Professor Jing Qu will present ‘Programming and reprogramming of aging’ at 13:30 on 17 September at the 35th International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC) Congress in Cannes, France.
Professor Jing Qu, researcher at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is mainly engaged in cellular senescence and rejuvenation. Her research focuses on elucidating the characteristics of senescent cells, their underlying mechanisms, and their physiological and pathological effects. She aims to develop intervention approaches to modulate cellular senescence and mitigate the deterioration of organ structure and function.
Jing Qu received her B.S. from Lanzhou University in 2002, and then the doctor degree from the Institute of Biophysics, CAS in 2007. Following that, she worked as an AFAR Postdoctoral Fellow at the Del E. Web Neuroscience, Aging, and Stem Cell Research Center at the Sanford/Burnham Medical Research Institute, and then as a Research Associate in the Gene Expression Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
In 2014, she started her research group focusing on “Stem Cell and Aging” at the Institute of Zoology, CAS. She is now the Chair of the Aging Genetics Elites of the Genetics Society of China, and also a member of Scientific Program Committee of ISSCR. She received the 19th. Chinese Young Women in Science Fellowship for her contributions to aging research.
Abstract – ‘Programming and reprogramming of aging’
In response to a variety of stress factors, certain cells in our organs undergo a transition into a state of senescence, contributing to the accumulation of such cells in different organs as part of the ageing process.
These senescent cells play a role in the structural and functional decline of organs and are associated with degeneratived iseases. Targeting these cells is a critical aspect of the broader strategy to combat ageing and help to rejuvenate.
However, the heterogeneity of senescent cells and their ambiguous characteristics in vivo pose challenges, exacerbated by the lack of efficient methods for their detection and targeted intervention within the body.
Dr. Jing Qu is committed to investigating both the driving causes and in vivo impacts of senescent cells. Her research interest is to uncover novel biomarkers and develop intervention strategies to manage cellular senescence and the degeneration in organ structure and functionality.
