Dr. Georg Braun
Address:
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Building: 7.3
Room: 2.029
Phone: +49 341 6025 2140
Georg Braun
Georg studied Bioanalysis at the Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts. His bachelor thesis was dedicated to the modelling and analysis of the effects of complex environmental pollutants in different mammalian cell lines as part of the project "Kleingewässermonitoring" at the UFZ. For his master thesis he investigated the enzyme CYP1A1 and its contribution to the hepatic metabolism of new chemical entities in the pharmaceutical industry.
In his doctoral project in the Celltoxicology Department, he modeled and investigated which groups of chemical mixtures humans are exposed to and the extent to which their mixture effects influence the development and function of neuronal cells. He developed the concept of effect-based human biomonitoring which unites computer models, exposure assessment, as well as bioactivity measurements to support the risk assessment of chemicals and especially their mixtures.
As a PostDoc at UFZ he continues his research on the effect-based human biomonitoring. He is part of the EU-funded project Endomix where he aims to identify mixtures of (yet unknown) pollutants, which may cause immunomodulatory or immunotoxic effects. He is also associated scientist at the German Center for Child and Adolescent Health where he investigates the impact of mixtures of chemicals on development and health, and how cell-based in vitro test systems may help identifying chemicals of concern.Researcher unique identifiers: