Frank Madeo

University of Graz (Austria)

Frank Madeo is a professor at the Institute for Molecular Biosciences at the University of Graz. He discovered and initiated the field of yeast apoptosis and has since then focused his research on the identification and characterization of conserved regulators and mechanisms of programmed cell death. At the same time, he investigates the function and control of pathways and processes underlying aging from yeast to mice, which recently led to the identification of spermidine as an autophagy inducer with anti-aging properties.