Mary Anne O'Connell - Curriculum Vitae#

• 1986 Ph.D, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York U.S.A. Degree in Molecular Biology
  
• 1983 M.S. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York U.S.A.
  
• 1981 BSc. (Hons) University College Galway, Ireland. Degree in Microbiology

• 2014 European Research Area (ERA) Chair, Professor
  
• CEITEC, Masaryk University Kamenice 753/5, A35/143, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic

• 2013 - 2014 Visiting Professor Stockholm University, Sweden. Funded by Stockholm University
  
• 1997 - 2013 Group Leader at MRC Human Genetics Unit Edinburgh UK
  
• 1993 - 1997 Assistent, (Instructor) Department of Cellular Biology, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland
  
• 1990 - 1993 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cellular Biology, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland *1987 - 1990 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA. U.S.A.
  

• Co-organiser of RNA-UK 2004
  
• Co-organiser of Gordon Research Conference on RNA Editing 2007
  
• Co-organiser of Nucleic Acids and Innate Immunity, 2016, 2017, 2018
  
• Co-organiser of Czech RNA meeting, 2016
  
• Co-organizer of RNA and Disease, Sweden 2018

• Administrative responsibilities
  
  • Chair of Health & Safety Committee at MRC Human Genetics Unit
    
  • Establishment and Member of International Scientific Advisory Board, Masaryk University
    
  • Committee for External Speakers in Life Sciences Masaryk University
    
  • Establishment of committee for Internal Speakers in Life Sciences Masaryk University
    
  • Member of Scientific Board for CEITEC MU
    
• Numerous Invited Keynote and other lectures at international meetings and different Universities