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First name(s) \/ Surname(s)<\/td>\nMariana Carmen Chifiriuc (maiden name Balotescu)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Address(es)<\/td>\nSpl. Independentei 91-95, Bucharest, Romania<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telephone(s)<\/td>\n00403181576\/int. 15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
E-mail<\/td>\ncarmen_balotescu@yahoo.com<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nationality<\/td>\nRomanian<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date of birth<\/td>\n4 September 1974<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gender<\/td>\nfemale<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Work experience<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date<\/td>\n2003-present <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Occupation or position held<\/td>\nLecturer (2003-2007), Associate Professor (2007-2013), Full Professor (2013-present), PhD supervisor (since 2014); Coordinator of the Life, Environmental and Earth Science Division of the Research Institute of the University of Bucharest<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Ale. Portocalelor 1-3, 60101 Bucharest, Romania<\/p>\n

Courses and practical works<\/strong>: General microbiology, Immunobiology, Medical microbiology<\/em> (undergraduate students), Medical bacteriology<\/em>, Medical Micology, Novel antimicrobial strategies, Immunogenetics<\/em> (Master and PhD students), Standardized microbiological control of water, food, air and pharmaceutical products <\/em>(Master and PhD students), Clinical Immunology <\/em>(Master and PhD students)<\/p>\n

Practical works<\/strong>: Immunobiology, Microbiology <\/em>(undergraduate students), Clinical Immunology<\/em>, Medical microbiology <\/em>(Master and PhD students), Microbiology<\/em> (postuniversitary training)<\/p>\n

Annual post-universitary courses of medical bacteriology<\/em> <\/strong>for biologists, biochemists and chemists working in the Romanian Sanitary System\u00a0 in cooperation with OBBCSSR (Romanian Order of Biologists, Biochemists and Chemists Working in the Sanitary System<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Supervisor of graduation, Master and PhD works (<\/strong>cca 20 theses\/year).<\/td>\n

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Date<\/td>\n1997-2013 (1997-2003 full time)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Microbiologist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Microbial diagnosis of Vibrionaceae<\/em> family, National Data Manager for EARSS (European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System<\/em>), member in the research team of the laboratory undergoing projects of the laboratory concerning the investigation by phenotypic and genetic tools of the Vibrionaceae<\/em> family members; implementation of new methods for the investigation of toxigenicity and virulence potential, standardization of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Vibrio <\/em>isolates.<\/td>\n

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Name and address of employer<\/td>\nNational Institute for Research and Development in Microbiology and Immunology Cantacuzino<\/p>\n

National Reference Center for Cholera and other Vibrios\/Enteric infections<\/td>\n

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2011-2012- Sept-May<\/strong><\/p>\n

Continuous \u201cBlended Learning\u201d Training for University teaching – MII- Student centered learning \u2013 strategies for projecting, implementation and evaluation of educational process. M2.2.<\/strong>\u00a0Educational strategies centered on students POSDRU\/57\/1.3\/S\/26646<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2000-2005<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0PhD degree – <\/strong>Host-parasite relationship. Opportunistic infections in HIV-infected patients<\/em><\/td>\n

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Principal subjects\/occupational skills covered<\/td>\nconventional and complementary techniques used for the bacterial, parasitic, viral, fungal infections diagnosis in HIV infected patients, as well as for the investigation of their pathogenic potential.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Name and type of organisation providing education and training<\/td>\nUniversity of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Level in national or international classification<\/td>\nFirst place in Class A<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dates<\/td>\n1999-2000 <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Title of qualification awarded<\/td>\nPasteur Institutes Network research fellowship<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Principal subjects\/occupational skills covered<\/td>\nElucidation of the Blastocystis hominis, Entamoeba sp.: <\/em>statute as primary or opportunistic pathogens in HIV\/AIDS patients; <\/em>Detection of Entamoeba histolytica\/dispar complex using Entamoeba and Entamoeba histolytica II ELISA Techlab kits.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Name and type of organisation providing education and training<\/td>\nPasteur Institute of Bangui, Central African Republic<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dates<\/td>\n2000 (3 months)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Title of qualification awarded<\/td>\nCertificate Equivalent to DEA (Diplome des Etudes Aproffondis) <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Principal subjects\/occupational skills covered<\/td>\nMedical Bacteriology Advanced Course<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Name and type of organisation providing education and training<\/td>\nPasteur Institute of Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date<\/td>\n1997-1999<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Title of qualification awarded<\/td>\nMaster studies<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Principal subjects\/occupational skills covered<\/td>\nTaxonomy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Name and type of organisation providing education and training<\/td>\nUniversity of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1992-1997<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diploma in Biology, Specialization Medical Biology<\/strong><\/td>\n

