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Research interests:
histology-citology, ultrastructural citology, cell biology, intracellular
mechanisms of synthesis and secretory processes, intracellular mechanism
action of some bioactive substances and drugs.
Education:
PhD in Biology (1976), Babes-Bolyai University; 2002: training in
'Strategy of Multiple Users Research Base', organised by CNCSIS in Poiana
Brasov; 2001: Training in 'The Marketing of Multiple Users Research Base',
organised by CNCSIS in Poiana Brasov (Romania); 1998: Course in Electron
Microscopy via the Internet, Cancun, Mexic; 1998: Course in Quantitative
High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Cancun, Mexic; 1986: International
course on 'Biomembranes and Diseases', organised by ICRA and FEBS,
Cluj-Napoca.
Employment:
Professor and Senior Researcher at the Babes-Bolyai University's
Department of Biology; Head of the Experimental Biology Group; Director of
the Electron Microscopy Center; Director of the Cell and Molecular Biology
Center. Associated Professor with the Medical Faculty of Oradea University
(1993-2000) and the Medical Faculty of Vasile Goldis University in Arad
(1997-2003).
Teaching:
lectures in 'Cell and Molecular Biology', 'Histology' (undergraduate
level), 'Cell Biology and Molecular Biotechnologies' and 'Cellular
Biotransformants' (postgraduate level); electron microscopy (doctoral
school); supervising doctoral research in Cell Biology (15 PhD
candidates).
Awards, grants and recognition:
Gold Medal at the 51st World Exhibition of Innovation,
Research, and New Technology, Bruxelles, EUREKA 2002; Romanian Academy
Award (2001); Maya and Nicolae Simionescu Award (2003); Doctor Honoris
Causa of 'Vasile Goldis' University, Arad, Romania; 7 invention patents;
139 scientific contracts and grants; Collaboration with London's
'Scientific, Environmental & Educational Collaboration with Romania'
(affiliated with the 'Society of Electron Microscope Technology')
resulting in a $ 55000 contribution in scientific equipments.
Professional membership:
European Cell Biology Organization (ECBO); Japanese Society of Plant
Physiology; National Society of Cell Biology (founding member); National
Society of Electron Microscopy (founding member); Governmental
Organization for Science and Reform; Romanian Scientist Association;
International Association of Ecology (INTECOL); International Association
for Plant Tissue Culture; Romanian Association of Tissue Culture and Plant
Cell; Romanian Ornithological Society; Malpighi Academy for the Study of
Microscopic Anatomy (Rome); Chairman of 'International training course on
biomembranes and diseases' organized by ICRO and FEBS in Cluj-Napoca in
1995; member of the Organizing Board of the First International Congress
of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology, Iasi, 2000; Editor in Chief of
'The Annals of Romanian Society on Cell Biology'; Editor of 'The Medical
Rewiew of Oradea'.
Scientific Activity (Publications):
372 scientific papers published in Romania and abroad: 276 in English, 96
in Romanian; 80 in international journals and volumes (39 in I.S.I,
journals); 3 chapters published in an International Handbook and Monograph
books (McGraw Hill - New York and Springer Verlag); 7 invention patents; 8
university books; 9 edited scientific books; a book with experimental
scientific data; 139 scientific contracts and grants, as director (one of
them with the aid of World Bank, 475.000 USD); My work has focused
primarily on cellular structure-function, e.g.: the description of the
secretory cycle in glandular cells of deferens vas from isopods and
evolution and role of Golgi Complex in the secretory process;
evidentiation of biomembrane regeneration in hepatocytes of rat alcohol
intoxicated liver after treatment of hepatoprotector drug; dicovery of
some cells in the gut of moules which produce insuline-like and
glucagone-like substances, with extraction possibilities and use in
medicine; discovery of antraquinonic substances with cytostatic properties
and of the mechanism of their killing action on tumour cells (3 patent);
discovery of a new cellular formation, Eracosome, in glandular cells of an
crustacean, specialised for secretary product depositing; contribution to
description of the ultrastructure and function of NAB-corpuscule in plant
cells; ultrastructural description of pathogenetic mechanism action of
Helicobacter felis in cat gastric mucosa; ultrastructural evidentiation
and description of the mechanism action at liver and kidney level in rat
poisoned with cyanobacterial toxins. |
