MCB Seminar Series: Khairallah Symposium
Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo,
Professor of Developmental and Molecular Biology and of Medicine and co-director of the Einstein Institute for Aging Studies.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Host: Ken Campellone
“Targeting Selective Autophagy in Aging and Age-related Diseases”
Summary: We are interested in understanding the mechanisms and consequences of the age-dependent malfunctioning of autophagy, one of the components of the proteostasis network. In this talk, I will describe our recent findings on the molecular regulators of a selective form of autophagy, the novel physiological regulatory functions identified for this process, the consequences of the functional decline of this type of autophagy with age and some of our current efforts to enhance its activity in vivo in the context of different age-related diseases.
Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo obtained her M.D. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular biology from the University of Valencia (Spain) and received postdoctoral training at Tufts University in Boston. In 2002, she started her laboratory at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she is now co-director of the Einstein Institute for Aging Research.
She is a recognized leader in the field of protein degradation and the biology of aging for her work on the impact of autophagy on aging and age-related disorders, with an emphasis in neurodegeneration.
Dr. Cuervo has been the recipient of prestigious awards, including the P. Benson Award in Cell Biology, the Keith Porter, the Nathan Shock, the Vincent Cristofalo, the Bennett J. Cohen in Aging Biology, the Marshall Horwitz Prize, and the Saul Korey Prize in Translational Medicine. Dr. Cuervo has delivered prominent lectures such as the Robert R. Konh, the NIH Director’s, the Roy Walford, the Feodor Lynen, the Margaret Pittman, the SEBBM L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science, and the Harvey Lecture.
Dr. Cuervo is an elected member of the Valencian Royal Academy of Medicine , the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.
To learn more about Dr. Cuervo and her research, visit
Experimental:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33891876/Review:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34563704/Cuervo Lab:
https://sites.google.com/view/cuervo-lab/