Degrees

• 19521953

  M.D. (cum laude), University of Padova, Italy.Thesis on ``The determination of phosphate esters in animal tissues`` (work started in 1951 in the Biochemistry Department of the Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, sweden; Director Prof. Hugo Theorell)

• 19561953

  Examinations in Physics

  University of Pavia, Italy.

• 19621962

  “Libero Docente” in Physical Biochemistry

  Rome (Italy)

• 19671967

  Doctorat d’Etat ès-Sciences Physiques

  University of Strasbourg (Honorary Chairman of the Jury: Jacques Monod)

• 19971997

  “Doctor honoris causa”, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology

  Moscow, Russia

• 20032003

  “Doctor honoris causa”

  University of Ancona, Italy

• 20122012

  “Doctor honoris causa”

  University of Montevideo, Uruguay

Appointments

• 19531952

  Medical Officer, Italian Air Force

  Italy

• 19561953

  Assistant, Departments of Biochemistry

  Universities of Padova and Pavia, Italy

• 19571956

  Research Fellow

  Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules, Strasbourg, France; Institute of Advanced Technology, Bradford, UK.

• 19591957

  Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

  National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada.

• 19691959

  Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules

  Centre National de la Recherche Scientific (CNRS), Strasbourg, France.

• 19621959

  Chargé de Recherches

  CNRS (France)

• 19621962

  Visiting Scientist, Department of Biophysics

  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., USA (Prof. C.A. Thomas, Jr.).

• 19731968

  Directeur de Recherche

  CNRS (France)

• 19981970

  Head, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire

  Institut de Recherche en Biologie Moléculaire (later, Institut Jacques Monod), Paris, France.

• 19811978

  Co-Director of the Institut Jacques Monod

  Paris, France

• 19731997

  Directeur de Classe Exceptionnelle

  CNRS (France)

• 19841981

  Fogarty Scholar (Dr. G. Felsenfeld; Dr. M. Singer)

  Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (USA)

• 19951995

  Visiting Professor (Prof. K. Matsubara)

  Institute for Molecular & Cellular Biology, Osaka, Japan

• 19961997

  Visiting Professor (Prof. T. Gojobori)

  National Institute of Genetics (Mishima, Japan)

• 19972002

  Directeur de Recherche émérite

  CNRS (France)

• 19991999

  Scholar of the European Union Senior Research Program in Japan (Prof. T. Gojobori)

  National Institute of Genetics (Mishima, Japan)

• 20042001

  Secretary General of the International Union of the Biological Sciences (IUBS).

• 2002Present

  Directeur de Recherche Honoraire

  CNRS (France)

• Present2007

  President Emeritus

  Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy

• 20072009

  Vice-President

  International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)

• 20122009

  President of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)

• 2010Present

  Visiting Professor

  Science Department, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

• 20162015

  Consultant, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

  Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (in connection with the Saudi Arabia Genome Project).

Chairman

• 19771986

  Course Committee of FEBS (Federation of European Biochemical Societies)

• 19811986

  Interest Group on Genome Structure and Expression of IUB (International Union of Biochemistry)

• 1993Present

  International Society of Molecular Evolution (ISME)

Member

• 19751981

  Course Committee of EMBO

• 19751982

  Committee of Biological Chemistry of CNRS

• 19761981

  Committee for Genetic Experimentation, EMBO

• 19761981

  Committee for Genetic Experimentation (COGENE) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

• 19821986

  Scientific Council of the Institute of Molecular & Cellular Pathology

  Bruxelles, Belgium

• 19881995

  Scientific Council of Stazione Zoologica

  Naples

• 20012002

  Scientific Council of UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science for Europe

  Venice

• 20012001

  Advisory Committee of AIST Bioinformatics Research Consortium (Tokyo, Japan)

  Tokyo, Japan

• 20022002

  Selection Committee for the International Prize for Biology

  Tokyo, Japan

• 20022003

  Scientific Council of the Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine

  Venice, Italy

• end2002

  Committee of the Craaford Prize

  Stockholm, Sweden

• end2004

  Committee of the Rey Jaime I Prize

  Valencia, Spain

Chairman

• 19771986

  Course Committee of FEBS (Federation of European Biochemical Societies)

• 19811986

  Interest Group on Genome Structure and Expression of IUB (International Union of Biochemistry)

• 1993Present

  International Society of Molecular Evolution (ISME)

Member

• 19751981

  Course Committee of EMBO

• 19751982

  Committee of Biological Chemistry of CNRS

• 19761981

  Committee for Genetic Experimentation, EMBO

• 19761981

  Committee for Genetic Experimentation (COGENE) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

• 19821986

  Scientific Council of the Institute of Molecular & Cellular Pathology

  Bruxelles, Belgium

• 19881995

  Scientific Council of Stazione Zoologica

  Naples

• 20012002

  Scientific Council of UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science for Europe

  Venice

• 20012001

  Advisory Committee of AIST Bioinformatics Research Consortium (Tokyo, Japan)

  Tokyo, Japan

• 20022002

  Selection Committee for the International Prize for Biology

  Tokyo, Japan

• 20022003

  Scientific Council of the Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine

  Venice, Italy

• end2002

  Committee of the Craaford Prize

  Stockholm, Sweden

• end2004

  Committee of the Rey Jaime I Prize

  Valencia, Spain