Judith Campisi

Judith Campisi
Born(1948-03-12)March 12, 1948
DiedJanuary 19, 2024(2024-01-19) (aged 75)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStony Brook University
Known forCellular senescence
AwardsLongevity Prize from the Ipsen Foundation
Olav Thon Foundation Prize
Scientific career
FieldsBiogerontology
InstitutionsBuck Institute
SENS Research Foundation
Lifeboat Foundation

Judith Campisi (March 12, 1948 – January 19, 2024) was an American biochemist and cell biologist. She was a professor of biogerontology at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. She was also a member of the SENS Research Foundation Advisory Board and an adviser at the Lifeboat Foundation. She was co-editor in chief of the Aging Journal, together with Mikhail Blagosklonny and David Sinclair, and founder of the pharmaceutical company Unity Biotechnology. She is listed in Who's Who in Gerontology. She was widely known for her research on how senescent cells influence aging and cancer — in particular the Senescence Associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP).[1][2]

  1. ^ Campisi, J; Fagagna, F (September 2007). "Cellular senescence: when bad things happen to good cells". Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 8 (9): 729–40. doi:10.1038/nrm2233. PMID 17667954. S2CID 15664931.
  2. ^ Jan Vijg, Jan Hoeijmakers: Judith Campisi (1948–2024), cell biologist who explored how cells age. Nature 627, 2024, p. 29, doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00538-2.