International Scientific Programme Committee

Stathis Gonos

Stathis Gonos graduated from the Department of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Greece, obtained his Ph.D. at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, Britain and a Docent from the Orebro University Medical School, Sweden. He worked as a Research Scientist at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in London, Britain and is now Director of Research of the laboratory of ''Molecular and Cellular Aging'' at the National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece. He is funded by competitive grants awarded mainly by the European Union, has published 84 research articles and is patents holder that have resulted in the development of novel anti-aging products.

He has organized the 2nd EuroConference on ''Biological Ageing'', the 12^th International Association of Biomedical Gerontology Congress. He has been a ''Senior expert'' of E.U. in ''Human development and the aging process'' and Deputy National Representative of Greece in E.U. in ''Genomics and Biotechnology for Health''. He is member of the Executive Committee of International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), member of the Advanced Course Committee of Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), member of the Board of Directors of the ''Society of Free Radicals Research-Europe'', Associate Editor of ''Mechanisms of Aging & Development'' and Editorial Board member of ''Molecular Aspects of Medicine'', ''Experimental Gerontology'', ''Free Radicals Research'', ''Aging Cell'' (-2007) and ''Biogerontology'' (-2009).

His research work focuses on the genetic and environmental factors that are linked to human aging and longevity.

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