Madeleine Ennis (born 1953), England

1974	BSc (hons) chemistry, University College London
1978	PhD entitled "Some studies on nerve growth factor and its antiserum", University College London
1977-1980	Postdoctoral research assistant, Department of Chemistry, University College London
1980 -1982	Postdoctoral research assistant, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London
1982-1989	Postdoctoral research assistant, Institute of Theoretical Surgery, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
1989-1996	Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast
1996-1999	Senior Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast
1999-	Professor of Immunopharmacology, The Queen's University of Belfast

Membership:

1. British Pharmacological Society
2. British Society for Immunology
3. British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (member of council)
4. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
5. European Histamine Research Society (President of Society)
6. European Respiratory Society
7. Irish Thoracic Society
8. Ulster Immunology Group (former chairman)

Prof. dr hab.med. Czeslaw Maslinski (1921-2002)

Professor of Pathophysiology
The Founder-, President-, Honorary Member- and Honorary President of the Polish Histamine Research Society

1950	graduated at University School of Medicine Lodz
1947-1951	employed in Department of Pathophysiology University School of Medicine Lodz, as an Assistant and later Senior Assistant
1951-1954	Head of Experimental Research Division in Polish Air Force Central Medical Research Institute
1951	M.D. degree
1951-1953	Senior Assistant in Dept of General Pathophysiology Warsaw University School of Medicine
1953-1956	Deputy Secretary of the Committee of Medical Sci of the Polish Academy of Sciences
1956	Ph.D.
1956-1959	Deputy of Secretary of Medical Section of the Polish Academy of Sciences
1954-1959	Head of Section of Pathophysiology (Assistant Professor) in Dept of Pathomorphology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
1959	Associate Professor
1959-1964	Associate Professor, Head of Section of Experimental Pathophysiology of the Center of Experimental Medicine, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
1964	Extraordinary Professor in Pathophysiology
1964-1967	Professor
1960-1970	Associate Professor, Professor and Head of Dept of General Pathophysiology Lodz University School of Medicine
1967-1968	Head of Department of Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz
1970	Ordinary Professor in Pathophysiology
1971-2000	Professor in Institute of Biogenic Amines Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz. During the period 1971-1991 chairman of the Institute

Fellowships: CNRS (France) - twice; WHO

Awards:

1. Ministry of Health (1970)
3. 3 times prized by Scientific Secretary of the Polish Academy of Sci (1972; 1973; 1992)
4. Medal XXV Years of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1984), for his significant contribution to the development of the Polish science
5. Nicolaus Copernicus Medal [the highest award of the Pol Acad Sci] (1995) for scientific achievements
6. Honorary Member of the European Histamine Research Society (1998)
7. Honorary Member of the Polish Histamine Research Society (1999)
8. Honorary President of the Polish Histamine research Society (2000)

The research studies concerned essentially two areas:

• phenomena connected with non-specific resistance to tuberculosis, e.g studies on the influence of thyroid function on the development of tuberculosis and the effect of tuberculosis on thyroid function,
• metabolism and physiological functions of histamine and pathogenesis and mechanisms of anaphylactic and allergic reactions

Within the second area topics such as general adaptation process examined on the model of adaptation to histamine; effect of histamine on collagen formation and polymerization in wound healing; role of histamine in fast developing tissues normal and neoplastic; in pathogenesis of some metabolic diseases, hepatic encephalopathy. More recent studies focus on the possible roles of histamine in physiology of mammary gland.

Over 200 papers published in international journals in biomedicine

Promotor of 34 doctor theses, 7 habilitations

Father of 2 sons and grandfather for 3 grandchildren

Prof. Bruno Mondovi

Bruno Mondovi was graduated in Medicine at the "La Sapienza" University of Rome, 1951. He was then employed there as an academic teacher and researcher and enjoyed the most productive scientific career. He got and held the position of Professor of Applied Biochemistry at the School of Pharmacy until 2003. In the meantime (1981-1998) he was also acting as the Dean of the School of Pharmacy.

Bruno Mondovi is an outstanding biochemist in medical sciences who has worked with organic compounds, with copper and copper enzymes. Bruno Mondovi's research on amine oxidases is summarized in the very recent book 'Copper Amine Oxidases', Floris & Mondovi, (2009). This book describes the structure of the enzymes, the role of copper and of the cofactor 6-hydroxy-dopa quinine, and covers the difference between amine oxidases from bacteria, plants as well as mammals and examines the importance of this ubiquitous class of enzymes in physiology and metabolism of biogenic amines. Bruno Mondovi was also interested in the role of polyamine oxidases in the fast growing tissues including cancer, and in the role of enzymes - catalase and superoxide dismutase, in the defence from the oxidative stress. Histaminases break down histamine and free radicals are histamine releasers; some examples of interplay of biochemistry and medicine.
Bruno Mondovi has been awarded several Academic Honours, among them the International Prize Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen for oncology in 1985 and Feltrinelli Prize for Medicine in 1988.

He has always been a great friend of Poland and the Polish histaminologists and attended several meetings of the Polish Histamine Research Society.

Prof. Walter Schunack, Germany

Prof. Kenji Tasaka (born 1929), Japan

1952	Graduated at Okayama University Medical School
1952	Internship at Okayama Uiversity affiliated Hospital
1953	Assistant of Department of Pharmacology, Okayama University Medical School
1958	Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology
1961	Instructor, Dept.of Pharmacology, Okayama Univ. Med. School,
1963	Research Assistant, Research Associate Dept.of Physiology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation
1964	Research Instructor, Dept of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Medical Collage of Virginia
1968	Instructor, Dept.ofPharmacology, Okayama Univ. Med. School
1970	Associate Professor of Pharmacology
1971	Professor of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Okayama University
1981	Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science
1986	Director Of Biopharmaceutical Science, The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
1990	Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science
1992	Director, Gene Research Center Okayama University

Membership:

1. Japanase Pharmacological Society, Pharmaceutical Society of Japan; Japanese Society of Allergology; Japanese Society of Ocular Pharmacology; European Histamine Research Society; Skin Pharmacology Society
2. Corresponding member of American Academy of Allergy and Immunology
3. Affiliated Member of European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Pharmocology
4. Editorial Board of Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology; Fellow of Royal Microscopical Society; Honorary Member of Polish Histamine Research Society
5. Scientific Advisory Board of Drug News and Perspectives; President of Okayama Association for Laboratory Animal Science