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Karsten Schrr, MD. is professor of Pharmacology and retired Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Dsseldorf (Germany). He carried out postdoctoral studies at the universities of Halle, Mainz, Kln (Germany) and the Wellcome Research Laboratories in Beckenham (UK) under the supervision of the later Nobel laureate Sir John Vane. Karsten Schrr held several guest professorships in the USA and was President of the German Society for Pharmacology (2005-2010). He is member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) and Schmiedeberg-Medal Awardee. Karsten Schrr has published extensively in the area of aspirin and prostaglandin research with focus on platelet function, myocardial ischemia and the clotting system.
