Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Biological Ageing; An intricate interplay between Diet, Gut Microbiota & Organ function
Title: Biological Ageing; An intricate interplay between Diet, Gut Microbiota & Organ function
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Sven Pettersson, MD, PhD
Senior Professor Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Principal Investigator, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
After completing a PhD in Immunology (1985) and an MD degree (1986) at the University of Umea, he was awarded the prestigious EMBO fellowship to work as a post-doc at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge UK, having Prof Michael Neuberger as mentor. (1987-1990). Returning to Sweden after a successful postdoc, he was awarded 6-year junior research grant from the Swedish Medical Research Council was appointed as Asst Prof at the Karolinska Institute (KI). Between 2000-2018 he served as Professor in Microbe-Host interactions at KI.
In 2011 he was appointed as Principal Investigator at the National Cancer Centre, in Singapore and between 2014-2020 he served as Professor in Metabolic Diseases at the LKC School of Medicine, NTU, Singapore. Currently he is a Principal Investigator at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) and an adjunct Professor at NUS, Singapore.In 2015 he was elected to become Senior Investigator at the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research (CIFAR) (2015-).
In 2020, the Jeffrey Cheah foundation from Malaysia awarded him a six-year grant to establish an ASEAN Microbiome Nutrition Centre (AMNC) jointly between NNI and Sunway University Malaysia in Singapore. AMNC focus on research on gut brain communication relevant to human health, ageing and onset of neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson disease. His is an internationally renowned investigator in the area of gut-microbe interactions especially with a focus on how gut microbes and their metabolites regulate organ development and function, especially on the gut brain axis has been highly recognized worldwide and for this work he has received several prices and awards.
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