Prof. George Martin University of Washington, School of Medicine, USA

Dr. Martin received his BS and MD degrees from the University of Washington and has been a member of its faculty since 1957. After an internship at the Montreal General Hospital and a residency in anatomic pathology at the University of Chicago, he pursued postdoctoral research in somatic cell genetics... read moreunder Professor Guido Pontecorvo at Glasgow University. Other postdoctoral experiences included research in molecular biology with Francois Gros in Paris and in experimental embryology with Henry Harris and Richard Gardner at Oxford University. Honors for his research have included awards from the Gerontological Society of America, the American Federation for Aging Research, a World Alzheimer Congress Lifetime Achievement Award, an Outstanding Alumnus Award from the University of Washington School Of Medicine, and election to the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Martin is a Past President of the Tissue Culture Society of America, the American Federation for Aging Research and the Gerontological Society of America.