Frontiers of Science: Prof. Marco Demaria
11th December at 12:00
Onsite event
in Presidentti auditorium, BioCity
Autumn 2025 program
Prof. Marco Demaria, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Heterogeneity in cellular senescence: from mechanisms to interventions
Host: Gennady Yegutkin (genyeg@utu.fi)
No coffee nor sandwiches this time, but lunch instead!
BioCity Turku wants to thank all its people from the great 2025 which was full of great events and good vibes. After Prof. Demaria’s talk there is lunch served in BioCity 1st floor lobby. There are seats for 150 first ones to register and we hope many of you can make it.
Register here: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/A24F2F06197BBA30
Dr Demaria is an associate professor in Cellular Ageing and his research is focused towards identifying novel mechanisms and biomarkers associated to senescent cells. His laboratory has also a strong interest to characterize the pro-disease functions of senescent cells induced during aging and by anti-cancer therapies. A major goal is to exploit these findings for the development of rejuvenating interventions. In 2018 he co-founded a start-up company, Cleara Biotech, devoted to develop anti-senescence drugs.
Selected publications
The senescence-associated secretory phenotype and its physiological and pathological implications. Wang B, Han J, Elisseeff JH, Demaria M. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2024 Dec;25(12):958-978. doi: 10.1038/s41580-024-00727-x. Epub 2024 Apr 23. PMID: 38654098
Targeting anti-apoptotic pathways eliminates senescent melanocytes and leads to nevi regression. Kohli J, Ge C, Fitsiou E, Doepner M, Brandenburg SM, Faller WJ, Ridky TW, Demaria M. Nat Commun. 2022 Dec 23;13(1):7923. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35657-9. PMID: 36564381 Senescence and cancer – role and therapeutic opportunities.
Schmitt CA, Wang B, Demaria M. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2022 Oct;19(10):619-636. doi: 10.1038/s41571-022-00668-4. Epub 2022 Aug 31. PMID: 36045302
General information
- You can download and save all the autumn 2025 FoS-seminars to your calendar from here: https://seafile.utu.fi/d/44a70f80ac1e46a9ad0a/
- Registration is not needed, participation list is circulated in the audience
- If you are a student and later wish to get a certificate of attendance from the Frontier of Science seminars, print out the seminar diary and after the seminar ask the BioCity coordinator to sign it https://seafile.utu.fi/d/44a70f80ac1e46a9ad0a/
- Please note that any audio or video recording of the seminars is strictly forbidden.
- Autumn 2025 image credits to Kari Kaunisto: Sahlberg family collections, Biodiversity unit, University of Turku