!!!Boris Turk \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='turk_boris_small.jpg' alt='Boris Turk' height='200'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ * 2011-2013 Principal Investigator at Center of Excellence Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies * 2011-2017 Principal Investigator at Center of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins * 2011 Professor of Biochemistry at Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, * 2008 Scientific councilor at J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana *since 2007 Head of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology at J. Stefan Institute * 2006 – 2011 Associate Professor at Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Ljubljana * 2001 – 2008 Senior scientist at J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana * 2000 - 2006 Assistant Professor at Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, * 1998 Head of Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (now Biochem. & Mol. & Struct. Biol. ) at J. Stefan Institute * 1997 - 2001 Research associate at J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana * 1994, Jan -1996 June Post doctoral Fellow at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala (I. Björk); Post doctoral FEBS Fellowship (1994-1995), Wenner-Gren Fellowship (1996) \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *2011 - 2013 President of International Proteolysis Society and Councilor * 2011 Zois award for outstanding achievements in science in the field of signal transduction by proteases (Republic of Slovenia) * 2007 EMBO member * 2006 Human Frontier Science Program grant award for the project “Intracellular protease signaling induced by homopolymeric amino acid (HPAA) tracts” (together with S. Ishiura, G. Salvesen and M. Bogyo) * 2001 Zois amendment for important scientific achievements in the field of biochemistry of lysosomal proteases (Republic of Slovenia) * 2000 Short-term EMBO Fellowship (3 months) * 1997 Boehringer Ingelheim ProNatura Young Investigator Award. * 1993 Long-term EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) Fellowship- awarded, but declined. * 1994 - 1996 Long-term FEBS (Federation of European Biochemical Societies) Fellowship. \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Turk_Boris/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Turk_Boris/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Turk_Boris/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Turk_Boris/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit bturk}][{ALLOW upload bturk}][{ALLOW comment All}]