Pietro Di Fazio, PhD
Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Research interests: liver, thyroid and pancreas pathogenesis, apoptosis, ER stress and autophagy
Since 2011, Dr. Di Fazio is a permanent senior scientist at Marburg University at the Department of Visceral Thoracic and Vascular Surgery studying liver, thyroid and pancreas pathogenesis, apoptosis, ER stress and autophagy. He is the lab manager and the main responsible for the gene and work safety. Dr. Di Fazio coordinates the in vivo and in vitro preclinical research, supervise master and doctoral students of the medical faculty.
Dr. Di Fazio graduated as Biologist at University of Palermo in 2004. He worked as Research Fellow at Department of Pathology & Experimental and Clinical Medicine at University of Udine (2004/2005). He achieved his doctorate in Experimental Oncobiology (2007) at Department of Biochemical Sciences at University of Palermo where he started his PostDoc career. He was awarded of a fellowship from University of Palermo and a Short Term Fellowship from EASL. He moved to University of Marburg (2009) being awarded with a Sheila Sherlock PostDoc Fellowship from the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).
Dr. Di Fazio is currently Co- editor in Chief for Journal of Cancer Discovery, Associate Editor for BMC Cancer. He is part of the editorial board of several international peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Editorial Board
Terms of Appointment: August 2022 - July 2024; August 2024 - December 2026