BIO
Dario Alessi is Director of the Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, a Medical Research Council unit in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee. His research has contributed to a better understanding of the cellular signaling pathways involved in cancer, diabetes and blood pressure. His studies of the LRRK2 pathway and the Rab enzyme have enabled the development of drugs – now in late-phase clinical trials – to prevent or slow the progression of Parkinson’s. Author of almost 300 publications accumulating around 100,000 citations, Prof. Alessi is President of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a Fellow of the Royal Society. His recent distinctions include the Louis Jeantet-Collen Prize for Translational Medicine and the Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research. He is also an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
