Josef Berger is a Czech

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 scientist. He
is a full professor at the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice

Ceské Budejovice

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, Czech Republic

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. His areas are biomodel development and information gaining.

Berger is a graduate of the Charles University in Prague

Prague

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, Faculty of Science (MSc 1973, RNDr 1979, PhD 1984). He worked as a scientist and professor at the Institute for Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University Hospital in Hradec Králové

Hradec Králové

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, University of Pardubice

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, Masaryk University in Brno. He is a (co)author of 16 books, about 100 scientific papers (original articles and reviews), three hundred popular-science articles and the first Czech University ranking (2007). He prepared the strategy for the University Pardubice foundation (1989-1992), initiated the first Czech bachelor programme in clinical biology (University of Pardubice, 1992), the first Czech master programme in clinical biology (University of South Bohemia, 1998. He also was elected member of the main board of Czechoslovak Biological Society (1997-2000, 2000-2003, 2003-2006) and the Editor-in-Chief of the international Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

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. Berger is married (Růžena) and has two sons (Josef and Zdeněk). Hobby: floriculture.

Selected books

• J. Berger: Informatika v klinické praxi pro lékaře a klinické biology. Grada/Avicenum 1993. ISBN 80-85623-78-1.
• J. Berger: Advances in Cell and Molecular Biology. Kopp Publ. 2005. ISBN 80-7232-263-X.

Selected papers

• J. Berger: Lab. Anim. 43:328, 2009.
• J. Berger: Bas. Clin. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 105:315, 2009.
• J. Berger: Eur. J. Histochem. 52:149, 2008.
• J. Berger: Pathol. Biol. 56:286, 2008.
• J. Berger: J. Appl. Biomed. 6:65, 2008.
• J. Berger: AATEX (Tokyo) 14:539, 2008.
• I. Gelbič, J. Strbáčková, J. Berger: Zool. Studies 45:371, 2006.
• M. Pomaki, J. Mota, M. de la Fuente, J. Berger: Com. Clin. Path 13:76, 2005.
• J. Berger: J. Appl. Biomed 2:179, 2004.
• Z. Berger, J. Berger: Comp. Clin. Path. 12:187, 2004.
• J. Berger, M. Slapničková: Comp. Clin. Path. 12:84, 2003.
• J. Berger, S. Walczysko, J. Pávková, H. Gutzeit: J. Appl. Biomed. 1:161, 2003.
• M. Slapničková, J. Berger: Comp. Clin. Path. 11:172, 2002.
• J. Berger: Nouv. Rev. Fr. Hématol. 36:333, 1994.
• J. Berger: Folia Haematol. 117:1, 1990.
• J. Berger: Folia Haematol. 115:833, 1988.
• J. Berger: Haematologia 20:171, 1987.
• J. Berger: Folia Haematol. 114:1, 1987.
• J. Berger, V.M.Kotelnikov, G.I.Kozinec: Folia Biol. (Praha) 32:424, 1986.
• J. Berger: Folia Haematol. 110:55, 1983.
• J. Berger: Blut 43:47, 1981.
• J. Berger: Experientia 37:906, 1981.
• J. Berger: Zw. Lab.18:3, 1981.
• J. Berger, I. Sýkora: Pol. J. Pharmacol. Pharm. 32:613, 1980.
• J. Berger: Z. Versuchstierk. 22:122, 1980.
• J. Berger: Biol. Listy 43:2, 1978.
• J. Berger: J. Theor. Biol. 65:393, 1977.
• J. Berger: Acta Biotheor. 25:259, 1976.