EHA 2022 - 1.8. Synergistic gene interventions in C.elegans: the case of odr-3 and ife-2 (Ioan Mate)
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Date: 2022-12-02

Ioan Valentin Matei, M.D, Ph.D.,
Scientific Researcher in Systems Biology of Aging Group of Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy,
Co-founder and Senior Scientist of Cellfabrik SRL.
  
Ioan is a life scientist with a background in regenerative medicine, cell therapies, stem cell biology, and aging research. He holds an M.D. from Carol Davila University of Medicine, Bucharest, and a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the Nippon Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, where he studied gaseous mediator-facilitated endocrine pancreatic differentiation and devised an in vitro model of glucotoxicity mitigation, as a recipient of the Japanese Government MEXT Scholarship.

During his postdoctoral years, he studied the modulation of liver-to-pancreas transdifferentiation for autologous cell therapies in diabetes mellitus, as part of a joint Israeli-Romanian team at Titu Maiorescu University, led by Prof. Sarah Ferber. Since 2018, as part of the Systems Biology of Aging Group at the Institute of Biochemistry, Ioan is focused on assessing synergies among pro-longevity interventions in C.elegans and automating lifespan measurements. Together with four other colleagues from this group, Ioan managed to secure a seed investment to found Cellfabrik, the first Romanian biotech research-oriented start-up, specializing in innovative immune cell therapies and cell agriculture.