!!Dénes Dudits - Curriculum vitae

!Education:
*__Grammar School:__
**1958-1962 Győr, Hungary

*__University:__
**1962-1966  Agricultural University at the St. Stephen University, Gödöllő, Hungary

*__Ph.D.:__ 
**1968. in plant genetics, Thesis entitled: "Studies of induced mutants in pea"

*__Postdoctoral Training:__
**1974-1975 Visiting scientist in Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Canada, with K.N. Kao and O.L. Gamborg

*__Academic Degree: __
**1982. Doctor of biological sciences, in plant cell genetics "Somatic hybridization by fusion of plant protoplasts." 

*__Visiting Professorship:__
**1982-1983 Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 
**Visiting Assistant Professor of Genetics, Harvard University, Faculty of Medicine, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

!Positions:

*1997-  Director General, Biological Research Center, MTA Szeged, Hungary, Head of the Laboratory of Cell Division and Differentiation

*1989-1999 Director, Institute of Plant Biology, BRC, MTA

!Memberships: 

*Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
*Member of the Academia Europaea
*Member of the European Molecular Biological Organization (EMBO)
*Member of the Executive Committee of International Cell Research Organization (ICRO)
*Member of the Board of Directors of the European Plant Science Organization (EPSO) (2000-2006)
*Member of the Board of Directors of The International Society of Plant Molecular Biology (ISPMB) 2003-2006
*Founding President of Barabás Zoltán Federation of Biotechnology (2000-)
*President of Agrobiotech Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2006-)

!Editorial or Advisory Board:

*Acta Biologica Hungarica
*Plant Science
*In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant
*Plant Journal (1992-2000)
*Plant Cell Reports (1996-2006)

!Prices:
*1994. Körber European Scientific Price
*1995. Széchenyi Price from the Hungarian State
*2001. Ányos Jedlik Inventor Price 
*2003. Scientific Price of Foundation for Szeged