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MAYA SIMIONESCU
Vice-President of the Romanian Academy
CURRENT ADDRESS:
Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology "N. Simionescu"
8, B.P.Hasdeu Street, P.O.Box 35-14, Bucharest, Romania
Phone: (4021) 411 0860 ; (4021) 411 1145
Fax: (4021) 411 11
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
msimionescu@acad.ro
maya.simionescu@icbp.ro
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DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: February 24th 1937, Bucharest,
Romania
POSITIONS AND TITLES:
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Director, Institute of Cellular Biology
and Pathology "N. Simionescu", Bucharest |
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Visiting Professor at McGill
University, School of Medicine, Montreal, Canada |
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Visiting Professor,
Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, New Haven, USA |
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Visiting Professor at Columbia
University, New York, USA |
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Borun Visiting Professor of Cardiology,
University of California at Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, USA |
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Member of the Romanian Academy |
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President of the Romanian Society for
Cell Biology |
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Member of the Academy of Medical
Sciences |
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Vicepresident of the Romanian Academy |
EDUCATION:
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1954 - Baccalaureate, High School "I.Hasdeu",
Bucharest |
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1959 - Ph.D. in Biology, University of Bucharest |
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1978 - Doctor of Biological Sciences University of
Bucharest, Biological Sciences |
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
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1960-1971 |
Institute of
Endocrinology, Bucharest, Scientific Investigator |
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1971-1973 |
Rockefeller
University, New York, Research Associate |
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1973-1979 |
Yale
University, School of Medicine Research Associate and
Lecturer in Cell Biology and Cytology |
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1979-1994 |
Visiting
Professor, Yale University |
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1979 |
Visiting
Professor, McGill University |
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1990-1991 |
Visiting
Distinguished Professor of Columbia University |
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1979-1995 |
Institute of
Cellular Biology and Pathology, Bucharest, Senior Scientific Investigator (grade I) |
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1995-present |
Institute of
Cellular Biology and Pathology "N. Simionescu" Director |
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1998-present |
Vicepresident
of the Romanian Academy |
SPECIAL TRAINING IN CELL BIOLOGY:
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1970 - 1973 |
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Research Associate, Department of Cell Biology,
Head of Department: Prof. George E. Palade |
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1973 - 1979 |
Yale University, New Haven, CT,
USA
Research Associate and Lecturer, Department of Cell Biology
Head of Department: Prof. George E. Palade |
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
The cardiovascular system in health and
disease |
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Endothelium: cell biology and cell pathology.
Transport of molecules |
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Microcirculation: ultrastructure, permeability
characteristics |
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Vascular wall: functional-structural correlations |
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Lung: functional-structural correlations |
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Atherosclerosis cellular and molecular
alterations of prelesional and lesional stages |
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Pathobiochemistry of Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes
induced - accelerated vascular diseases |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
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19 years |
Yale University, USA: Cell Biology, Cytology,
Histology Course |
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5 years |
University of Bucharest, Romania |
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University of Constanta, Romania |
AWARDS AND HONORS:
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1978 |
The Louis
and Arthur Lucian International Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases-McGill
University, Montreal, Canada |
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1987 |
Medal of the
Institute of Clinical Electron Microscopy, Bologna, Italy |
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1990 |
Ludwig
Schaefer Distinguished Professor, Columbia University, USA |
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1990 |
Borum
Professor of Cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
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1990 |
Correspondent
Member of the Romanian Academy |
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1991 |
Ludwig
Schaefer Distinguished Professor, Columbia University, USA |
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1991 |
Member of the
Romanian Academy |
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1998 |
Vicepresident
of the Romanian Academy |
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1998 |
Member of the
Academy of Medical Sciences |
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1998 |
Sanofi
Thrombosis Prize - for Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Research |
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2000 |
Doctor Honoris
Causa of the University Ovidius, Constanta, Romania |
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2000 |
Doctor Honoris
Causa of the University of Medicine Gr.T.Popa, Iasi, Romania |
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2001 |
UNESCO - L’Oreal Special Honor Award for Women in Science |
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2001 |
Award “Rio Branco
- Comendador”, of the Brasilian Presidency |
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2001 |
Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences, Republic of Moldova |
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MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
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1973 |
American Society for Cell Biology |
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1982 |
Romanian Society for Cell Biology |
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1982 |
European Cell Biology Organization |
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1992 |
European Life Sciences Organization - Vice- President |
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1998 |
European Life Sciences Organization |
CONSULTANT FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS:
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National Institutes of Health - NHLB |
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National Science Foundation, USA |
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Swiss National Science Foundation |
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Welcome Trust, England |
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Romanian Academy |
EDITORIAL BOARDS:
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1977-1992 |
Microvascular Research |
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1989-present |
European Journal of Cell Biology |
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1989-present |
Differentiation |
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1990-present |
Sciences at Techniques de l'Animal de Laboratoire |
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1993-present |
Cell and Tissue Research |
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1995-present |
Journal of Submicroscopical Cytology and Pathology |
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1999-present |
Biomedical Reviews |
PUBLICATIONS
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~ 200 scientific articles published in
international peer review journals (Journal of Cell Biology, Laboratory Investigation,
FASEB Journal, American Journal of Pathology, Endothelium, Atherosclerosis, Biochimica
Biophysica Acta, Acta Diabetologica etc.); |
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40 chapters in handbooks (Elsevier, Annals of
New York Academy of Science, Raven Press, William and Wilkins, Academic Press, Marcel
Dekker, Springer International etc.); |
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2 monographs published by Plenum Press
(co-editor); |
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1 monograph in Romanian; |
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~ 100 abstratcs prezented at international
scientific meetings. |
CHAIRPERSON AND
INVITED SPEAKER (plenary lectures) at over 50 scientific meetings in USA,
Germany, Italy, Canada, Greece, Netherland, Japan, Switzerland, Belgium, Mexico etc.
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Co-director NATO Advanced Study Institute, July
2000. |
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"Vascular Endothelium: Source and Target of
Inflammatory Mediators". Crete, Greece. |
A SCIENTIFIC SIDE PROJECT:
- "A Romanian Institute of Cellular
Biology and Pathology" -
Having a great desire to develop Cell Biology in
Romania, in 1971 while in USA, Prof. Maya Simionescu together with Prof. Nicolae
Simionescu initiated a daring project for an Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology
(ICBP) in Bucharest, Romania, designing a detailed structural plan and the scientific
program. The main objectives of ICBP were: biomedical research, training scientists from
the entire country, Ph.D. and post-doctoral programs, promotion of modern cell biology and
pathology in Romania and facilitation of international exchanges. Since 1979 when
officially opened, Maya Simionescu was responsible for the scientific program, trained
directly all young scientists in the framework of a Ph.D. program, (many now working in
other laboratories in Europe). In 20 years of intensive research ICBP became
internationally recognised. Under the leadership of Maya Simionescu, in 1995, ICBP was
re-elected member Institution of UNESCO-Molecular Cell Biology Network, Center
of Excellence of the Romanian Academy (1998), Center of Excellence of the National
Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (2000) and selected, by competition, Center
of Excellence of the European Community (2000).
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