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Stefan R. Bornstein (November 5, 1961 in Oberstdorf, Germany) is the director of the Centre for Internal Medicine and the Medical Clinic and Policlinic III at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus 〔(Medical clinic and policlinic III (German) )〕 of the Technical University of Dresden as well as the medical faculty’s Vice Dean of International Affairs and Development and a member of the supervisory board of the University Hospital of Dresden. Furthermore he is Chair and Honorary Consultant for Diabetes and Endocrinology at King’s College, London.〔(King’s College London )〕 Previously, Bornstein worked as Assistant Director and Professor of Endocrinology at the University Hospital of Düsseldorf, as Unit Chief at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and held the Heisenberg-scholarship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Professor Bornstein is known primarily for his pioneering work on the stress system. He was the first to investigate the interactions of the two central stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol in healthy as well as sick individuals in close collaboration with Nobel Prize laureates such as Andrew V. Schally 〔(Agonist of growth hormone-releasing hormone as a potential effector for survival and proliferation of pancreatic islets, PNAS )〕 and Rita Levi Montalcini 〔(Chromaffin cells: the peripheral brain, Nature )〕 Recently, Bornstein co-developed new therapeutic approaches to diabetes in preclinical and clinical stages. He has authored more than 500 publications and textbook articles with more than 12,000 citations,〔(Publications Stefan R. Bornstein )〕 won numerous prizes and holds honorary professorships at universities in Europe, Asia and the USA. He is a member of the German Science Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)〔(Members of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German) )〕 and the German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina (Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften) 〔(Leopoldina Members )〕 ==Biography and family== Professor Bornstein was born in Oberstdorf, Germany in 1961 as one of four siblings. His parents were textile merchants (Stoffversand Bornstein). In the late 19th century, the Bornstein family emigrated to the United States, only to return to Germany shortly before World War I in which Stefan R. Bornstein’s grandfather was honored with the Iron Cross. During the Nazi regime, many members of the Bornstein family were persecuted. Stefan R. Bornstein’s grandfather, Max Bornstein, survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp but died shortly after World War II. Other relatives fled to England or the USA Richard Lindner, an uncle of Bornstein’s became a famous painter in the US and a trailblazer of American Pop-Art. A cousin married into the Belgian royal house, becoming Princess Léa of Belgium. The international background of the family and the travelling required for their textile business introduced Bornstein to different cultures and languages at a young age. Professor Stefan R. Bornstein has two sons and was married to Monica Ehrhart-Bornstein, a well-known neurobiologist and molecular endocrinologist. She passed away in October 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stefan R. Bornstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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