報告題目：Melatonin biology
報告人: Professor Russel J. Reiter
報告時間：2014年11月20日（星期四）上午10：00-11：30
報告地點：行政樓2號會議室
報告人簡介：Russel J. Reiter，現為美國德州大學圣安東尼奧健康醫學中心(The University of Texas Health Science Center)細胞生物學系教授，國際著名雜志Journal of Pinal Research (IF2013=7.812)主編，在國際主流學術期刊發表SCI論文1284篇，累計影響因子4763.50，論文被引用數41092次(http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Russel_Reiter)。1993年首次在國際上報道了褪黑素是一種內源性自由基清除劑與抗氧化劑，為褪黑素研究開辟了一個新的領域。由于這一重要發現，褪黑素已被廣泛用于臨床治療各種自由基氧化有關的疾病并同時廣泛用于畜牧業、農業與工業。詳細介紹參見其個人主頁：http://uthscsa.edu/csb/faculty/Reiter.asp。
英文介紹：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.
