S. GONOS

	Dr. Efstathios S. Gonos, Director of Research IBRB/NHRF
Address:	National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F.) Institute of Biological Research & Biotechnology (I.B.R.B.) 48 Vas. Constantinou Ave., Athens 11635, Greece
Tel.: / FAX	+30-210-7273756 / +30-210-7273677
e-mail:	sgonos@eie.gr

Stathis Gonos was born in Athens in 1963. He graduated from the Department of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Greece in 1984 and he obtained a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the University of Glasgow, G. Britain in 1989. From 1989 to 1993 he worked as a Research Scientist at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in London, G. Britain. Since 1994 he has been the group leader - Director of Research since 2002 - of the Programme ''Molecular and Cellular Ageing'' in NHRF/IBRB. The research activities of the Programme are focused on the genetic and environmental factors that are linked to human ageing and longevity and are financed by competitive research grants awarded by the European Union, the Hellenic General Secretariat of Research & Technology as well as by private sources. He has published research articles in eminent journals (Mol. Cell Biol., Cancer Res., J. Biol. Chem., Oncogene, Nucl. Acids Res., Free Rad. Biol. Med., Exp. Cell Res., Biochem. J. etc), he is author of several monographs and patents holder. He has been invited to give lectures at many international Conferences (UNESCO, FEBS, European Congress of Gerontology, EMBO, IUBMB, EuroConference, European Association of Cancer Research etc), he has been co-organizing the EMBO/FEBS Spetses Summer Schools since 1999 and has organized the 2nd EuroConference on ''Biological Ageing''. Dr. Gonos has received fellowships from the University of Glasgow, the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and the Royal Society of G. Britain and was honored with the ''Hans Selye'' award. He teaches in the post-graduate courses of Hellenic Universities, he is a member of various Societies, a ''Senior expert'' of European Union in the thematic area of ''Study human development and the ageing process'', evaluator of several international organizations (European Union, UNESCO, Cancer Research U.K., Austrian Science Fund etc) and Editorial Board member of ''Experimental Gerontology'', ''Aging Cell'', ''Mechanisms of Ageing & Development'' and ''Biogerontology''.