Prof. Pierluigi Nicotera MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, UK

Pierluigi Nicotera is the Director of the Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester. He received his PhD in biochemical toxicology from the Karolinska Institute. He is an editorial board member of the journals Neuron, Cell Death and Differentiation, Chemical Research in Toxicology and Molecular Neurobiology. The... read moremajor research focus of his scientific career has been to understand fundamental mechanisms regulating cell death and survival.