ANTONIOS TRAKATELLIS Wife: Tania Trakatelli (Art Decorator) Daughters: Myrto-Georgia (medical doctor), Christina (medical doctor), Lydia-Antonia (Archaeologist)

Education

1. Graduated from high school - Experimental school of Thessaloniki
   
2. M.D., (with honours) - Athens University Medical School - 1955
   
3. Ph.D., (Summa cum laude) - Athens University Medical School - 1958
   
4. M.Sc. (with honours) - Athens University School of Chemistry - 1961

1. Research Associate, Biochemistry Department, Medical School, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1961-63)
2. Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Department, Medical School, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1964-65)
   
3. Associate Scientist, Biochemistry Division, Medical Research Centre, Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY (1965-68)
4. Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of NY, NY (1968-71)
   
5. Professor of Biochemistry, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, NY (1971-72)
   
6. Professor and Chairman of Biochemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School (1972- )
   
7. Dean of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School (1986-89)
   
8. Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, (twice elected) (1988-91) and (1991-94)

1. Member of the European Parliament (Group of European People's Party)(1994-), Head of the Greek Delegation of EPP-ED (2000-)
   
2. Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection (1994- )
   
3. Supplement Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-)
   
4. Supplement Member of the Committee on Industry, External Relations, Research, Technological Development and Energy (1999-)
   
5. Member of the Committee on Petitions (1999-2000)
   
6. Chairman of the Scientific Technological Options Assessment (STOA), (1999-)
   
7. Member for the Delegation for Relations with Israel (1999-)
   
8. Supplement Member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee EU-Cyprus (1999-)
   
9. Member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (1998-99)
   
10. Supplement Member of the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy (1994-1998)
    
11. Chairman of the European Parliament Delegation with Transcaucasus; (1994-96)
    
12. Chairman of the EU- Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee.(1997-99)
    
13. Member of the temporary Committee of inquiry for the BSE ("mad caw" disease) (1996)
    
14. Member of the follow-up temporary Committee on the BSE (1997-98)
    
15. Supplement Member of the Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002).

• Author of more than 120 scientific papers.
• Writer of the chapter on nucleic acids, in Best and Taylor "Physiological Basis of Medical Practice".
• Writer of 10 books in the field of biochemistry, "Biochemistry " 2nd edition, 1993.
• More than 2,000 references of his work in classical publications.
• One of his research works is insulin synthesis and biosynthesis, relationship of Vitamin B6 to immunological phenomena Nucleic acid and protein biosynthesis.

1. Member of the Government's Medicine Controlling Laboratory (1974)
   
2. Member of the special (electorate) bodies for the election of University Professors in Medical Schools
   
3. First representative of Greece at the committee for research and technology of the European Commission (1980-84)
   
4. Member of National Advisory Council (1988)

• Many awards from NIH, USA, and from the Research Council of the City of NY, USA.
  
• Awards, also, from the Greek Ministry of Health, the Greek Ministry of Research and Development and Education.
  
• Award Schilla and Carridi for scientific achievement.
  
• Award from the Department Computing Studies of the Aristotelio University of Thessaloniki

• Special Advisor for environmental issues of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomiou I
  
• Paul Harris fellow
  
• Member of the board of Macedonian Press Agency (1991-1994) and Chairman of the Macedonian Press Agency (1992-1994).