!!Elena Conti - Curriculum Vitae \\ __ACADEMIC POSITIONS__ \\ *Since 2007 Honorary Professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich (Germany)\\ *Since 2006 Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried/Munich (Germany)\\ *1999 –2007 Group leader at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg (Germany). Appointment in the Structural and Computational Biology Unit \\ __EDUCATION__ \\ *1997 - 1999 Postdoctoral fellow at The Rockefeller University, New York (USA), Postdoc Advisor: John Kuriyan\\ *1992 - 1996 PhD in Protein Crystallography at Imperial College, Faculty of Physical Sciences, London (UK). PhD Supervisor: Peter Brick\\ *1986 - 1991 Chemistry degree at the University of Pavia (Italy), Diploma Supervisor: Martino Bolognesi \\ __HONORS AND AWARDS__ \\ *2014 Louis Jeantet Prize for Medicine\\ *2011 Hans Krebs medal (FEBS)\\ *2009 Elected Member of the German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina\\ *2009 Elected EMBO member\\ *2009 Elected to the Board of Directors of the RNA Society (2009-2011) \\ *2008 Gottfried Wilhem Leibniz Prize\\ *2007 FEBS Anniversary Award\\ *2006 Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture\\ *2005 ELSO Early Career Award\\ *1998 - 1999 HFSP Postdoctoral fellowship\\ *1997 - 1998 EMBO Postdoctoral fellowship\\ *1994 - 1995 Glaxo PhD fellowship \\ *1992 - 1994 EU PhD fellowship