Dr. Efstathios S. Gonos, Director of Research
IBRB/NHRF
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National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F.)
Institute of Biological Research & Biotechnology
(I.B.R.B.)
48 Vas. Constantinou Ave., Athens 11635, Greece
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 grants awarded by the European Union (9 grants), the Hellenic General Secretariat of Research & Technology as well as by private sources (total awarded budget over 5,000,000 euros). He has published 77 research articles in eminent journals having more than 1,500 citations (H-index 21), is author of 14 monographs and patents holder that have resulted in the development of novel anti-ageing products. He has been invited to give lectures at 65 international Conferences (Gordon Conferences, UNESCO, FEBS, European Congress of Gerontology, EMBO, IUBMB, EuroConference, European Association of Cancer Research etc), has been co-organizing the EMBO/FEBS Spetses Summer Schools since 1999 and has organized the 2nd EuroConference on ''Biological Ageing'', the 12th International Association of Biomedical Gerontology Congress and the 59th Conference of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 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 and he is/has been co-supervisor of 14 Ph.D. theses. He has been a ''Senior expert'' of E.U. in ''Human development and the ageing process'' and Deputy National Representative of Greece in E.U. in ''Genomics and Biotechnology for Health''. He is evaluator of several international organizations (European Union, UNESCO, Cancer Research U.K., Medical Research Council U.K., Austrian Science Fund, Italian Association for Cancer Research, Spanish Ministry of Health, Association for International Cancer Research etc), 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'', President of the ''Hellenic Society of Free Radicals'', Associate Editor of ''Mechanisms of Ageing & Development'' and Editorial Board member of ''Molecular Aspects of Medicine'', ''Experimental Gerontology'', ''Aging Cell'' (2002-2007) and ''Biogerontology'' (2001-2009).
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