Guido Kroemer

University of Paris Descartes (France)

He is currently professor at the Faculty of Medicine (University of Paris Descartes) and additionally affiliated to the French Medical Research Council (INSERM), the Institut Gustave Roussy, and the Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou (Paris). His lab discovered the fundamental role of mitochondrial permeabilization in programmed cell death and has ever since continued to elucidate the role of mitochondria in pathological cell death. Additionally, he is interested in the regulation and function of autophagy in disease processes and the contribution of immune response to dying cancer cells.