Chief Scientific Officer and Chairman of the Senetek Scientific Advisory Board
Professor University of Aarhus, Denmark - Department of Molecular Biology
Dr. Clark is the Chairman of the Senetek Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Clark is known for his discovery of the Initiation Codon for Protein Synthesis, and the First Crystallization of tRNA. Dr. Clark holds a Doctorate in Organic Chemistry and a Doctorate of Science degree in Molecular Biology, both from Cambridge University. He is a foreign member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Dr. Clark is past President of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Dr. Clark is affiliated with the University of Aarhus, Center for Molecular Gerontology where world class research efforts are focused in the area of molecular medicine. The University interacts and collaborates with the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries on numerous research efforts and projects. His projects and collaborations focus on the functional genomics of aging. During his career, Dr. Clark has held the position of Chairman of the Danish Centre for Molecular Gerontology, Chairman of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies, President of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vice-Chairman of EMBO Council and Vice-President of the European Federation of Biotechnology. His recent honors include the Copernicus Medal from the Polish Academy of Sciences (2005), Honorary Professor, University of Athens, Athens, Greece (2006) and Honorary Professor Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006). Dr. Clark’s list of publications includes 198 published articles, 8 book edits and 33 invited book chapters and reviews.
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997
Professor Sir John Walker is Senetek’s Scientific Advisor and a member of Scientific Advisory Board. He is the Director of the Medical Research Council’s (MRC) Dunn Human Nutrition Unit in Cambridge, UK, and Chairman of the MIB Scientific Advisory Board. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1997, together with Professor Paul Boyer, for his work on the crystallographic analysis of the structure of the ATP synthase, a key enzyme in providing energy within the cell. The ATP synthase is a multi-subunit enzyme system which produces adenosine triphosphate, the main carrier of chemical energy in living organisms, from bacteria and fungi to plants and animals. His award winning work, which provided insight into the way that life forms produce energy, was conducted at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, in Cambridge, which he joined in 1974. Professor Walker is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a foreign member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, of L’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford. He was knighted in 1999 for his services to molecular biology. He has received honorary doctorates of science from numerous universities, including the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
Professor of Immunology, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna
Scientific Director of the Italian National Research Center on Aging
Department of Gerontological Studies, Bologna, Italy
Dr. Claudio Francheschi, is Senetek’s Scientific Advisor and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Francheschi has been a full Professor of Immunology at the University of Bologna since 1999. Prior to his current position, he taught at several other universities. Dr. Francheschi has been involved for many years in the field of biogerontology, and pioneered the study of exceptional longevity in humans, with particular attention to immunology and genetics. Dr. Francheschi’s research showed that some mitochondrial DNA inherited variants (mtDNA haplogroups) and functional mutations are more frequent in centenarians, suggesting a maternal component of longevity. Dr. Francheschi is the Associate Editor of Aging, Clinical and Experimental Research, (1989-present); Experimental Gerontology (1998-present); Mechanisms of Aging and Development (2000-present); and, Coordinator of the Biological Study Session of the Italian Multicentric Study of centenarians. His past honors have included Member of the National Committee for the Italian National Project on Aging (1990-1996) of the Italian National Research Council; National Contact Point of the Italian Minister of Scientific Research for the Fifth BIOMED Programme of the European Union; Invited at NIA (Bethesda, 1996, 1998, 2000) as member of expert panelists on the Genetics of Human Longevity. Dr. Francheschi has authored numerous publications and is frequently an invited speaker at international conferences.
University of California Department of Dermatology, Irvine (Emeritus)
Dr. Weinstein is a world renowned expert on photodamaged skin and psoriasis. Dr. Weinstein earned his B.A. and M.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Weinstein Chaired the Department of Dermatology at the University of California, Irvine for over 20 years and is now a Professor Emeritus continuing his patient practice and research.
Dr. Weinstein is an editorial consultant for Archives of Dermatology, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Journal of American Academy of Dermatology, and other journals. He has been on the Board of Directors of numerous national organizations including the American Academy of Dermatology, National Psoriasis Foundation and the Society of Investigative Dermatology. Dr. Weinstein has received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Research and Service in Psoriasis from the National Psoriasis Foundation. He has conducted extensive research into the understanding of hyperproliferative skin diseases, his clinical specialties are psoriasis, acne, skin cancers and mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma). |
