Jaromír Pastorek
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Professor Jaromír Pastorek is an excellent Slovak biochemist, pedagogue, and discoverer of the gene encoding a protein CA IX which serves as an endogenous marker of hypoxia in tumors. At present, prof. Pastorek is a Principal Investigator at the Biomedical Research Center of Slovak Academy of Sciences (BMC SAS). Prof. Pastorek was the President of Slovak Academy of Sciences from 2009 until 2015. Formerly he also served as the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for Research and Innovation.
Professor Pastorek’s research activities are focused on the identification and research of cancer diagnostic and therapeutic targets. His main scientific interest is the analysis of molecular mechanisms of adaptive response to hypoxia and acidosis during tumor development. He is a Principal Investigator of several research projects related to clinical use of CA IX. Prof. Pastorek has published over 200 papers, books, book chapters, and reviews. H-index 63.
