Birthplace - Amritsar, the city of Harimandir Sahib - the Golden Temple

1979 - 1986 Metamorphosis

Sept. 2006

September 2007

Suresh Rattan

Work address:

Department of Molecular Biology University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10 - C DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Phone: +45 8942 5034 Mobile: +45 2899 2496 Fax: +45 8612 3178 e-mail: rattan@mb.au.dk    /or/  sureshrattan@hotmail.com

Academic Qualifications

B.Sc. (Hons.) Biology;	1976	Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India.
M.Sc. (Hons.)	1977	Biology; Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India. (Gold Medal Awarded)
M. Phil.	1979	Life Sciences; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Ph. D.	1982	Division of Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK. Thesis title: Cellular and Biochemical Aspects of Ageing of Fibroblast Cultures. (Supervisor: Robin Holliday, FRS)
Dr. scient. (D.Sc.)	1995	Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Aarhus , Denmark. Thesis title: Understanding Ageing: its Cellular and Molecular Determinants.

Membership of Societies

• Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society, London (1979-80).
• Life Member, Association of Gerontology, India.
• Life Member, Indian Immunology Society, India.
• Life Member, Cell Stress Society International.
• Member, Danish Gerontological Society, Denmark (from 1984).
• Member, Danish Biochemical Society, Denmark (from 1985).
• Member, International Association of Biomedical Gerontology, USA (from 1985).
• Member, Gerontological Society of America, USA (from 1992)
• Member, New York Academy of Sciences, USA (from 1994).
• Member, the Plant Growth Regulator Society of America (1995-1999).
  Member, British Society for Research on Ageing (1997-2002)
• Special Advisor, American Society for Healthy Aging (USA; from 2000)
• Founding member, Australian Society of Cellular and Molecular Gerontology (from 2001)
• Member, Eco-Ethics International Union (EEIU)  (from 2003)
• Member, Danish Naturalscience Academy (DNA) (from 2003)
• Founding Member, International Advisory Council for the International Research Centre on Healthy Ageing and Longevity (from 2004).
• Charter Member, International Dose Response Society (from 2005)
   

Editorial board membership

• Editor-in-Chief, Biogerontology (started 2000)
• Associate Editor. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics (from 2007)
• Editorial Board member, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology  (from 2000)
• Editorial Board member, Dose Response (from 2005)
• Editorial Board member, Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine (renamed: Rejuvenation Research, 2004-2007)
• Editorial Advisory Board member, Asian Journal of Experimental Sciences (India); (from 2005)
• Editorial Board Member, AGE, journal of the American Aging Society. (from 2005)
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• Editorial Board member, BioEssays (1986-90).
• Editorial Board member, Mutation Research: DNAging, (1988-1995).
• Editorial Board member, Journal of Biosciences of the Indian Nat. Sci. Academy (1991-95).

 

Other rewards and recognitions

• Danish national "Education Award 2003" by the Danish Ministry of Education, for the book E = GMC2 written for Danish Schools (see book section for details).
• Commonwealth Fellowship from the British Council, London (1979-82).
• Member, Executive Committee, Molecular Biology Section of the EURAGE (1988-93).
• Guest Editor for the special issue of Mutation Research on Cellular Ageing (1991).

Inclusion in:
Marqui's Who'sWho in the World (from 1993);
Marqui's Who'sWho in Medicine and Healthcare (from 1998);
International Directory of Distinguished Leadership (from 1998).

Referee for various journals including BioEssays, European Journal of Biochemistry, Mutation Research, FEBS Letters, BBA, BBRC, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, Experimental Gerontology, Experimental Cell Research, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Academy, Journal of Biosciences, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International, and others

Examiner for MSc and PhD dissertations from Danish, British, American, Indian universities and research institutes. Included in the Board of Censors in Biology, for Danish Universities (from April 2006 to 2010)

Invited speaker at various international meetings and conferences, such as International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, International Congress of Gerontology, European Congress of Gerontology, International Congress of Biogerontology, EC's Biomed Concerted Action Programmes, International Congress of Clinical Chemistry, FEBS Conferences, and others.

For anti-aging discoveries, patents, books etc, please see the relevant sections