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Jiri Zavadil Deputy Branch Head
Epigenomics and Mechanisms

Speciality: Molecular biology, cancer genomics, mechanisms of tumorigenesis
Year Degree Major Institution Country/Town
1998 PhD Biomedicine & Molecular Genetics Charles University Czech Republic / Prague
Current Research Projects

Experimental toxicogenomics of cancer risk agents
Collaborators: SG Rozen, LB Alexandrov, S Balbo, L Peterson, RJ Turesky, S Hecht, D Phillips, M Stratton, MM Stampfer, R Herbert, FA Beland, D Mandrioli, M Dusinska, L Sancey, B Busser

Molecular cancer epidemiology
Collaborators: B Fervers, B Charbotel, S Deneuve, F Virard, K Smits, L Schouten, S Karanovic, AP Grollman, K Dickman, J Nortier, B Jelakovic, SG Rozen, S De Saeger, M De Boevre, F Chung, L Dossus, Valerie McCormack, J Schuz

Topography of the cancer epigenome
Collaborators: LB Alexandrov, SG Rozen, F Virard, E Mathe, T Stopka, MM Stampfer, Z Herceg

Selected Publications

Das S, Thakur S, Korenjak M, Sidorenko VS, Chung FF, Zavadil J. Aristolochic acid-associated cancers: a public health risk in need of global action. (2022) NAT REV CANCER. 22(10):576-591.

Karanović S, Ardin M, Tang Z, Tomić K, Villar S, Renard C, Venturini E, Lorch AH, Lee DS, Stipančić Ž, Slade N, Vuković Brinar I, Dittrich D, Karlović K, Borovečki F, Dickman KG, Olivier M, Grollman AP, Jelaković B, Zavadil J. Molecular profiles and urinary biomarkers of upper tract urothelial carcinomas associated with aristolochic acid exposure. (2022) INT J CANCER. 150(2):374-386.

Thakur S, Cahais V, Turkova T, Zikmund T, Renard C, Stopka T, Korenjak M, Zavadil J. Chromatin Remodeler Smarca5 Is Required for Cancer-Related Processes of Primary Cell Fitness and Immortalization. (2022) CELLS. 11(5):808.

Zhivagui M, Ng AWT, Ardin M, Churchwell MI, Pandey M, Renard C, Villar S, Cahais V, Robitaille A, Bouaoun L, Heguy A, Guyton KZ, Stampfer MR, McKay J, Hollstein M, Olivier M, Rozen SG, Beland FA, Korenjak M, and Zavadil J, Experimental and pan-cancer genome analyses reveal widespread contribution of acrylamide exposure to carcinogenesis in humans. (2019) GENOME RES. 29(4): 521-531.

Huang MN, Yu W, Teoh WW, Ardin M, Jusakul A, Ng AWT, Boot A, Abedi-Ardekani B, Villar S, Myint SS, Othman R, Poon SL, Heguy A, Olivier M, Hollstein M, Tan P, Teh BT, Sabapathy K, Zavadil J, Rozen SG. Genome-scale mutational signatures of aflatoxin in cells, mice, and human tumors. (2017) GENOME RES. 27(9): 1475-1486.

Scientific Societies Membership

EMGS - Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society

AACR - American Society for Cancer Research

EACR - European Association for Cancer Research

Prizes, Honours

American Association for Cancer Research-Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research Fellowship in Basic Research.

AACR-AFLAC Incorporated Scholar in Training Award for the American Association for Cancer Research 94th Annual Meeting.
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Published in section: WHO'S WHO

Publication date: 19 July, 2018, 11:25

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