Pál Venetianer#
Born in 1935, Budapest, Hungary.
Academic History:
- M.Sc. 1957 Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Faculty of Sciences
- Candidate of Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) 1965 Institute of Medical Chemistry (Prof. F.B. Straub), Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest
- 1965-1966 Visiting Fellow, National Institutes of Health, NIAMD, (head: C.B. Anfinsen), Bethesda, USA;
- 1967-1970 Assistant Professor, Institute of Medical Chemistry, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest
- 1971-1979 Senior Research Worker, Head of the Section on Nucleic Acid Research, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center, Szeged
- 1973-1974 Visiting Scientist, National Institutes of Health, NICHD, (head: P. Leder) Bethesda, USA.
- D.Sc. 1975 Doctor of Biological Sciences
- 1976- Honorary Professor of Molecular Genetics, József Attila University, Szeged
- 1979-1983 Deputy Director, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1984-1993 Director (same Institute)
- 1994-1996 Director General of the Biological Research Center, Szeged
- 1997-2000 Research professor (same Institute)
- 2001- Emeritus Research Professor
Honors, awards:
- 1969 Imre Szörényi Prize of the Hungarian Biochemical Society
- 1980 Ferdinand Springer Award of FEBS
- 1981 Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1985 State Prize for Science (Hungary)
- 1987 Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1991 Member of EMBO
- 1992 Member of Academia Europea (London)
- 1995 Regular Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1995 Member of the Leopoldina Academy of Sciences (Germany)
- 1997 Order of the Hungarian Republic, medium cross.
- 1998 Main prize of the “For Szeged” foundation
- 1999 Széchenyi professorship
Professional memberships, functions:
- Presidium of the Hungarian Biochemical Society
- Committee of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Editorial Board of Biomolecular Concepts
Previous functions:
- EMBO East-European Fellowship Committee 1995-1997
- Program Committee of the European Congress of Biotechnology 1997 Budapest (Chasirman)
- Council of the Research Institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Chairman, 1991-1996)
- IUBMB-IUPAC Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (1985-1995)
- Steering Committee of the Technological Foresight Program of Hungary
- EMBO Council 1994-1999
- Vice-Chairman of the EMBO Council, 1999.
- European Federation of Biotechnology, Working Party of Applied Molecular Genetics
- National Advisory Committee of Gene Technology (chairman) (1996-2005)
- Council of the Research Units of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1997-99)
