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Stocker, Roland was born on October 5, 1956 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Roland Stocker, Swiss Biomedical scientist. Recipient Joy London award National Heart Foundation, Australia, 1995, Simon Wolff contrarian award, 1996. Assistant national coach Swiss Rowing Association, 1987-1989, member Swiss Olympic Team, Moscow Olympics, 1980; coach Australia Rowing Team, 1984. Member International Society Free Radical Research (president Australasia since 1997, Young Investigator award 1987).
Education
Stocker was awarded a Diplom Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik (Dipl Natw), or Diploma in/of Natural Science, from the ETH Zurich in 1981 and a Ph.D. from the Australian National University in 1985.
Career
He is a former Olympic rower and has represented Switzerland at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Stocker has made significant contributions to the understanding of the molecular action of Alpha-Tocopherol (vitamin E) during the oxidation of lipoproteins, the antioxidant activities of ubiquinol-10 in lipoproteins, the contribution of oxidation of low-density lipoprotein to atherosclerosis, the understanding of how antioxidants and heme oxygenase-1 protect against atherosclerosis, and the contribution of tryptophan metabolism by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase to kynurenine in the regulation of vascular tone in inflammation. Stocker is recognised as a "redox pioneer".
Formerly, Stocker held an appointment as a professor at the University of Sydney, Australia. Currently, he is Professor of Vascular Biology at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.
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Assistant national coach Swiss Rowing Association, 1987-1989, member Swiss Olympic Team, Moscow Olympics, 1980. Coach Australia Rowing Team, 1984. Member International Society Free Radical Research (president Australasia since 1997, Young Investigator award 1987).
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Switzerland