!!Pál Venetianer

Born in 1935, Budapest, Hungary.
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__Academic History:__
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*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 
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__Honors, awards:__
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*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
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__Professional memberships, functions:__
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*Presidium of the Hungarian Biochemical Society
*Committee of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
*Editorial Board of Biomolecular Concepts
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__Previous functions:__
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*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)