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Principal subjects\/occupational skills covered<\/td>\nTitle of graduation work<\/strong>: Microbial adherence to eukariotic HEp-2 and HeLa cells<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Name and type of organisation providing education and training<\/td>\nUniversity of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1988-1992<\/strong><\/p>\n

Certificate of Medical Assistant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sanitary Secondary School of Pitesti<\/p>\n

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CEFOR courses<\/strong> (Centre de Formation des Enseignants dans le Domaine de Sciences de la Vie)\u00a0:\u00a0 Microbiology, Immunology, Molecular Biology<\/em>, Biochemistry, <\/em>Bucharest, 1997, 2002\u00a0; CEFOR II-TEMPUS<\/strong>: Microbiology, Statistics in Biology<\/em>, Bucharest, 1997; International course<\/strong>: Update in Clinical Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases<\/em>– American Foundation for Medical Education<\/em>, Bucharest, 1998\u00a0; Workshop:<\/strong> Antibiotic resisatance in lung and EET infections<\/em>, Bactro & Augmentin Bis, Budapest 1998; Advanced Course:<\/strong> Medical Bacteriology<\/em> – \u00a0Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, January -April 2000; PhD fellowship<\/strong>: Maladies opportunistes chez des malades immunodeprimes<\/em>, <\/em>Pasteur Institute Bangui, Central African Republic, March- December 1999; International Postuniversitar<\/strong>y Course<\/strong>: From molecular biology to 21st Century Medicine\u00a0 <\/em>Bucharest, 2001; 2nd<\/sup>, 3rd<\/sup> Workshops<\/strong> of National Data Managers of EARSS<\/em>, Bilthoven, 2001; 2004; 18th<\/sup> ESCMID Postgraduation Course: <\/strong>Characterization, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology of\u00a0 beta-lactamases<\/em>, Italy, 2002; Intensive Course of Bioinformatics<\/strong><\/em>: National Excellence Center for Microbiology, Biotechnology and Microbial Genetics, Bucharest, Romania, 2002; 1st<\/sup> ESCMID Summer School <\/em><\/strong>of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,<\/em> Lausanne, Switzerland, 2002; Workshop: <\/strong>Mycology without tears: tolls and techniques for demystifying fungal identifications<\/em>, Bucharest, 2003; Data mining and Data managing workshop<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>Bilthoven, Holland, 2006; EARSS data managers workshop:<\/em><\/strong> data analysis and interpretation with statistic tools<\/em><\/strong>, June 2006, RIVM, Bilthoven, Netherlands; International<\/em><\/strong> Workshop on Quantitative Biology<\/strong>,<\/strong> <\/em>2007 Bucharest, Romania.<\/td>\n

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investigation of antibiotic resistance at phenotypic, molecular and epidemiological level;<\/p>\n

phenotypic and genotypic investigation of bacterial virulence;<\/p>\n

investigation of host-infectious agents relationships by in vitro <\/em>and experimental pathology assays;<\/p>\n

assessment of novel chemical structures for their antimicrobial activity);<\/p>\n

investigation of therapeutic or prophylactic alternatives for fighting resistant bacteria and optimizing the in vitro<\/em> and in vivo<\/em> methodology for their selection (i.e. probiotics, prebiotics, vegetal extracts);<\/p>\n

study of microbial interactions with the cellular and inert substrata, in order to select biomaterials with potential use in medicine as anti-microbial\/anti-biofilm surfaces;<\/p>\n

investigation of the role of microbial signaling molecules pheromones in the bacterial cell \u2013 eukaryotic cell cross-talk;<\/p>\n

nanotechnology in microbiology (biological tests for the evaluation of different types of nanoparticles as anti-microbial\/anti-biofilm tools, as drug delivery systems, as stabilizers for unstable antimicrobial compounds, such as the essential oils);<\/p>\n

application of flow cytometry in microbiology for antibiotic susceptibility testings and resistant populations detection;<\/p>\n

quality assurance in microbiology.<\/p>\n

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Habilitation thesis: <\/strong>Investigation of microbial virulence and resistance reservoirs and assessment of new anti-infective therapeutic and preventive strategies<\/em><\/p>\n

PhD thesis: <\/strong>Host-parasite relationship. Opportunistic infections in HIV-infected patients<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6 national projects (1 Bridge, 2 Ideas, 2 CNCSIS- AT, A, 2 Human resources)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3\u00a0<\/strong>international<\/strong> (EARSS, PHARE, InfectEra)<\/p>\n

