!!Davor Solter - curriculum vitae __Education__ \\ *1965 M.D. - University of Zagreb, Medical School *1968 M.Sc (Biology) - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Sciences *1968 ECFMG certified *1971 Ph.D. (Biology) - University of Zagreb, Medical School \\ __Honors__ \\ *EMBO Scholarship - NATO School on Molecular and Developmental Biology, Erice, Italy, 1971 *SKOJ Award for Achievement in Biological Sciences, 1971 *Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund Fellow, 1973-1974 *Distinguished Lecturer, University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1986-87 *Academia Europaea, Member, 1992-present *European Molecular Biology Organization, Member, 1994-present *American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Honorary Member, 1994-present *John E. Fogarty International Center, NIH, Scholar-in-Residence, 1994-1998 *Japanese Biochemical Society, plenary lecturer, 1995 *Japanese Biochemical Society, Honorary Member, 1995-present *March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology, 1998 *J. W. Jenkinson Memorial Lecturer, Oxford University, 1999 *Huxley Lecture, University of Birmingham, 2003 *Rosenstiel Award, 2007 *John H. Blaffer Lecture, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2008 *Distinguished Lecture Series, Duke University, 2008 *R. G. Williams Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, 2008 \\ __Editorship__ \\ *Associate Editor, Developmental Biology, 1981-1987, 1992-1995 *Editorial Board, Genes and Development, 1987-1997, 2002-present *Associate Editor, Cell, 1987-1997 *Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1989-1995 *Editorial Board, Mechanisms of Development, 1996-2001 *European Editor, Genes and Development, 1997-2001 *Editorial Board, Cloning and Stem Cells, 1999 – present *Editor, Mechanisms of Development, 2002-2004 *Editorial Board, Differentiation, 2008 – present *Science Board of Reviewing Editors, 2009 - 2013 \\ __Membership in Scientific Societies__ \\ *American Society for Developmental Biology, 1974-present *British Society of Developmental Biology, 1980-present *American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991-present *Hakluyt Society, 1991-present *Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst, 1992-present *Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie, 1995-present *Genetic Society, 1997-present *International Society for Stem Cell Research, 2002-present *International Society of Differentiation, 2002-present \\ __Patents__ \\ *USP# 4,664,097 - "Nuclear Transplantation in the Mammalian Embryo by Microsurgery and Cell Fusion" May 12, 1987. (With James McGrath). *USP# 5,789,158 - “Developmental Embryonic Mouse cDNA Libraries” August 4, 1998. (with Barbara B. Knowles, Jay L. Rothstein and Dabney Johnson \\ __RESEARCH AND/OR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:__ \\ *1963 - 1965 Student Instructor, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Zagreb *1966 - 1968 Instructor, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Zagreb *1968 - 1972 Instructor, Department of Biology, School of Medicine, Zagreb *1972 - 1973 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, School of Medicine, Zagreb *1973 - 1974 Associate Scientist, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA. *1975 - 1980 Associate Professor, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA. *1981 - 1991 Professor, The Wistar Institute, Philadelpha, PA. *1982 - 1991 Member, Graduate Group in Microbiology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania *1984 - 1991 Wistar Professor of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania *1984 - 1991 Member, Graduate Group in Molecular Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania *1987 - 1988 Senior Visiting Scientist, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. *1991 - Present Adjunct Wistar Professor, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA *1991 - 2006 Director and Member, Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology, Department of Developmental Biology, Freiburg, Germany *1993 - 2011 Adjuct Professor, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME *2000 – Present Visiting Professor, University of Zagreb Medical School, Croatia *2007 – Present Emeritus Director and Member, Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology, Department of Developmental Biology, Freiburg, Germany *2008 – 2013 Research Director, Institute of Medical Biology, Biomedical Research Council, A*STAR, Singapore *2008 – 2013 Professor, Duke University – National University of Singapore, Graduate Medical School, Singapore *2014 Siriraj International Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand \\ __ADVISORY ACTIVITIES__ \\ *1982 - 1986 Member, Human Embryology and Development Study Section, National Institutes of Health *1985 - 1991 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, QUEST Project, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory *1986 - 1991 Member, National Research Council, Committee on Research Opportunities in Biology, Growth and Development Subcommittee *1988 - 1991 Member, Maternal and Child Health Research Committee, NICHD, NIH *1990 - 1993 Member, Board of Scientific Overseers, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine *1992 - 2003 Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia *1992 - Present Member, External Advisory Board, Pasteur Institute, Paris *1997 - 2001 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics, Berlin *1999 –2008 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan *2001 – 2004 Chair of European Academyʼs project group “Embryo Experimentation in Europe”, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany *2001 – Present Member of Kollegium, Europäische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-technischer Entwicklungen, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany *2002 – 2005 Member, Central Ethical Commission for Stem Cell Research, Federal German Parliament, Berlin *2002 – 2005 Ex officio board member, International Society for Stem Cell Research *2002 – Present Director, International Society of Differentiation *2002 - 2006 Member, National Center for Research Resources Special Emphasis Panel, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA *2003 – 2004 Member, Working Group on Stem-Cell Based Therapies, The Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins, University, Baltimore, USA *2003 – 2005 Member, Working Group on Interspecific Chimeric Brains, The Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA *2003 – 2004 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Genome Institute of Singapore *2003 – Present Member, Scientific Council, CNR Institute of Cellular Biology, Monterotondo Scalo, Rome *2005 –2007 Member, Working Group on Human Trials of Cell Based Interventions for Neurological Conditions, The *Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA *2005 – Present Member, International Scientific Board, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia *2006 – Present Member, The Hinxton Group, An International Consortium on Stem Cells, Ethics & Law, Hinxton, UK *2007 – Present Member, REBIRTH, Economic and Scientific Advisory Board, University of Hannover Medical School, Germany *2008 - Present Member, Steering Committee “Stem cells and regenerative medicine”, Swiss National Science Foundation *2014 – Present Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, Singapore