Angelo AZZI, born 26 October 1939, Modena, Italy.
DEGREES
MD 1963, University of Padua
PhD General Pathology, 1969 University of Padua
PhD Biochemistry, 1970 University of Padua
POSITIONS
1963-1966 Assistant Professor, University of Padua
1967-1969 Res. Fellow, Department of Biophysics Uni. of Pennsylvania
1970-1975 Associate Professor, University of Padua
1976-1977 Full Professor, University of Padua
1977-1984 Professor & Head Department Medical Chemistry Institute, Uni. Bern
1984-2005 Professor and Director, Inst. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uni. Bern
2005-2009 Visiting Scientist HNRCA
2009-2014 Senior Scientist HNRCA
PRESENT EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:
Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Aspects of Medicine
Editor-in-Chief of IUBMB Life
Review Editor BioFactors
Editorial board Free Radical Research
Editorial board Genes & Nutrition
Associate Editor Mechanisms of Ageing and Development (from Jan 2015)
PRESENT MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
President International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2006-2012)
Past-President IUBMB (2013-)
Member Scientific Council -Warsaw Int. Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology (1997-)
Board Member, Institute of Genetic Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Nigeria,
Past-President Society for Free Radical Research International (2010-)
Member of Advisory Board of UNESCO (ISAB/IBSP) (1997-)
Member Advisory Committee, Regional Center for Biotechnology, Delhi (2010-)
Member Advisory Committee, Tripoli International Biotechnology Center (Libya) (2005-)
HONORS
Foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1994)
Corr. Member Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1999)
PhD (honorary) University of Buenos Aires (2001)
The Oxygen Club of California Award (2001)
Vitamin Preis, Gesellschaft für angewandte Vitaminforschung (2002)
PhD (honorary) University Roma Tre (2012)
Volunteer professor, University of Miami Medical Faculty (2014)
Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of Free Radicals Europe (2014)
INVITED PRESENTATIONS & TALKS (last 6 years)
Oxygen Club of California- University of Turin –Alba in September 2005
Seminar, Human Nutrition Center (Tufts University) Boston, 2006,
Seminar, University of Connecticut, University of Connecticut Health Center, 2007
First International Congress on Nutrition and Cancer Antalya, Turkey on May 19-23, 2008.
Royal Society of Medicine and the Physiological Society 12 May 2006 Novartis Foundation Open Meeting: “Dietary Supplements And Health”
International Symposium on "Mitochondrial Physiology and Pathology" Bari, Italy 23-26 June, 2008
SFRR-Europe 2008 Meeting “Free Radicals and Nutrition: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Application” Berlin, Germany, July 5-9, 2008
SFRR Free Radical School 2008 on “Lipid peroxidation and signaling: role in diseases” Spetses, Greece, 30 August- 6 September 2008
XIV Biennial Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research International in Beijing on October 18-22, 2008.
2nd Internat'l Interdisciplinary Conference on Vitamins, Coenzymes and Biofactors, Athens, Georgia, October 26-31, 2008
First International Congress on Nutrition and Cancer Antalya, Turkey on May 19-23, 2008.
Meeting of the Int. Advisory Board of IIMCB in Warsaw June 6 and 7 2008
International Symposium on "Mitochondrial Physiology and Pathology" Bari, Italy 23-26 June, 2008
SFRR-Europe 2008 Meeting “Free Radicals and Nutrition: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Application” Berlin, Germany, July 5-9, 2008
SFRR Free Radical School 2008 on “Lipid peroxidation and signaling: role in diseases” Spetses, Greece, 30 August- 6 September 2008
XIV Biennial Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research International in Beijing on October 18-22, 2008.
3rd International Roundtable (5-6 Nov, 2008 in Bethesda, MD), “Sustaining Progress in the Life Sciences: Strategies for Managing Dual Use Research of Concern”
Round table discussion at the National Academy of Sciences meeting on dual-use educational materials, United States Academies, Washington DC, Nov. 4 2008
Budapest Biosecurity Conference on dual use of biological technology, the United States Academies, the State Department and NIH,. Budapest March 30-April 2, 2008.
