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\u017deljko Ku\u0107an<\/span><\/strong>,<\/span> a<\/span> Croatian<\/span> biochemist,<\/span> was<\/span> born<\/span> in<\/span> Zagreb<\/span> on<\/span> May, 24<\/span> October 1934.<\/span> He<\/span> graduated<\/span> in<\/span> Chemistry<\/span> (1958)<\/span> and<\/span> received his<\/span> Doctorate<\/span> (1964)<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Faculty<\/span> of<\/span> Science<\/span> in<\/span> Zagreb.<\/span> From<\/span> 1958<\/span> he worked<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> Institute<\/span> “Ru\u0111er<\/span> Bo\u0161kovi\u0107”,<\/span> where<\/span> in<\/span> 1972\u201376<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> head<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Department<\/span> of<\/span> Organic<\/span> Chemistry<\/span> and<\/span> Biochemistry<\/span> and<\/span> founder<\/span> and<\/span> head<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Laboratory<\/span> for<\/span> Biosynthesis.<\/span> He specialized<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Rockefeller<\/span> Institute<\/span> in<\/span> New<\/span> York<\/span> (1961\u201363),<\/span> was<\/span> a<\/span> visiting<\/span> researcher<\/span> (1969\u201372)<\/span> and<\/span> an<\/span> associate professor<\/span> (1977\u201379)<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Biochemical<\/span> Department<\/span> of<\/span> New<\/span> York<\/span> University.<\/span> Since<\/span> 1983,<\/span> full<\/span> professor<\/span> of biochemistry<\/span> of the Faculty<\/span> of<\/span> Science<\/span> in<\/span> Zagreb,<\/span> since<\/span> 1988<\/span> the<\/span> Head<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Department<\/span> of<\/span> Organic<\/span> Chemistry<\/span> and<\/span> Biochemistry,<\/span> Dean<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Faculty<\/span> (1990\u201394),<\/span> founded<\/span> the Department<\/span> of<\/span> Biochemistry<\/span> in<\/span> 1995.<\/span> It<\/span> deals<\/span> with<\/span> the biochemistry<\/span> of<\/span> nucleic<\/span> acids<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> mechanism<\/span> of<\/span> transmission<\/span> of<\/span> genetic<\/span> information.<\/span> Participated<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> discovery<\/span> of the<\/span> breakdown<\/span> of<\/span> deoxyribonucleic<\/span> acid<\/span> in<\/span> irradiated<\/span> bacteria,<\/span> is<\/span> the initiator<\/span> of<\/span> research<\/span> into transportal<\/span> ribonucleic<\/span> acid<\/span> (tRNA)<\/span> in<\/span> Croatia.<\/span> Since<\/span> 1990,<\/span> he has<\/span> been an<\/span> extraordinary and<\/span> since<\/span> 1991<\/span> full<\/span> member<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Croatian<\/span> Academy of<\/span> Sciences and Arts.<\/span> He<\/span> was<\/span> president<\/span> of the<\/span> Croatian<\/span> Biophysical<\/span> and<\/span> Croatian<\/span> Biochemical<\/span> Society.<\/span> He<\/span> received<\/span> the<\/span> Award<\/span> for<\/span> Scientific<\/span> Work<\/span> “Ru\u0111er<\/span> Bo\u0161kovi\u0107”<\/span> (1991)<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> National<\/span> Lifetime<\/span> Achievement<\/span> Award<\/span> (2004).<\/span><\/p>\n Education<\/strong><\/p>\n Fellowships<\/strong><\/p>\n International experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Employments<\/strong><\/p>\n Teaching experience (permanently since 1972)<\/strong><\/p>\n Scientific societies<\/strong><\/p>\n Honors<\/strong><\/p>\n Scientific interest<\/strong><\/p>\n Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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