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Ceska, Miroslav was born on July 23, 1932 in Budimerice, Nymburk, Czechoslovakia. Son of Antonin and Marie (Valtrová) Ceska. naturalized United States citizen.
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Miroslav Ceska, biochemist, researcher. Recipient citation classics Current Contents, Philadelphia, 1986, Austrian State Prize for Research in Rheumatology, 1990. Coach Swedish gymnastics Olympic team, 1967-1969; international judge Mini-World Championship in Gymnastics, 1979, 80. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences.
Education
Student, Vysoka Skola Chemicko-Technology, Prague, Czechoslovakia, l952-53; student, Technology U., Berlin, l953-55; Master of Science, Florida State University, l957; Doctor of Philosophy, Florida State University, l960.
Career
Research chemist, Florida State University, Tallahassee, l960;
postdoctoral fellow, Free U. Brussels, Belgium, 1972-1996;
postdoctoral fellow, Max Planck Institute for Virus Research, Tübingen, Germany, l962;
head department biochemistry, Pfizer Ltd., Sandwich, England, l962-65;
head department diagnostics, Pharmacia AB, Uppsala, Sweden, l966-72;
research assistant professor biochemistry, U. Miami, Florida, l965-66;
scientist, Sandoz Research Institute, Vienna, Austria, 1972-1996. Chemical consultant Swedish Royal Academy Arts, Stockholm, l966-69. Chairman 2d International Congress Immunology, Brighton, England, l974.
Co-chairman VI International Conference on Immunofluorescence, Vienna, l978.
Achievements
Membership
Coach Swedish gymnastics Olympic team, 1967-1969. International judge Mini-World Championship in Gymnastics, 1979, 80. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences.
Interests
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Married Dagmar Rama, May 18, 1957 (divorced November 1982). Children: Mirko Rene, Michele Diane, Patrick Daniel;m. Krassimira Jordan, April 27, 1984 (divorced August 1990).
1 child, Edward Anthony. Married Anna Krcal, February 18, 1994.
