时间： 　　2017年6月20日上午 9:30 – 11:30 

地点： 　　深圳大学南校区医学院725会议室

主持人：   阮雄中教授

 

主讲嘉宾简介：

Jan-Åke Gustafsson received his PhD from the Karolinska institutet in 1968, followed by an MD from the same university in 1971. 

Gustafsson is most well known for his longstanding accomplishments in the field of nuclear receptors, including his discovery of the previously unknown estrogen receptor beta. His work at the University of Houston is focused on establishing academic and industry collaborations with the goal of finding new treatments for diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

Gustafsson is one of Europes leading scientists in the fields of medicine and natural science. He holds two parallel professorships: Robert A. Welch Professor of Biology and Biochemistry (80%) at the University of Houstons Department of Biology and Biochemistry, as well as Professor of Medical Nutrition (20%) at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Jan-Åke Gustafsson has received numerous international and national scientific awards, honorary doctor- and professorships, e.g. the Nordic Fernström Prize, often referred to as the "Little Nobel Prize", the Fernström Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark.