTRIA University: 1958 – 1963 Study of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PhD degree: 6.Feb. 1966
Foreign Training: Sept. 1969-Dez.1970 Assistant Professor at the Oklahoma Medical School, USA 1973: Habil-Thesis in Biochemistry “Studies on the composition of the lipoproteins of human lymph” 1977-1990 Chairman of the Dept.of Protein Research, Institute Physiol.Chemistry, Univ. of Graz 1991, Jan.-July: Guest-professorship at the Inst. Of Biochemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt.
April 1st, 1992-2009: Full Professor at the Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Medical University of Graz
1991-2009: Head of the Inst. of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biolgy at the University of Graz 2013: Dr. honoris causa at the Semmelweis University, BUDAPEST
Elected Member of Scientific Societies:
1978- European Atherosclerosis Society (since 1978)
1975- European Society for Clinical Investigation (Vize president: 1981-1982)
1978- American Heart Association: Member of the Council on Atherosclerosis
1977- European Lipoprotein Club: Founding Member
1979- German Society for Clinical Research in Lipid Metabolism

Member of Editorial Boards:
1980-2009 ATHEROSCLEROSIS (Elsevier/North Holland)
1982- CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA (Elsevier/North Holland)
1985- CLINICA E INVESTIGATION EN ARTERIOS-CLEROSIS
1986-1990 and 1993-1999 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (Walter de Gruyter/ Berlin-N.Y.)
1987-1990 and since 1993-2003 EUROPEAN JOURNAL of CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
1990- CLINICAL LABORATORY Ed.Prof.Dr.H. Schmidt-Gayk. (Medicus Verlag)
1995- NUTRITION, METABOLISM and CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
2004-Journal of Cardiovascular Disease (issued by the Egypt & Arabic Soc. of Atherosclerosis) 2007- The open Clinical Chemistry Journal
2007- The open Bioactive Compound Journal
2010- Cholesterol- Open Access Journal
2010- Journal of Lipids – Open Access Journal

Publications:
https://forschung.medunigraz.at/fodok/suchen.person_publikationen?sprache_in=en&menue_id _in=102&id_in=90075237

>350 Scientific articles IF/SCI: 820 ); Citations:> 19.000; h-Factor: 74
126 Invited lectures

Research Interest:
Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism with emphasis on Lipoprotein(a), hemostasis and gene regulations, cholesterol homeostasis in relation to atherosclerosis and cancer. Seeking for medications against atherosclerosis, CVD and stroke.