Curriculum vitae Igor Jurak, Ph.D.

Curriculum vitae Igor Jurak, Ph.D. 2010
Igor Jurak, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Department of Biological Chemistry
and Molecular Pharmacology
250 Longwood Avenue, SGM 309
02115 Boston MA, USA
tel: +1 617 432 1789
igor_jurak@hms.harvard.edu
Education
Ph.D. University of Wuerzburg, Germany, September 2006
Graduate school Target proteins, 2002-2006
Dissertation “The Molecular Mechanism of Cytomegalovirus species
specificity”.
Graduate school, University of Zagreb, 1999-2002
Molecular and cellular biology
University of Zagreb, 1993-1998
Faculty of Biology, Molecular biology
Professional
Experience
Harvard Medical School ; 2007 -
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Department
Postdoctoral fellow in Don Coen’s laboratory – research in the area of herpesviruses
and microRNAs.
Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany; 2006-2007
Division of Viral Infections
Postdoctoral fellow in Wolfram Brune’s laboratory – specific interest in the molecular
mechanisms of inhibition of apoptosis by cytomegalovirus.
Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, Wuerzburg,
Germany; 2002-2006
Graduate student in Wolfram Brune’s laboratory – investigating molecular mechanisms
of the cytomegalovirus species specificity.
Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia; 1999-2002
Division of Molecular Medicine
Graduate student in Koraljka Gall-Troselj and Oliver Vugrek groups – development of
a diagnostic test for detection of pathogenic bacteria in periodontal pockets.
Implementation of the recombinant technology into molecular medicine.

Curriculum vitae Igor Jurak, Ph.D. 2010
Mentoring
Experience
Leah Silverstein (2009), Harvard Program in Biological and Biomedical
Sciences
- graduate student rotation (3 months)
Hui Jun Lim (2008), Harvard Program in Virology.
- graduate student rotation (3 months)
Xiu-Jie Wang (2008), Harvard Program in Virology.
- graduate student rotation (3 months)
Margarita Krivitski (2008), Harvard College.
- undergraduate student summer fellowship (3 months)
Kerstin Heyl (2006), Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany.
- undergraduate student pre-thesis (6 months)
Susanne Yung (2004), University of Wuerzburg, Germany.
- B.C. thesis in Biomedicine (6 months)
Professional
Awards
The best presentation at 2 nd Croatian Congress of Microbiology
With International Participation; Brijuni, Croatia, 2000.
Languages
Croatian
English
Speaking and writing knowledge of German

Curriculum vitae Igor Jurak, Ph.D. 2010
Peer-review publications
13. Kramer MF, Jurak I, Boissel S, Pesola JM, Knipe DM, Coen DM. Expression of herpes simplex virus 1
microRNAs miR-H1 - miR-H6 during productive and latent infection. Submited.
12. Schumacher U, Handke W, Jurak I, Brune W. Mutations in the M112/M113-coding region facilitate murine
cytomegalovirus replication in human cells.
J Virol. 2010 Aug;84(16):7994-8006.
11. Jurak I, Kramer MF, Mellor JC, van Lint AL, Roth FP, Knipe DM, Coen DM.
Numerous conserved and divergent microRNAs expressed by herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2. J Virol. 2010
May;84(9):4659-72.
10. Kamil JP, Hume AJ, Jurak I, Münger K, Kalejta RF, Coen DM.
Human papillomavirus 16 E7 inactivator of retinoblastoma family proteins complements human
cytomegalovirus lacking UL97 protein kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 29;106(39):16823-8.
9. Umbach JL, Kramer MF, Jurak I, Karnowski HW, Coen DM, Cullen BR.
MicroRNAs expressed by herpes simplex virus 1 during latent infection regulate viral mRNAs. Nature. 2008
Aug 7;454(7205):780-3.
8. Jurak I, Schumacher U, Simic H, Voigt S, Brune W.
Murine cytomegalovirus m38.5 protein inhibits Bax-mediated cell death.
J Virol. 2008 May;82(10):4812-22.
7. Beluzić R, Cuk M, Pavkov T, Fumić K, Barić I, Mudd SH, Jurak I, Vugrek O.
A single mutation at Tyr143 of human S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase renders the enzyme
thermosensitive and affects the oxidation state of bound cofactor nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide. Biochem
J. 2006 Dec 1;400(2):245-53.
6. Jurak I, Brune W.
Induction of apoptosis limits cytomegalovirus cross-species infection.
EMBO J. 2006 Jun 7;25(11):2634-42.
5. Gall-Troselj K, Mravak-Stipetić M, Jurak I, Ragland WL, Pavelić J.
Helicobacter pylori colonization of tongue mucosa--increased incidence in atrophic glossitis and burning
mouth syndrome (BMS). J Oral Pathol Med. 2001 Oct;30(9):560-3.
4. Jurak I, Ivic-Kardum M, Pavelic J, Gall-Troselj K
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based detection of Streptococcus mitis and Leptotrichia buccalis from
periodontal pockets. Periodicum Biologorum. 2001; 103:175-178.
3. Gall-Troselj K, Jurak I, Mravak-Stipetic M, Pavelic J
Importance of changed tongue mucosa for Helicobacter pylori colonization. Periodicum Biologorum.
2001;103:149-151.
2. Ivic-Kardum M, Jurak I, Gall-Troselj K, Pavelic K
The effect of scaling and root planning on the clinical and microbiological parameters of periodontal diseases.
Acta stomatologica Croatica. 2001;35:33-42.
1. Pavelić J, Gall-Troselj K, Jurak I, Mravak-Stipetić M.
Helicobacter pylori in oral aphthous ulcers. J Oral Pathol Med. 2000 Nov;29(10):523-5