K. Dimitriadis

Research interests
Dr. Constantinos Demetriades is a Molecular Cell Biologist and a European Research Council (ERC) Grantee. Currently, he holds an Associate Professor position in ERIBA/UMCG in Groningen. Previously he served as Max Planck Research Group Leader at the MPI-AGE in Cologne. His work focuses on the intricate molecular and cellular mechanisms of nutrient sensing and growth control, mainly via the regulation of the master cellular nutrient sensor and growth coordinator: the mTOR kinase. Dr Demetriades’ work has elucidated the mechanistic details of mTOR inactivation in response to nutrient starvation and has revealed how information from multiple, diverse, cellular stresses is integrated to control cellular physiology. The vision of the Demetriades group at the MPI-AGE is to understand 1) how cells sense the presence or the absence of nutrients in their environment to adjust their growth and metabolism accordingly, 2) how the dysregulation of these cellular mechanisms contributes to the development of human diseases (cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders) and the ageing process, and 3) how we can intervene pharmacologically to target these mTOR-related conditions.