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts, held at the United Nations Office in Geneva 18 to 22 August 2008.
International Conference on Biomolecular Science in honor of the 75th anniversary of the birth of Professor Yuri Ovchinnikov (1934-1988) - Moscow-Puschino, September 28 – October 1, 2009
Seminar, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston, USA, 2008
Seminar, Human Nutrition Center (Tufts University) Boston, 2008
Seminar, Istanbul University, Department of Molecular Medicine, May 2008
Seminar, Academy of Sciences Athens, Greece, May 2009
Seminar, Department of Physiology University of Pennsylvania, September 2009
Theoretical and Practical Course: Genetic Applications In Human and Animal Health, March 9-17 2011 Basra (Iraq)
IUPAC symposium “From Protein Structure to Cell Regulation” Aug 2-5 2011 S.Juan Puerto Rico
International Congress of Biochemistry (4th ICBMB) Sept 6-9 2011 Mashhad, Iran
IUBMB Conference, Oct 22 - 27 2011 Mérida, Yucatán, México
Human Variome Project Congress Beijing Oct 30-Nov. 3, 2011
11th Annual Conference of Society for Free radical Research in India (SFRR India) and International conference on “Emerging Trends in Free Radicals, Antioxidants and nutraceuticals on Health, Disease and Radiation Biology.” January 12-14, 2012 Panchwati Holiday Resorts, Kolkata (India)
International Conference on Perspective of Cell Signaling and Molecular Medicine January 8-11, 2012 Bose Institute, Kolkata-700 054, India
International Conference on Free Radicals, Antioxidants and Neutraceuticals in Health, Disease & Radiation Biology & Satellite Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research-10 - 11 January, 2012 College of Medicine & JNM Hospital, WBUHS, Kalyani, India
International Advanced School Hermanus, South Africa, March 14-22, 2012
International Advanced School, Mashhad 03/9-5, 2013 (Two Lectures)
ICSU Meeting of Unions’ Presidents, Paris, 06/10-11, 2013
FEBS Congress, St. Petersburg 07/6-11, 2013 (Chair)
FRRS-Europe, Athens, 09/23-25, 2013 (Lecture)
Meeting of the Regional Center of Biotechnology, Delhi, 09/27-28, 2013 (Lecture)
14th IUBMB Conference “Host-microbe interactions” 11/16-21, 2013, Marrakech, Morocco Chair of the Program Committee
Experimental Biology Meeting San Diego 04/26-28, 2014
Advisory Board (Chair) of the Regional Center of Biotechnology, Delhi, 09/27-28/2013
ICSU Presidents Meeting, Varadero, Cuba 01/8-12, 2014
Miami Winter Symposium (Co-organizer) 01/26-29, 2014
Littauer Memorial Symposium, Rehovot, Israel, 02/1-3, 2014
Seminar at Tufts University, 02/24, 2014
Omega 3 Symposium, Rome Campus Biomedico, Italy, 03/12-19, 2014
Seminar at Wayne State University, 065/06, 2014
International Institute Advisory Board Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 05/ 23-24, 2014
50 years DNA Code –NYAS, New York City 07/31, 2014
ICSU General Assembly, Auckland, New Zealand 08/28-09/3, 2014
Paris “SFRR Europe Lifetime Achievement Award" 09/ 5-7, 2014
Ovchinnikov Memorial Symposium, Moscow 09/15-19, 2014
Spetses, Greece, Advanced School SFRR-Europe, 09/ 22-28, 2014
New Delhi, India Meeting of the Advisory Board (Chair) of the Regional Center of Biotechnology, 09/30-10/2, 2014
Taipei (China) IUBMB Conference and Executive Committee meeting 10/21-26, 2014
WJ Whelan International Symposium (Organizer) 11/14, 2014
Manesar (India) Advanced School on Metabolic Syndrome (teacher) 11/24-29, 2014
