Claudio Hetz

PhD in biomedical sciences Serono Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Geneva.

Research topics:

  • Role of reticular proteostasis in cellular aging in the acquisition of SASP during cellular
    senescence.
  • Impact of UPR (ATF6) transcriptional reprogramming during aging.
  • Regulation of astrocytic function by the UPR during aging.
  • Development of gene therapy strategies to recover the proteostatic capacity of neurons during aging.
  • Liver fibrosis, proteostasis and aging.
  • Homeostatic communication between energy metabolism (nutrition) and reticular proteostasis
    on synaptic resilience.
  • Role of proteostasis in microglia in brain aging.