BIO of Haruhiko Inufasa

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After receiving his medical doctor license at 1982, Prof. Inufusa was a surgery fellow at the Kindai University School of Medicine, where he studied for six years the medicine. In 1988-1990 he joined the Pathobiology department of University Washington (Seattle), where he studied basic biochemical research. In 2003-2006 he started metabolism research of alcohol, carbohydrate, and lipid. During this study he invented the composition accelerate alcohol, carbohydrate, and lipid metabolism. One of his invention Twendee X is a composition has strong antioxidant without side effects. From 2013 he headed Division of Antioxidant Research, Gifu University, Japan.

BIO of Martyn G Boutelle

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Martyn G Boutelle is Professor of Biomedical Sensors Engineering at the Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London. His initial undergraduate training was in Chemistry followed by a PhD in Electrochemistry at Imperial College London. He then worked as a research fellow in the University Laboratory of Physiology, and Green College, University of Oxford. His first academic appointment was in the Department of Chemistry, King’s College London. He moved to the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London in 2004 where he is Deputy Head of Department.
His biomedical monitoring research group is multidisciplinary, embracing both the development of fundamental physical/ analytical science methods, particularly combining microfluidic devices with electrochemical sensors, and the use of these new techniques in a program of neuroscience and clinical science research. His approach is to combine real-time measurement of chemical, electrical and physical measurements such as blood flow and local brain pressure to give a clear picture of the dynamics of tissue response to stimulation or trauma. The same measurement techniques are used in patients and in experimental models allowing genuine translational research.

BIO of Richard Compton

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Richard G Compton is Professor of Chemistry and Aldrichian Praelector at Oxford University, United Kingdom where he is also Tutor in Chemistry at St John's College. He received his PhD in 1980 at Imperial College, London

Compton has broad interests in both fundamental and applied electrochemistry and electroanalysis including nanochemical aspects. He has published more than 1500 papers (H = 93; with more than 36,000 citations excluding self-cites) and 7 books. The 2nd edition of his graduate textbook 'Understanding Voltammetry' (with C E Banks) was published in late 2010 by World Scientific Press and a 3rd edition will appear early in 2018. He is a co-author of the scientific biography A G Stromberg - First Class Scientist, Second Class Citizen. Letters from the GULAG and a History of Electroanalysis in the USSR (WSP, 2011).

Patents have been filed on 25 different topics including novel pH sensors (leading to the San Francisco based spin out Senova), gas sensing (in collaboration with Honeywell) and the detection of garlic strength and chilli heat in foodstuffs. The Senova pHit Scanner based on Compton group patents - the worlds first calibration-free pH meter - won the prestiguous 'best new product' award at PITTCON March 2013.

Compton has been CAS Visiting Professor at the Insitute of Physical Sciences, Hefei and is a Lifelong Honorary Professor at Sichuan University. He holds Honorary Doctorates from the Estonian Agricultural University and Kharkov National University of Radioelectronics (Ukraine) and is a Fellow of the RSC and of the ISE.

He is the Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Electrochemistry Communications (current IF = ca 4.85) published by Elsevier and is the joint Editor-in-Chief of the newly launched Current Opinion in Electrochemistry

BIO of Jean-Marie Dubois

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Jean-Marie Dubois owns a PhD in Physics from Polytechnic National Institute, Nancy, France, a Dr Hon. Causa from Iowa State University,USA and another from Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil. He is a former overseas fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, U.K. and a professor at Dalian University of Technology, China. He was recently elected as Honorary Member of Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is a member of Lorraine Science Academy and correspondent of Stanislas Academy, Nancy, France. Distinguished Director of Research at CNRS, France, he chairs the professional committee of CNRS that is dedicated to materials chemistry, nanomaterials and processing.
His research topics have revolved around metal physics and engineering of complex metallic materials. He is the author of more than 250 scientific articles in refereed journals, 14 international patents, and 7 books. After establishing structure models for metallic glasses and quasicrystals, Prof. Dubois became interested in applied properties of these materials: heat insulation, low adhesive properties and infrared light absorption, cold-welding and solid-solid adhesion in vacuum of Al-based complex intermetallics against steel. His general interest is on understanding the surface energy of those materials and their scaling properties in relation to their electronic structure and crystal lattice complexity.

BIO of Ferid Murad

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Prof. Ferid Murad, is a Biochemist best known for his 1977 pioneering discovery work on nitric oxide and its role in increasing the diameter of the cardiovascular and other blood vessels for which he was awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1998 along with Robert F. Furchgott and Louis J. Ignarro. The Nobel Committee evaluated that the identification of a biological role for nitric oxide was surprising for several reasons. Nitric oxide was known before the discovery mainly as a harmful air pollutant, released into the atmosphere from automobile engines and other combustion sources. In addition, it was a simple molecule, very different from the complex neurotransmitters and other signaling molecules that regulate many biological events. No other gas is known to act as a signaling molecule in the body. In addition to its use in cardiovascular drugs the work of Prof. Murad on nitric oxide led to the development of Viagra. Nitric oxide is the only gas known to act as a signaling molecule in the body, and regulates activities of the brain, intestines, kidneys, liver, lungs, stomach, and genitals.
Prof. Ferid Murad, attended DePauw University (1958), Western Reserve University (1965), and performed his internship and residency in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital as and MD/PhD physician scientist. He worked as a clinical associate in the Heart Institute from 1967-70 at the National Institutes of Health. From 1970-1981, Prof. Murad was on the faculty at the University of Virginia, where he developed a new Clinical Pharmacology Division in the Department of Medicine as an Associate Professor in Medicine and Pharmacology. In 1981, he was appointed as Chief of Medicine of the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital, a Stanford-affiliated hospital. He also served as a Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and the Associate Chairman of Medicine. Prof. Murad was acting Chairman of Medicine at Stanford University from 1986-1988. In 1988, Dr. Murad joined industry as Vice President at Abbott Laboratories, supervising approximately 1,500 scientists and staff. In 1993, he founded and served as President and CEO of Molecular Geriatrics Corporation. In April 1997, he joined the University of Texas-Houston as their first chairman of a newly-combined basic science department, Integrative Biology, Pharmacology and Physiology. There he also created a new Division of Clinical Pharmacology with his department and the Department of Medicine. In October 1998, Prof. Murad, along with his colleagues Robert F. Furchgott and Louis J. Ignarro, were awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The award was given to them for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system specific to blood vessel dilation. After accepting the award, Dr. Murad began working in the dual role of Chairman of the Department of Integrative Biology, Pharmacology and Physiology and Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Texas-Houston. In 2011, Dr. Murad accepted an faculty appointment at The George Washington University, where he leads a lab program in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Prof. Murad has been recipient of many Awards including the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award in 1996 for his discovery.
He is author of two books: Nitric Oxide: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Therapeutic Implications (1995, with Louis J. Ignarro) and The Wellness Solution (2007, with Edward A Taub and David Oliphant).
As a Nobel Laureate, Dr. Murad has participated on panels with other Nobel Laureates to discuss methods to promote peace and education around the world.