Trevor Howell Guest Lecture 2020 The Biology of Ageing

Suresh Rattan leads the Laboratory of Cellular Ageing, at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark. His research areas and expertise include ageing of human cells in culture, prevention, removal and repair of macromolecular damage, and applying the concept of mild stress-induced hormesis as a modulator of ageing. He is the recipient of the Lord Cohen Medal in Gerontology (2011) from the British Society for Research on Ageing, an Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (2011), and is the present Chairman of the Biological Section of the European Region of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG-ER). He has published more than 220 scientific articles, and has edited/co-edited 12 books, including books for children, general public and research scientists. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Biogerontology - a peer reviewed journal published by Springer. He is the discoverer of the ageing modulatory effects of kinetin and zeatin, now used in several skin care products.