Title: Melatonin biology

Speaker:  Professor Russel J. Reiter,The University of Texas Health Science Center

Time: 10: 00-11: 30, Noverber 20, 2014

Location: Meeting room 2, Administration building

Introduction:

Dr. Russel J. Reiter is Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Cellular and Structure Biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA. In addition to his Ph.D. degree, Dr. Reiter has received three honorary M.D.degrees and one honorary D.Sc. degree from international universities. His research relates to the multiple receptor-independent and receptor-dependent actions of melatonin and its isomers in humans, animals and plants. He has trained 25 Ph.D. students and 144 postdoctoral fellows. Dr. Reiter has received numerous awards for his research including the A. Ross McIntyre Gold Metal (USA), the US Senior Scientist Award (Germany), Lizoni Lincee Award (Italy), the Inaugural Aaron B. Lerner Pioneer Award (USA), etc. He has published numerous research papers, reviews and chapters and he has written or edited 25 books. His papers have been cited in the scientific literature more than 80,000 times, and his h-index is 139; Thomson Reuters has identified Dr. Reiter as a Highly Cited Research and lists him as one of the World’s Most influential Scientific Minds. Dr. Reiter has been an invited speaker at more than 300 international meetings and symposia. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pineal Research (2013 impact factor = 7.812) and is or has been on the Editorial/Advisory Board of 26 other journals.