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\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31\u00a0 national research projects <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 international<\/strong> (FP7, COST, M-ERANET)<\/p>\n

Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 First\/main author-4 books, 5 chapters in books<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coauthor \u2013 3 books, 5 textbooks, 1 national guide, 1 dictionary of specialty terms, 4 chapters in books (1 in national, 3 in international publishing houses), 10 patents<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 235 publications in extenso<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 >160 posters and communications with abstarcts published in proceedings of national and internaitonal congresses and meetings <\/strong><\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Annual participation to the National Meeting of Romanian Society of Microbiology Acad. N. Cajal Symposium, National Flow Cytometry Congress<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Romanian Society for Cell Biology at 25 years, Anniversary workshop \u201cFrom Basic Science to Therapeutic Applications\u201d, Bucharest 6-10 June 2007<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The 6th \u00a0Seminar of NanoScience and Nanotechnology, Romanian Academy, 26 March 2007<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Workshop PROBIOTICS \u2013 An alternative to conventional treatments , <\/em>2010<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National Congress UNAS (National Union of Romanian Dentists), 2009<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ICDPP Symposium (scientific research and development for plant protection) 2010<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Veterinary Medicine Simposium, Bucuresti, 2008<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Workshop \u201cMedical significance of microbial biofilms\u201d, <\/em>Bucharest, November, 2008<\/p>\n

International<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ECCMID- European Congress of Clinical Medicine and Infectious Diseases \u2013 annual participation during 2002- 2014<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Federation of European Microbiological Societies Congress (FEMS) \u2013 2006, 2011<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meeting of the Three Divisions of the International Union of Microbiological Societies, Bulgaria, 2008<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Microbiologia Balkanica, Bucharest, Romania, 2005<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Genomes 2008. Functional Genomics of Microorganisms, Paris, 8-11 April, 2008<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Federation of European\u00a0 Biochemistry Societies Congress- 2007, 2008<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31st<\/sup> International Symposium on HPLC and Related Techniques, June, 2007<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VIBRIO 2007 Conference, 25 Nov. \u2013 1 Decembrie, Paris, Franta<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Genetics and Mechanisms of Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases 21-24 Nov. 2007, Paris<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 International Congress of Nosocomial Infection Prevention, Lednice, 27-29.5.2007<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ist\u00a0 International Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Conference on Culinary Herbs, 2007, Antalya, Turkey<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0 \u00a0International congress on microbial ecology and disease (SOMED) \u20132007, 2010, 2011, 2012<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Le quatrieme colloque Franco-Roumain de Chimie Apliquee, Clermont-Ferrand, France,\u00a0 2006<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7th<\/sup> International Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter<\/em>, Palma de Majorca, 2006<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 International Conference on Surgical Infections, 2006, Stockholm, Sweden<\/p>\n

16.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Black Sea basin conference on analytical chemistry, 2005<\/p>\n

17.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROWER Workshops- <\/em>2009, 2010<\/p>\n

18.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 International Workshop on Quantitative Biology, <\/em>\u00a02007, Bucharest, Romania<\/p>\n

19.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Data mining and Data managing workshop, <\/em>Bilthoven, Holland, 2006<\/p>\n

20.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Workshop data analysis and interpretation in Excel- EARSS datamanagers workshop<\/em>, 2006, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands<\/p>\n

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Member in the scientific committee <\/strong><\/p>\n

Workshop \u201cMedical significance of microbial biofilms\u201d, <\/em>2008<\/p>\n

CALILAB- Association for quality in laboratories<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member of the Scientific Professional Commission for teaching and legislation-\u00a0 \u00a0OBBCSSR<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ICUB BIS workshops I, II, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 NatVarClim Workshop, 2016<\/p>\n

3. National Conference of Immunology, 2016<\/p>\n

4. Woekshop on Pharmacogenomics, 2016<\/p>\n

5. Workshop Who is afraid of Biostats, 2016<\/p>\n

6. Congress of the Romanian Society of Cytometry, 2014, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Beginners and advanced courses of flow cytometry 2014, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>N<\/em>ational Conference of OBBCSSR, 2012<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>2nd<\/sup> ROWER Conference on Occupational Health and Safety Economics, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Member in organizing committee and invited speaker \u201cManagement and quality assurance in medical laboratories. Conventional and modern microbiological and immunological methods<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Bucharest, 2007<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member in organizing committee and invited speaker \u201eFollow up QA\/QC <\/em>and reference laboratory<\/em>\u2019, Bucuresti, 28-30 Sept. 2005<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coordinator \u201cQuality assurance in antimicrobial susceptibility testings<\/em>\u201d,11-12 October, 2001, Bucharest, Romania, Romanian Society of Microbiology<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Coordinator Atelier pratique- Le diagnostic des diarrhees au cours du SIDA de l\u2019 adulte<\/em>\u201d, Bangui, Republique Centrafricaine, 1999, Pasteur Institute of Bangui<\/p>\n

