DENMARK

Julio E. Celis
Founder Member. Ph.D. Biochemistry. Main fields: Basic and clinical aspects of cancer, proteomic strategies in health and disease. 1973-75, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge - under S. Brenner and F. Crick; 1975-86, Associate Professor, Biostructural Chemistry, Aarhus University; 1986-2001, Professor of Medical Biochemistry; 1989-2001, Professor and Chairman, Institute of Medical Biochemistry; 1989-90, Chairman, Aarhus University Bioregulation Research Centre; 1991-present, Chairman, Danish Centre for Human Genome Research; 2001-present, Institute Leader, Scientific Director, Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Biology.

Brian F. C. Clark
Founder Member. BA, MA and Ph.D. in organic chemistry. Main fields: Molecular mechanism of disease including cancer and age-related diseases. 1961-62, Research Associate in Division of Biochemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA; 1964-74, Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England - member of Division of Cell Biology under the direction of Francis Crick & Sidney Brenner; 1974-present, Professor of biostructural chemistry at the University of Aarhus. 200 publications, including five books.

Poul Henning Petersen †
Founder Member. BSc and PhD in Agriculture. Main fields: Animal Science and Health. 1970-72, Assistant Professor, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL); 1972-89, Associate Professor, KVL; 1989-2004,, Reader, KVL; 1979-87, 1990-92, Head of Department, KVL; 1990-92, Chairman of Department Board, KVL. He carried out multiple studies for the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fishery as well as for other national and international bodies. Collaborative research in ruminant production in Tanzania and Uganda, 1994-2004.