Jace Otlewski - Curriculum vitae#
Current position
- Professor and Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology, Department of Protein Engineering, University of Wrocław
Education and Professional Experience
- 2006 - Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw
- 2002 - 2005 Visiting Professor Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- 1994 - Professor Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Wroclaw, Poland
- 1993 Visiting Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette
- 1992-1991 Associate Professor Institute of Biochemistry University of Wroclaw, Poland
- 1991 Dr. habilitatus, (D.Sc.) Biophysical Chemistry University of Wroclaw
- 1990-1991 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Germany
- 1987-1991 Assistant Professor (Adjunct) Institute of Biochemistry University of Wroclaw, Poland
- 1986-1983 Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Chemistry Purdue University
- 1983 Ph.D., Biochemistry University of Wroclaw
- 1980 M.S., with Distinction, Biochemistry University of Wroclaw
Scientific interets
- Protein engineering, protein chemistry, protein - protein interactions, protein stability, protein folding, *serine proteinases and their protein inhibitors, protein design, directed mutagenesis and phage display, NMR and protein crystallography.
Memberships
- Member of Academia Europaea
- Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- Member of the Polish Biochemical Society
- Member of the Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum
- Member of the Protein Society
- Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Member of the Editorial Board of Annexins
Editorial Boards
- Member of the Editorial Board of Annexins
- Member of the Editorial Board of The Central European Journal of Biology
Honors and Awards
- 1981 - Mozolowski Award for the Best Presentation by a Young Scientist at XVIII Meeting of Polish Biochemical Society.
- 1987 - Award of the Secretary General of Polish Academy of Sciences
- 1982-2001 - President of the University of Wroclaw Awards (8 Awards)
- 1982-1991 - Polish Minister of Higher Education Awards (3 Awards)
- 1995 - Individual Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2000 – Scholar of the Foundation for Polish Science
- 2001 – International Research Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- 2001- J.K. Parnas Award for the best experimental paper published in Polish laboratory in 2000
- 2001 – Złoty Krzyż Zasługi
- 2002 - Individual Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2002 - Visiting Professor at the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- 2003 – Leon Marchlewski Medal for the scientific achievements (award of the Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences)
- 2004 - Polish Minister of Higher Education Award
Services and miscellaneous
- Member of the Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics Study Section in National Committee for Scientific Research in Warsaw (1996-1997)
- Vice Director for Research, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Wroclaw, Poland (1996-1999)
- Member of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Scientific Council (1996-2002)
- Member of the Biotechnology Study Section in National Committee for Scientific Research in Warsaw (1999-2002)
- Member of the Board of Directors of the National Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (1999-2002)
- Member of the Polish National Committee for International Council for Science (1999-2002)
- Delegate from Poland to the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1999-2002)
- Member of the National Committee of Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences (1999-2002)
- Member of the National Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (1996-2002)
- Coordinator of the Proteins and peptides at work Symposium (29th FEBS Congress, Warsaw, 26 June-1 July, 2004)
- Chairman of the session entitled Macromoleculr recognition (29th FEBS Congress, Warsaw, 26 June-1 July, 2004)
- Member of Senate of the University of Wroclaw (2005-2012)
- Delegate from Poland to European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research, Domain of *Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences (2006-)
- Dean, Faculty of Biotechnology University of Wroclaw Poland (2006-2008 and 2008-)
- Member of the Institute of Experimental Biology Scientific Council (2007-2010)
- Member of the Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy Scientific Council (2007-2010)
- Member of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Scientific Council (2007-2010)
- Coordinator of the BioMed Programme of the Wroclaw Research Centre (2008-)
- Panel Member of the, section Applied Life Sciences and Biotechnology, ERC Advanced Investigation Grants, 2009-2013.
- Member of the Biomedical Commision of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2009-
Referee
- Acta Biochimica Polonica
- Biochemistry
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
- Biochimie
- Biological Chemistry
- Biomacromolecules
- BMC Bioinformatics
- BMC Microbiology
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
- European Journal of Biochemistry
- FEBS Journal
- FEBS Letters
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
- Journal of Molecular Biology
- Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Journal of Proteome Research
- Microbial Cell Factories
- Molecular Diversity
- Phytochemistry
- Polish Journal of Chemistry
- Postępy Biochemii (Progress in Biochemistry)
- Protein and Peptide Letters
- Protein Journal
- Protein Engineering, Design and Selection
- Protein Science
- Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics