Dr Julianna Kobolak is the Research Director of BioTalentum Ltd. She is graduated at the Agricultural University of Gödöllő (now SZIU) on the special faculty of biotechnology and molecular biology. After the university she joined to the reproductive biology and stem cell research group of the Agricultural Biotechnology Center (www.abc.hu) as a young researcher and PhD student. She defended her thesis in 2004. In parallel with her PhD studies she graduated as an economist and has a degree in international marketing (Budapest Business School). Dr. Kobolak’s research experience is connected to stem cell biology. She has worked for several years in establishing and differentiating embryonic and adult mouse stem cells focusing on pluripotency. Her aim was to define the differences between reprogrammed and fertilized embryo-derived stem cells at transcriptome level and in differentiation potential. Currently, she investigates the potential of human induced pluripotent stem cells in modelling and treating of human diseases e.g. Alzheimer’s and osteoarthritis. She was awarded with several prizes, including three EMBO fellowships (2002; 2006) and an ISSCR Travel Grant for Young Investigators in 2007.

 International Marketing and TQM management, Animal Husbandary Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Cell culture, Molecular Biology.