Curriculum vitae
Degree
Year of PhD 1973
University/Institution Hungarian Academy of Sciences
PhD registration number
5963
Title of PhD dissertation
Role of subunit interactions in the regulation of
phosphoglyceraldehyde dehydrogenase action
Academic title
D.Sc.
Qualifications
1967 M. Sc. chemistry
Decorations
1976
Sciences
1983
1992
1999
2004
2007
2008
Prize of the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences by: Hungarian Academy of
Academic Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences by: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Award of the Qualitas Biologica Foundation by: Qualitas Biologica Foundation
Szechenyi fellowship by: Ministry of Education, Hungary
Charles Simonyi fellowship by: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Knight Cross, Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic
by the President of the Hungarian Republic
Straub plaquette by: the Committee of the Academicians of the Biological Research Center
Study trips - stipends
1973 (12 Month)
1991 (12 Month)
1997 (24 Month)
Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome, Italy
Sponsor: UNESCO
Biochemistry Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA;
visiting professor
Biochemistry Department, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;
visiting professor
Role in scientific community
1998 - 2000
Scientific Committee of National Science Foundation, OTKA
2004 - 2007
Scientific Committee of National Science Foundation, OTKA
2004 - 2006
Committee of Gordon Research Conference on “Macromolecular Association”
2005 Doctor of Scientific Committee, Medical Faculty, University of Pécs
2005 - 2008
Committee of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hung. Acad. Sci.
2006 Habilitation Committee, Faculty of Sciences, Eötvös University
2006 Scientific Council of EU BioSim project
2009 Doctor of Scientific Committee, Faculty of Sciences, Eötvös University
Workplaces
1967 - 1971
1972 - 1978
1979 - 1988
1989 -
Institute of Enzymology BRC HAS Position: junior research fellow
Institute of Enzymology BRC HAS Position: research fellow
Institute of Enzymology BRC HAS Position: senior research fellow
Institute of Enzymology BRC HAS Position: scientific advisor
Specialty
biochemistry, structural biology, molecular neurology, system biology
Miscellaneous
Judit Ovádi scientific advisor, habil. research professor, chief of research team
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Education:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University M.Sc, 1967 chemistry Budapest
Institute of Enzymology, BRC, HAS Ph. D. 1973 biology Budapest
Institute of Enzymology, BRC, HAS D. Sc 1986 biology Budapest
Habilitation at Medical University of Pécs, 1996
Accredited professor at Medical University of Pécs and Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Invited visiting professor:
Biochemical Clinique Department, Univerity of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, 1998
Professional activities:
Invited speaker (selected):
FASEB(Fed.Am.Soc.Exp.Biol. 72nd Annual Meeting 1988, Las Vegas
National Institute of Health, 1988, Bethesda
CNRS Centr. Biochem. Molec Biol. 1989, Marseille
CNRS Inst. Enzymol. 1989, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Gordon Research Conference, 1989, Ventura, California
Gordon Research Conference, 1991, Oxnard, California
NATO Research Workshop, 1989, Il Ciocco, Italy
FEBS 20th Meeting, 1990, Hungary
Gordon Research Conference, 1993, Oxnard, California
Enzyme Recognation 1th Meeting, 1993, Hungary
Symosium on Integrative Biochemistry, 1994, Barcelona
Gordon Research Conference, 1995, Oxnard, California
Int. Workshop on Design and Evolution of of Metabolism 1995, Tenerif, Spain
Enzyme Recognation 2th Meeting, 1996, Hungary
Gordon Research Conference, 1996, 1998, 2000, Oxford, UK
3rd International Conference of the Hung. Biochem. Soc. Pécs, 1997
Summer of University of Barcelona, 1997, Barcelona, Spain
Endocytobiology VII Meeting, Freiburg, Germany, 1998
The plant cytoskeleton: Molecular keys for biotechnology, Yalta, 1998
NATO Research Workshop, 1999. Visegrád
BioThermoKinetics Conference, 2000, Stellenboch, South Africa
675th Biochemical Society Meeting, 2001, York,
Monod Conference, 2004, Paris
Sols Memorial Conference, 2004, Madrid
1st BioSim Conference 2005, Mallorca
1st International Conference on Drug Design & Discovery 2008 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
BIT, Life Sciences First Annual Protein/Peptide Conference 2008 Shenzhen, China
Member of OTKA committee 1998-2000, 2004-2007
Member of Biochemical and Molecular Biological Committee of Hung. Acad. Sci. 2002Member of the Advisory Broad of European Journal of Biochemistry 1997-2000
Editor of FEBS Letters 2000Editor of IUBMB Life 2006Publication activity
Number of publications in international journals: 170
Cumulative impact factor: 400
Number of citations: over 2700
Number of patent: 6
Books: Ovádi, J.:
Cell architecture and metabolite channeling (1995)
Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit
R.G.Landes Co., Springer-Verlag: New York, Berlin, Heidelberg,
London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Budapest
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Ovádi, J., Orosz, F. (eds.)
Protein Folding and Misfolding: Neurodegenerative Diseases
Focus on Structural Biology; 7. Springer, 2009 pp. 277
Organizer of national and international meetings
FEBS Meeting, 1990, Budapest
Molecular Recognation, 1995, 1997, 2000, Pécs
Summer of University of Barcelona, 1997, Barcelona
Co-director of NATO Research Workshop 1999, Hungary,
Elected vice-chair-person of Gordon Research Conference 2002
Co-chair of Gordon Research Conference, 2004
FEBS Meeting 2005, Budapest
4th BioSim Conference, 2008, Budapest
Membership
Magyar Biokémiai Egyesület
Magyar Biológiai Egyesület
New York Academy of Science
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
FASEB Society