Curriculum vitae of Michael A. Ferenczi

Nationality:British
Present address:Molecular Medicine Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. Tel: (0)20 7594 3139; e-mail: m.ferenczi**imperial.ac.uk
Web site:http://www.ebsa.org/npbsn41/maf_home.html

Qualifications:

B.Sc. 19741st Class Honours, Physiology, University College London.
Ph.D. 1978Physiology, University College London. Supervisor: R.M. Simmons, F.R.S.; A.G. Weeds, F.R.S., D. R. Trentham, F.R.S.

Appointments:

1977 - 1980Beit Memorial Fellow, University College London.
1980 - 1982Fellow of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
1982 - 1983Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
1983 - 2001MRC Scientific Staff, (Senior Staff since 1990), NIMR, London, U.K.
March 2001-PresentProfessor of Physiological Sciences, Imperial College London.
since August 2007Head of Molecular Medicine Section in NHLI, Faculty of Medicine

Current Administrative Responsibilities:

August 2007-Head of Molecular Medicine Section in the National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine (Imperial web page)
November 2007-Head of Year 4 (B.Sc. Year) in Undergraduate Medicine
2009-Committee Member, British Biophysical Society
August 2009-Vice-President and Treasurer, European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA)
October 2007-Member of Review Committee (SC) for the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Previous Administrative Responsibilities:

2005-2009Member of MRC College of Experts
2007-2009President, European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA)
2002-2009Editor, Journal of Physiology
1984-2007Committee Member, British Biophysical Society
2002-2007Theme leader for Year 1/ Year 2 Undergraduate Medicine Course: 'Molecules Cells and Disease'
2006-2007Head of Biological Nanoscience Section in the National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine
2005-2006Head of Biological Nanoscience Section in the Biomedical Sciences Division, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London.
2005-2007Vice-President, European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA)
14-18 July 2007Chairman of the Organising Committee, 2007 European Biophysics Congress, Imperial College London.
January 2005Independent expert. Sixth Framework Programme of the European Community. Research Training Networks.
April 2002Membre du comité d'évaluation CNRS de l'UPR 4301 - Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire in Orleans
1997-2003EBSA Honorary Treasurer
1997-2005Member of the Advisory Board, Medical Research Council
1995Member of the Biological Selection Panel, CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory and Member of the Beam Allocation Panel
1995Member of the CCP13 Committee (EPSRC Collaborative Computing Project 13)

Membership of Learned Societies:

The Physiological Society
British Biophysical Society
Biophysical Society
Society for Light Therapy and Biological Rhythms.

Ph.D. examiner:

University of York (2x)University of Keele
Free University of AmsterdamUniversity of Montpellier (3x)
University of CambridgeImperial College London (x2)
University of Leeds 

Supervisor to the following Ph.D. students:

Dr. C.I. Spencer (1988), Dr. S.K.A. Woodward (1990), Dr. J.R. Patel (1992), Dr. H. Thirlwell (1995), Dr. R.I.S. Burns (1998), Dr. V. Siththanandan (2005), Dr. C. Batters (2005, jointly with Justin Molloy), Dr. Alison Stubbings (2007, jointly with Dr. Michael Polkey), Dr. Delisa Ibanez Garcia (2007, jointly with Professor Paul French), Ms. Catherine Mansfield (jointly with Dr. T. West).

Current grant support:

WT091460MA - Wellcome Trust-NIH studentship awarded to Christopher Toepfer from October 2010, for 4 years, in collaboration with Dr. Jim Sellers, NIH."Investigation of the role of myosin light chain phosphorylation on the stress response of the heart using permeabilised trabeculae and single myosin molecules."
Royal Society: Newton International Fellowship awarded to Dr. Valentina Caorsi. Myosin head movement in contracting muscle fibres detected by Forster Resonance Energy Transfer. £98,000. January 1, 2009 for 24 months
BHF: With Professors Steve Marston, Nancy Curtin, and Nick Wells RG/08/010/25918 Molecular Mechanisms of contractile dysfunction in cardiac muscle hypertrophy and failure £636,991. September 5, 2008 for 36 months
BBSRC: With Professor Paul French and Dr. Mark Neil BB/E021573/1 Muscle cross-bridge mechanism investigated by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy of myosin essential light chain £544,441 (indexed FEC). July 1, 2007 for 36 months
MRC Milstein Fund: With Professor Paul French and Dr. Mark Neil G0601747 Strain-sensitivity of muscle fibre cross-bridges investigated by fluorescence life-time imaging microscopy £372,882. February 1, 2007 for 36 months
British Heart Foundation: Applicant: Prof. Steven Marston; Co-applicants: Prof. Dominic Wells, Prof. Sian E. Harding, Prof. M.A. Ferenczi. PG/06/025/20396. Development and functional investigation of transgenic mouse models of dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. £267,921 01/04/06-31/03/09

Expired grants:

MRC: Sole Principal applicant G0501704 The tuning mechanism of the molecular engines in muscle. £815,760 (FEC) 7/01/07-31/12/09
Wellcome Trust GR077190MA: Co-applicant with Prof. R.C. Woledge. Principal applicant: Dr. N.A. Curtin. 'How muscles work: a new look at energy conversion and ATP turnover during filament sliding'. £285,421. August 1, 2006 for 36 months.
BBSRC: Oxford Bionanotechnology IRC - 2003-2007 - £205,022
MRC: Sole Principal applicant G0100150 Towards a molecular understanding of energy transduction in muscle. Programme grant. £821,862 1 December 2001- 30 November 2006.
BBSRC: Principal Investigator: REI20560 Multiuser TIRF microscopy setup for realtime cellular and molecular imaging. £66,796 01/10/2003 - 01/10/2004 (Equipment grant only)
Wellcome Trust: Co-applicant with Prof. R.C. Woledge. Principal applicant Dr. N.A. Curtin. Energy conversion during contraction: a new look at ATP use by muscle fibres. £130,530 over four years, starting November 1999. 10% time. Grant No. 056162
Non-UK sources:
INTAS: Changes in molecular structure underlying muscle contraction €56,000 from 1 October 1998 for 36 months collaborative programme (Dr. A. Tsaturyan, Moscow State University and Dr. S. Bershitsky, Urals branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg).
NIH: Joint investigator in grant 'Mechanisms in vascular smooth muscle' with D.R. Trentham, J.E.T. Corrie, M.R. Webb. Principal investigator Professor A.V. Somlyo (NIH Programme Project. This section of the 5-year grant (£42,000 p.a.) is to support a post doctoral worker and consumables in the laboratory of Dr. J.E.T. Corrie at NIMR.
EU: Dr. M.A. Ferenczi, together with Drs. D. R.Trentham, M. Anson, J.E.T. Corrie and M.R. Webb (Overall co-ordinator, M.R. Webb) form part of a research training network involving 11 European laboratories to support 10 post-doctoral positions of 2 to 3 years and workshops. NIMR budget: £38,000 p.a.
NATO: Collaborative Linkage Grant - Ref. 977819. Study of structural basis of muscle contraction with X-ray diffraction on muscle fibres using synchrotron radiation $38,500; 2001-2002; with Drs. Bershitsky and Tsaturyan.

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