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Invited speaker and chair in international workshops and conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 International Conference of Doctoral School of Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Galati, 2016;<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 \u00a0 NatVarClim International Workshop, Bucharest, 2016;<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Anniversary Conference of \u00a0the Institue of BIology of the Romanian Academy, Romanian Academy, 2016;<\/p>\n

4. European Congress of Cell Analysis (ECCCA), Lisbon, 2014;<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EQALM (European organization for external Quality Assurance providers for Laboratory Medicine) Symposium, Bucharest, 2013 ;<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2nd ROWER Conference on Occupational Health and Safety Economics; 2011;<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 22nd<\/sup> ECCMID (European Congress for Clinical medicine and Infectious Diseases)<\/em>, London, April 2012;<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conference -Diaspora in Romanian Scientific Research and Education<\/em>, Bucharest, September 25-28, 2012;<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1st<\/sup> ROWER Conference on Occupational Health and Safety Economics, 2010;<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROWER Workshops- <\/em>2009, 2010;<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New antimicrobial strategies based on the modulation of intercellular signalling mechanisms in bacteria mediated by quorum-sensing-16<\/strong>h <\/sup>International conference on control systems and computer science, <\/em>\u201cPOLITEHNICA\u201d University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, 2007;<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Data mining and Data managing workshop, <\/em>\u00a0Netherlands, 2006;<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Data analysis and interpretation in Excel- EARSS datamanagers workshop<\/em>, 2006, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands;<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Water microbiological control, infectious diseases and public health- <\/em>Seminar Schleicher and Schuell, 2002, February, Brasov,\u00a0 Romania.<\/p>\n

Member of professional associations\/societies<\/strong><\/p>\n

ESCMID<\/strong> (European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases<\/em>), EARSS<\/strong> (European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System<\/em>), SRM<\/strong> (Romanian Society of Microbiology<\/em>), Balkanic Medical Union, <\/em>FEMS<\/strong> (European Federation of Microbiology Societies<\/em>), Romanian Association of Flow cytometry, <\/em>FEBS (<\/strong>Federation of Biochemistry Societies, <\/em>ESCCA<\/strong> (European Society for Clinical Cell Analysis).<\/em><\/p>\n

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o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The prize of the Romanian Society of Microbiology<\/em> for 2 posters presented tothe Romanian Conference of Microbiology, 2007<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The 3rd prize for the poster presented to <\/strong>The Anniversary Conference of the Institute of Biology \u2013 50 years of Academic Research in Microbiology, 2010<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National microbiology expert<\/strong> in the PHARE project – EuropeAid\/115101\/D\/SV\/RO.<\/em><\/p>\n

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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Invited guest editor- special issues for Current Organic Chemistry; Current Medicinal Chemistry; Curr Top medChem<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Editor of national journals<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Computer skills and competences<\/strong><\/p>\n

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photo Editor, Access), working with databases (Whonet, EARSS), statistical analysis software (GraphPad).<\/td>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Projects Evaluator<\/strong>\u2013<\/p>\n

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Ideas Projects, Competitions 2008, 2012, ERA-NET, research projects within the University of Missouri system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hirsch index<\/strong>–<\/p>\n

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Artistic skills and competences<\/strong><\/td>\n

21<\/strong>, >1800<\/strong> citations (source: SCOPUS)<\/p>\n

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Archeological reproductions painting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Other skills and competences<\/strong><\/td>\nLabeling historical monument buildings from three historical cities of Romania, i.e. Bucharest, Curtea de Arges, Campulung (>500 monuments) (as Board member of APMNIR- Friends of Romanian National History Museum) (www.monumenteromania.ro); public conferences on cultural\/large interest subjects (ancient Egypt, Ancient India, Feng Shui, Neolithic cultures in Romania, Romanian Renaissance, Global warming and human health, genetics, between science and philosophy, Wooden art in the Romanian traditional art, Sacred Architecture (as Member of the Cultural Association New Akropolis- www.noua-acropola.ro).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Driving licence<\/strong><\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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