!!!Vito Turk \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Turk_Vito.jpg' alt='Vito Turk' height='200'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ __Present and Past Positions__ *since 1997 Chairman of the IUBMB (International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Committee on Symposia and Interest Groups and member of the IUBMB Executive Committee *1990 - 1998 Secretary General of FEBS (Federation of European Biochemical Societies) *1987 - 1991 President of the Yugoslav Federation of Biochemical Societies *1987 - 1989 President of the FEBS (Federation of European Biochemical Societies) Executive Committee *1984 - 1987 President of ICOP (International Committee on Proteolysis) *1981 - 1984 President of ECOP (European Committee on Proteolysis) \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *1969 and 1978 Boris Kidric Foundation Prize *1984 Boris Kidric Foundation Prize for R&D achievements *1985 Frey and Werle Prize of the Ludwig-Maximilians University (Munich, Germany) for advances in the study of kallikrein-kinin system *1991 Heyrowsky Silver Medal of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and Arts for scientific achievements in chemistry *since 1991 Member of the European Academy *1993 Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia *since 1998 Member of International Engineering Academy (Moscow, Russia) *1998 "Zois Award" for achievements in science (Ljubljana, Slovenia) *1998/99 FEBS "Ferdinand Springer Lecturer" *since 1999 EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation) Member *1999 FEBS Diplome d'Honneur *2000 Honorary member of the Croatian Biochemical Society *2002 Emeritus Professor at Tokushima Bunri University (Tokushima, Japan) *2002 The Silver Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia for outstanding contributions in the field of science and merits for the affirmation of the Republic of Slovenia abroad *2003 Honorary lifetime membership in “The International Proteolysis Society” (IPS) *2005 Member of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana *2005 Member of The World Academy of Art and Science, USA \\ \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Turk_Vito/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Turk_Vito/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Turk_Vito/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Turk_Vito/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit vturk}] [{ALLOW upload vturk}] [{ALLOW comment All}]