Ivan Dikic Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Tel: 00 49 69 6301 5652 |
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Personal Information |
Studies
| 1986 – 1991 | Medical Doctor, University of Zagreb Medical School, Summa cum laude, |
| 1991 – 1995 | Ph.D. - Molecular Biology University of Zagreb and New York University under supervision of Prof. J. Schlessinger |
| 1995 – 1997 | Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Joseph Schlessinger, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA |
Positions Held
| 1991 - 1992 | International Institute for Mother and Child Health Care, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 1992 – 1997 | Research Associate at the New York University, NY, USA |
| 1997 – 2002 | Group Leader, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala, Sweden |
| 2002 – 2008 | C3 Professor, Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University, Medical School, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2002 – present | Professor, School of Medicine University of Split, Croatia |
| 2005 – present | Adjunct Investigator, Tumour Biology Program, MedILS, Split, Croatia |
| 2009 – present | Director, Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Medical School, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 2009 – present | Scientific Director of Frankfurt Institute for Molecular Life Sciences |
Awards and Honors
| 1990 | Award for Distinguished Students, University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| 1990 | Karyn Kupcinet fellowship, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel |
| 1991 | FEBS scholarship, Aarhus, Denmark |
| 1991 | Rector's Award, University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| 1991 | D. Perovic Award- Best Medical Graduate at University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| 1997 | Young Investigator Award - Gordon Conference, Il Ciocco, Italy |
| 1997 – 2003 | Research Award, Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Germany |
| 2000 – 2004 | Award of the Strategic Funds for Young Leaders, Sweden |
| 2002 | Lilla Fernström Award, Lund, Sweden |
| 2006 | Wissenschaftspreis 2006, Glaxo-Smith-Kline-Foundation, Munich, Germany |
| 2006 | Binder Innovation Prize, German Society for Cell Biology, Braunschweig, Germany |
| 2006 | Young Cancer Researcher Award, European Association for Cancer Research, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2006 | AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in cancer research, Washington, USA |
| 2008 | Award of the International Society of Blood Purification, Brijuni Island, Croatia |
| 2009 | Sir Hans Krebs Preis, Gesellschaft der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover e. V., Germany |
Memberships
| 2000-present | The American Association for Cancer Research |
| 2001-present | European Life Science Organization (ELSO) |
| 2001-2003 | International Union Against Cancer |
| 2002-present | German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, FEBS and IUBMB |
| 2003-present | American Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) |
| 2003-present | German Association for Cell Biology |
| Since 2004 | European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) |
Scientific meetings and lectures
| Invited speaker at numerous Conferences and Universities in Europe, USA and Asia. |
| Lecturer-instructor at 12 EMBO, ESF and FEBS Courses |
| Founder and co-organizer of the Dubrovnik conferences on Signalling (1998 – 2006) |
| Organizer of EMBO Lecture Course on Signalling and Development (Split, 2001) |
| Organizer of the FEBS Lecture Course on Cellular Signalling (Dubrovnik, 2004) |
| Organizer of EMBO Practical Course on Ubiquitin and SUMO (Split, 2006 and 2008) |
| Co-chair EMBO Conference: At the joint edge of cellular (Villars-sur-Ollon, 2008) |
| Microbiology and cell Biolgy |
| Chair EMBO Conference: Molecular medicine and cellular signalling (Dubrovnik, 2008) |
| MedILS Summer School: Hot topics in Protein research (Split 2008) |
Board member and reviewer
| 2002 – 2003 | Scientific Advisory Board, Betagenon, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2003 – 2008 | Editorial Board member, Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| 2005 | Highlights Advisor, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology |
| 2005 – 2009 | Scientific Advisory Board member of Association for International Cancer Research |
| 2006 | Scientific Advisory Board member of IFOM, Milan |
| 2006 – 2010 | International Advisory Board member, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland |
| 2006 | Associate editor, Cancer Research |
| 2007 | Advisory Editorial Board member EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports |
| 2007 | Editorial Board member Biochemical Journal |
| 2008 | EMBO Advanced Training Centre committee member |
| 2009 - 2012 | EMBO Publication committee member |
| 2009 - 2012 | ERC Life Science panel member |
| 2009 | Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award Scientific Review Committee |
| 2009 - Present | Chairman of Scientific Advisory Group, SCILLS (Scottish Institute for Cell Signalling), University Dundee, Dundee, Scotland |
Mentor for students and education
| Till 2008 | Mentor for 8 Ph.D. and 6 M.Sc. students |
| 2008 | MedILS summer schools and practical courses |
| 2004-2008 | Numerous seminars, practicum for medical students in Goethe University |
| 2003 – 2004 | Seminar courses and computer-based problem solving practicum in Biochemistry at the Goethe University Medical School, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2000 – 2001 | Graduate course in Cellular Signalling - Karolinska Institute, Hudinge, Sweden |
| 2000 | Advanced Course in “Physiology: Cellular and Molecular Aspects”, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden |
| 2000 | Graduate Course in Molecular Biology, Split University, Split Croatia |
| 1999 – 2000 | Graduate Course in Cell Signalling, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden |
| 1995 – 1997 | Research Instructor, New York University, Medical School, NY, USA |
Patent
| Use of EGFL7 for modulation of cells. DE 10 2007 019162.8 |