Giulio Superti-Furga

Who is Giulio Superti-Furga?

Giulio Superti-Furga, PhD is an Italian molecular and systems biologist based in Vienna, Austria.

Giulio Superti-Furga is the Scientific Director of CeMM; the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Amongst his most significant scientific achievements to date are the elucidation of basic regulatory mechanisms of tyrosine kinases in human cancers and the discovery of fundamental organization principles of the proteome of higher organisms, which is one of the most highly cited papers in the field. His work has directly contributed to a systems-level understanding of pathogen infections in host cells and of the mechanism of action of specific drugs. He is an advocate for the adoption of systems biology approaches for medicine and in particular for drug discovery and aims to bridge basic research and the clinical world.

Giulio Superti-Furga has published some 150 manuscripts listed in Pubmed and some 240 publications in ISI Web of Science that have been collectively cited over 17,000 times. His current work focuses on protein complexes, molecular networks and drugs relevant for leukemia and host immune defense mechanisms against pathogens.