Frontiers of Science: Prof. Saverio Minucci
Aika
18.4.2024 klo 12.00 - 13.00
Frontiers of Science
April 18th at 12:00
On-site event
Presidentti auditorium, BioCity
Prof. Saverio Minucci, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Italy
PP2A as an integrator of cellular responses to genomic stress, and to a metabolically dynamic microenvironment
Host: Jukka Westermarck (jukwes@utu.fi)
Coffee and sandwich at 11:45, first come first served!
Six PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch in restaurant Mauno and discuss with Prof. Minucci after the seminar. This is a great possibility to learn hosting skills in friendly environment and create connections for future. Everyone is welcome to join, BioCity Turku will offer the lunch.
If you got interested, please send an email to biocityturku@bioscience.fi
Prof Minucci has an outstanding reputation in the field of cancer research. Since the beginning of his career, he focused his research activities on the study of deregulation of chromatin structure/function in cancer, aiming to the use of potential drugs interfering with chromatin modifying enzymes (histone deacetylases, DNA methyltransferases, histone demethylases) for clinical treatment of cancer patients. He contributed to several key discoveries in this area, that have shaped the field of cancer epigenetics, and the concept of epigenetic therapy of cancer. His practical interest in drug discovery and translation of basic research into application led him to be scientific co-founder of the Italian biotechnological and biopharmaceutical holding company Genextra Spa. Genextra raised approximately 100M € to launch and support 4 companies (Congenia; DAC; Intercept Pharmaceuticals; Tethys); a 5th company joined more recently (Erydel). S.M. has been in Congenia (discovery of small molecules acting on mitochondrial function for the treatment of degenerative diseases: currently one drug is in Phase I for acute myocardial infarction), and of DAC (discovery of small molecules in oncology: currently one drug is in Phase IIb for the topical treatment of basal cell carcinoma). He has also contributed to the ion of additional projects/companies for investment (Intercept, Tethys), and participated to the definition of scientific strategies/global strategies of all of the Genextra associated companies.
ed publications
Cazzoli R, Romeo F, Pallavicini I, Peri S, Romanenghi M, Pérez-Valencia JA, Hagag E, Ferrucci F, Elgendy M, Vittorio O, Pece S, Foiani M, Westermarck J, Minucci S. 2023. Endogenous PP2A inhibitor CIP2A degradation by chaperone-mediated autophagy contributes to the antitumor effect of mitochondrial complex I inhibition. Cell Rep. 2023 Jun 7;42(6):112616. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112616
Moretti S, Abdel-Aziz AK, Ceccacci E, Pallavicini I, Santoro F, de Thé H, Minucci S. 2022. Co-targeting leukemia-initiating cells and leukemia bulk leads to disease eradication. Leukemia. 2022 May;36(5):1306-1312. doi: 10.1038/s41375-022-01530-3
Nicosia L, Boffo FL, Ceccacci E, Conforti F, Pallavicini I, Bedin F, Ravasio R, Massignani E, Somervaille TCP, Minucci S, Bonaldi T. 2022. Pharmacological inhibition of LSD1 triggers myeloid differentiation by targeting GSE1 oncogenic functions in AML. Oncogene. 2022 Feb;41(6):878-894. doi: 10.1038/s41388-021-02123-7
Ravasio R, Ceccacci E, Nicosia L, Hosseini A, Rossi PL, Barozzi I, Fornasari L, Zuffo RD, Valente S, Fioravanti R, Mercurio C, Varasi M, Mattevi A, Mai A, Pavesi G, Bonaldi T, Minucci S. 2020. Targeting the scaffolding role of LSD1 (KDM1A) poises acute myeloid leukemia cells for retinoic acid-induced differentiation. Sci Adv. 2020 Apr 8;6(15):eaax2746. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax2746
Elgendy M, Cirò M, Hosseini A, Weiszmann J, Mazzarella L, Ferrari E, Cazzoli R, Curigliano G, DeCensi A, Bonanni B, Budillon A, Pelicci PG, Janssens V, Ogris M, Baccarini M, Lanfrancone L, Weckwerth W, Foiani M, Minucci S. 2019. Combination of Hypoglycemia and Metformin Impairs Tumor Metabolic Plasticity and Growth by Modul
April 18th at 12:00
On-site event
Presidentti auditorium, BioCity
Prof. Saverio Minucci, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Italy
PP2A as an integrator of cellular responses to genomic stress, and to a metabolically dynamic microenvironment
Host: Jukka Westermarck (jukwes@utu.fi)
Coffee and sandwich at 11:45, first come first served!
