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Fabio Demontis, PhD

Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty

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Fabio Demontis, PhD

Developmental Neurobiology Inspiration4 Advanced Research Center

MS 322, Room M2421

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

MemphisTN 38105-3678

Education

Laurea (MSc) – Medical School, University of Milano, Italy PhD – Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany Postdoctoral Studies – Harvard Medical School/HHMI, Boston, Massachusetts

Honors & Awards

  • 2017  Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Award
  • 2015  Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging
  • 2013  New Scholar in Aging Award, Ellison Medical Foundation
  • 2011  AFAR/GE Healthcare Junior Investigator Award for Excellence in Imaging and Aging Research
  • 2010  Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR postdoctoral fellowship
  • 2006  European Doctorate in Biotechnologies

Research Interests

  • Role of proteostasis and stress responses in skeletal muscle aging
  • Systemic signaling via muscle-derived secreted factors (myokines) during aging and age-related diseases 

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