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Alexander Stark grew up in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He studied biochemistry at the University of Tübingen, and graduated with a diploma in biochemistry in 2000 [citation]. In 2001, he started to do research for doctoral studies in the group of Robert B. (Rob) Russell at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and obtained his doctorate from the University of Cologne in 2004 [citation]. Stark remained at EMBL for one more year as a bridging postdoc. citation being added is for the dates. http://www.starklab.org/members/stark/index.html (StarkLabs)

In 2005 [citation for date, StarkLab], Stark became a postdoctoral researcher in the groups of Eric S. Lander and Manolis Kellis at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University and the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) in Boston, USA. His postdoctoral research was supported by EMBO, HFSP, and the Schering Foundation.

In 2008 [citation for date, StarkLab], Stark became group leader[3] at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna and was promoted to senior scientist in 2015.[4] He was made adjunct professor of the Medical University of Vienna in 2017[add 2 citation].

Alexander Stark studies the regulation of gene expression in response to developmental or environmental stimuli to learn how transcription and transcriptional networks define cellular and developmental programs.[5][1]

More specifically, he investigates how transcription is regulated at the level of enhancer and core-promoter DNA elements, and the transcription factor and cofactor proteins that mediate transcription activation. He uses genome-wide functional assays, bioinformatics, and mass spectrometry, and develops innovative reporter assays (such as STARR-seq) that provide direct functional readouts.[1]

[add list of a few publications] Some of Stark's most cited publications include Principles of MircoRNA- Target Recognition url for citation, bantam Encodes a Developmentally Regulated microRNA that Controls Cell Proliferation and Regulates the Proapoptotic Gene hid in Drosophila url for citation, Histone modifications at human enhancers reflect global cell-type-specific gene expression url for citiation, ect.

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