Mariusz Z Ratajczak
University of Louisville, USA
Biography
Mariusz Z Ratajczak is a Professor of Medicine, the Henry M and Stella M Hoenig Endowed Chair in Cancer Biology and the Director of the Developmental Biology Research Program at the University of Louisville's, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, USA. He is an internationally known specialist in the field of adult stem cell biology. He is also known for his work on novel mechanisms of mobilization and homing of stem cells, biological role of extracellular microvesicles and molecular mechanisms of cancer metastasis. Among his prestigious awards are the 2014 Karl Landsteiner Life Achievement Award from the German Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematotherapy and the 2008 Cancer Researcher of the Year award. He has published numerous books and more than 450 peer-reviewed publications and is a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide. He is a Visiting Professor at Kansai University in Osaka, Japan and Fudan University in China.