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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2007 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology
  • 2007 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Guido Kroemer is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research focuses on molecular biology, immunology, oncology, epidemiology, and physiology. The scientist's work covers a range of topics including autophagy in disease and therapy, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, immunotherapy and immune responses, immune cell function and interaction, ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, gut microbiota and health, and endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease.

Recent notable publications by Guido Kroemer include:

  • Hallmarks of aging: An expanding universe, 2023, Cell
  • Ferroptosis: molecular mechanisms and health implications, 2020, Cell Research
  • Broadening horizons: the role of ferroptosis in cancer, 2021, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • Autophagy in major human diseases, 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • Immunostimulation with chemotherapy in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors, 2020, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Guido Kroemer has collaborated frequently with several researchers in their field, including:

  • Oliver Kepp (122 co-authored works)
  • Laurence Zitvogel (97 co-authored works)
  • Sylvère Durand (54 co-authored works)
  • Peng Liu (47 co-authored works)
  • Isabelle Martins (47 co-authored works)

The scientist has published predominantly in journals such as OncoImmunology, Autophagy, Cell Death and Disease, Cell Death and Differentiation, and Methods in Cell Biology.

Guido Kroemer's research contributions lie mainly within the domains of medicine and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, with particular emphasis on molecular biology and immunology within these domains. Their broad range of topics indicates interdisciplinary interests bridging cancer biology, immunology, and cellular stress mechanisms.

The scientist has received several recognitions, including membership in the Academia Europaea and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, awarded in 2007 under the category of Microbiology and Immunology. Additional memberships include the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • The Hallmarks of Aging

    Carlos López-Otín;Maria A. Blasco;Linda Partridge;Manuel Serrano

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Autophagy in the Pathogenesis of Disease

    Beth Levine;Guido Kroemer;Guido Kroemer;Guido Kroemer

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Molecular characterization of mitochondrial apoptosis-inducing factor

    Santos A. Susin;Hans K. Lorenzo;Naoufal Zamzami;Isabel Marzo

  • Gut microbiome influences efficacy of PD-1–based immunotherapy against epithelial tumors

    Bertrand Routy;Bertrand Routy;Bertrand Routy;Lisa Derosa;Lisa Derosa;Lisa Derosa;Connie P. M. Duong;Connie P. M. Duong

  • Mitochondrial Membrane Permeabilization in Cell Death

    Guido Kroemer;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Catherine Brenner

  • The Pathophysiology of Mitochondrial Cell Death

    Douglas R. Green;Guido Kroemer

  • Self-eating and self-killing: crosstalk between autophagy and apoptosis

    M. Chiara Maiuri;Einat Zalckvar;Adi Kimchi;Guido Kroemer;Guido Kroemer;Guido Kroemer

  • Mitochondrial control of cell death

    Guido Kroemer;John C. Reed

  • Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death

    G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;P. Vandenabeele;J. Abrams

  • Autophagy and the Integrated Stress Response

    Guido Kroemer;Guillermo Mariño;Guillermo Mariño;Beth Levine

  • Anticancer immunotherapy by CTLA-4 blockade relies on the gut microbiota

    Marie Vétizou;Marie Vétizou;Marie Vétizou;Jonathan M. Pitt;Jonathan M. Pitt;Jonathan M. Pitt;Romain Daillère;Romain Daillère;Romain Daillère;Patricia Lepage

  • Calreticulin exposure dictates the immunogenicity of cancer cell death

    Michel Obeid;Antoine Tesniere;Antoine Tesniere;Antoine Tesniere;François Ghiringhelli;François Ghiringhelli;François Ghiringhelli;Gian Maria Fimia

  • Toll-like receptor 4-dependent contribution of the immune system to anticancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

    Lionel Apetoh;François Ghiringhelli;Antoine Tesniere;Antoine Tesniere;Antoine Tesniere;Michel Obeid;Michel Obeid;Michel Obeid

  • Immunogenic Cell Death in Cancer Therapy

    Guido Kroemer;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Oliver Kepp;Laurence Zitvogel

  • Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012

    Galluzzi L;Vitale I;Vitale I;Vitale I;Abrams Jm;Alnemri Es

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Oliver Kepp
Oliver Kepp Institut Gustave Roussy
Laurence Zitvogel
Laurence Zitvogel University of Paris-Saclay
Maria Castedo
Maria Castedo Université Paris Cité
Laura Senovilla
Laura Senovilla University of Valladolid
Frank Madeo
Frank Madeo University of Graz
Maria Chiara Maiuri
Maria Chiara Maiuri Institut Gustave Roussy
Isabelle Martins
Isabelle Martins Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Erika Vacchelli
Erika Vacchelli Université Paris Cité
Ilio Vitale
Ilio Vitale University of Rome Tor Vergata

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