Six PhD researchers and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch in restaurant Mauno and discuss with Prof. Minucci after the seminar. This is a great possibility to learn hosting skills in friendly environment and create connections for future. Everyone is welcome to join, BioCity Turku will offer the lunch.
If you got interested, please send an email to biocityturku@bioscience.fi
Prof Minucci has an outstanding reputation in the field of cancer research. Since the beginning of his career, he focused his research activities on the study of deregulation of chromatin structure/function in cancer, aiming to the use of potential drugs interfering with chromatin modifying enzymes (histone deacetylases, DNA methyltransferases, histone demethylases) for clinical treatment of cancer patients. He contributed to several key discoveries in this area, that have shaped the field of cancer epigenetics, and the concept of epigenetic therapy of cancer. His practical interest in drug discovery and translation of basic research into application led him to be scientific co-founder of the Italian biotechnological and biopharmaceutical holding company Genextra Spa. Genextra raised approximately 100M € to launch and support 4 companies (Congenia; DAC; Intercept Pharmaceuticals; Tethys); a 5th company joined more recently (Erydel). S.M. has been in Congenia (discovery of small molecules acting on mitochondrial function for the treatment of degenerative diseases: currently one drug is in Phase I for acute myocardial infarction), and of DAC (discovery of small molecules in oncology: currently one drug is in Phase IIb for the topical treatment of basal cell carcinoma). He has also contributed to the ion of additional projects/companies for investment (Intercept, Tethys), and participated to the definition of scientific strategies/global strategies of all of the Genextra associated companies.
ed publications
Cazzoli R, Romeo F, Pallavicini I, Peri S, Romanenghi M, Pérez-Valencia JA, Hagag E, Ferrucci F, Elgendy M, Vittorio O, Pece S, Foiani M, Westermarck J, Minucci S. 2023. Endogenous PP2A inhibitor CIP2A degradation by chaperone-mediated autophagy contributes to the antitumor effect of mitochondrial complex I inhibition. Cell Rep. 2023 Jun 7;42(6):112616. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112616
Moretti S, Abdel-Aziz AK, Ceccacci E, Pallavicini I, Santoro F, de Thé H, Minucci S. 2022. Co-targeting leukemia-initiating cells and leukemia bulk leads to disease eradication. Leukemia. 2022 May;36(5):1306-1312. doi: 10.1038/s41375-022-01530-3
Nicosia L, Boffo FL, Ceccacci E, Conforti F, Pallavicini I, Bedin F, Ravasio R, Massignani E, Somervaille TCP, Minucci S, Bonaldi T. 2022. Pharmacological inhibition of LSD1 triggers myeloid differentiation by targeting GSE1 oncogenic functions in AML. Oncogene. 2022 Feb;41(6):878-894. doi: 10.1038/s41388-021-02123-7
Ravasio R, Ceccacci E, Nicosia L, Hosseini A, Rossi PL, Barozzi I, Fornasari L, Zuffo RD, Valente S, Fioravanti R, Mercurio C, Varasi M, Mattevi A, Mai A, Pavesi G, Bonaldi T, Minucci S. 2020. Targeting the scaffolding role of LSD1 (KDM1A) poises acute myeloid leukemia cells for retinoic acid-induced differentiation. Sci Adv. 2020 Apr 8;6(15):eaax2746. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax2746
Elgendy M, Cirò M, Hosseini A, Weiszmann J, Mazzarella L, Ferrari E, Cazzoli R, Curigliano G, DeCensi A, Bonanni B, Budillon A, Pelicci PG, Janssens V, Ogris M, Baccarini M, Lanfrancone L, Weckwerth W, Foiani M, Minucci S. 2019. Combination of Hypoglycemia and Metformin Impairs Tumor Metabolic Plasticity and Growth by Modul