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Dr. Clark is the Chairman of the Senetek Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Clark is known for his discovery of the Initiation Codon for Protein Synthesis, and the First Crystallization of tRNA. Dr. Clark holds a Doctorate in Organic Chemistry and a Doctorate of Science degree in Molecular Biology, both from Cambridge University. He is a foreign member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Dr. Clark is past President of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Dr. Clark is affiliated with the University of Aarhus, Center for Molecular Gerontology where world class research efforts are focused in the area of molecular medicine. The University interacts and collaborates with the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries on numerous research efforts and projects. His projects and collaborations focus on the functional genomics of aging.
During his career, Dr. Clark has held the position of Chairman of the Danish Centre for Molecular Gerontology, Chairman of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies, President of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vice-Chairman of EMBO Council and Vice-President of the European Federation of Biotechnology. His recent honors include the Copernicus Medal from the Polish Academy of Sciences (2005), Honorary Professor, University of Athens, Athens, Greece (2006) and Honorary Professor Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006). Dr. Clark’s list of publications includes 198 published articles, 8 book edits and 33 invited book chapters and reviews. | 