Gordan Lauc

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Zagreb

Gordan Lauc is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Zagreb, Director of the National Centre of Scientific Excellence in Personalised Healthcare, Honorary Professor at the Kings College London and member of the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. In 2017 he initiated the launch of the Human Glycome project and is one of its two co-directors. His research team is pioneering high throughput glycomic analysis and the application of glycan biomarkers in the field of precision medicine. By combining glycomic data with extensive genetic, epigenetic, biochemical, and physiological data on over 200,000 individual he is trying to understand the role of glycans in normal physiology and disease. Professor Lauc co-authored over 300 research articles that are cited 20,000 times in Google Scholar. In 2007 he founded Genos, a biotech company that is currently the global leader in high-throughput glycomics. Research in Genos led to the development of the GlycanAge test of biological age, which is today considered to be the best tool for personalisation of lifestyle interventions.