PROFESSOR ROGER A. FIELDING
Dr. Fielding is currently a Professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. He is also the Director of Human Studies at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, a Lecturer on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and a Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Fielding’s primary research focus is on the impact of exercise and physical activity on successful human aging, skeletal muscle alterations, and age-related alterations in the control of skeletal muscle protein turnover.
Professor René LAFONT – Scientific Director
Co-founder of the company, with Stanislas Veillet, René Lafont is a biochemist (Ecole Normale Supérieure), Professor Emeritus at Sorbonne Université (formerly University Pierre et Marie Curie) and former Dean of the Department of Life Sciences. He has authored over 170 scientific publications and a dozen patents. He is also, notably, a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques, and a Laureate of the Karlson Foundation (Germany).
Professor Jean MARIANI
Jean Mariani is Emeritus Professor of Neuro and Gerosciences at Sorbonne Université (SU) in Paris, and was hospital practitioner at the Charles Foix geriatric hospital since 2018. His work has concerned neuromuscular aging and neurodegenerative pathologies during lifespan and expanded to general aging biology, especially the physio or pathological consequences of cellular resilience to stress. He was also in several positions of responsibility at P. and M. Curie Univ. (now SU), at the Life Sciences Department in CNRS and in other institutions, such as the Foundation for Medical Research, the DHU FAST (Fight Aging And Stress), the DIM Longevity and the Gerond’IF, etc.. Up to now Jean Mariani has published 291 papers in peer reviewed journals and has directed 34 PhD thesis. He is now President of the Scientific Council and member of the Board of the Biotech Biophytis.
Professor José-Alain SAHEL
A doctor of ophthalmology, member of the Académie des Sciences, laureate of the CNRS 2012 médaille de l’innovation [Innovation award] and Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, José-Alain Sahel currently runs the Institut de la Vision, a research centre associated with the Hôpital des Quinze-Vingts (Paris), Inserm, and Sorbonne Université (formerly University Pierre et Marie Curie). He is a pioneer in the field of the artificial retina and regenerative treatments for the eye. Several companies have been created as a result of his work, including Fovéa Pharmaceuticals, GenSight Biologics and Pixium-Vision.
Dr. Thomas VOIT
Professor Thomas Voit is the Director of the Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Child Health, University College London. Previously Professor Voit was at Sorbonne Université, Paris, where he was the Medical and Scientific Director of the Institute of Myology and Director of an INSERM/CNRS Research Center. Prior to this he was a professor and the Head of Pediatrics at University Hospital, Essen.
Professor Yann Meunier
Yann Meunier is a US-based healthcare professional, currently Professor and Director of the International Institute of Medicine and Science, Inc (IIMS), where he leads the development and implementation of innovative educational programmes and research projects in global health and related fields. He is also a consultant and health expert with HealthConnect International LLC. He has published widely in the international medical literature and, as an investigator, has led and participated in clinical trials for new treatments for HIV/AIDS, tropical and infectious diseases, and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
Professor Bernard Lévy
Bernard Lévy is Professor Emeritus of Physiology and a senior member of PARCC (Inserm U970). He headed the physiology and functional investigations department and the Inserm cardiovascular research centre at Lariboisière Hospital in Paris. After studying medicine, he focused on physiology, fluid mechanics, cardiology and vascular medicine. His work focuses on vascular biology in ageing, hypertension, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, and he has particularly studied the functions of the renin-angiotensin system in these different diseases.