Igor Stagljar

Who is Igor Stagljar?

Igor Stagljar is a Professor at the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the Donnelly Centre in the University of Toronto, Canada. He is one of the world leaders in the field of interactive proteomics and development of methods to investigate protein-protein interactions. In particular, he is known for the development of the split-ubiquitin Membrane Yeast Two-Hybrid technology, a powerful tool for the identification of the interactors of membrane proteins and one of the key interactive proteomics technologies. This has led to many groundbreaking discoveries and the elucidation of functions of various membrane proteins involved in human health and disease. Stagljar is currently involved in major proteomics projects to map how integral membrane proteins interact to produce either healthy or diseased cells. To that end, his lab is using high-throughput interactive proteomics, genetic, and biochemical tools to understand how cell signaling and membrane transport pathways control cell behavior in normal and cancer cells.

In 1990, he received his Master of Science degree in molecular biology from the University of Zagreb. In 1994, he received a Ph.D in molecular biology and microbiology from ETH Zurich. From 1999 to 2002, he was a Junior Group Leader and an Assistant Professor at University of Zurich from 2002 to 2005.