Dr. Marco Quarta is founder and CEO of Rubedo Life Sciences, driving its mission to develop treatments for chronic age-related diseases and extend healthspan. Rubedo strategy is based on a platform to discovers the pathological cells involved in the biological aging process, such as senescent cells, and to develop small molecules designed for selectively targeting those cells across multiple indications in the Rubedo pipeline. He is a scientist backed by over 20 years of research with a track record of scientific publications in top tier journals and international patents. He also co-founded the biotech company WetWare Concepts and the rejuvenation company Turn Biotechnologies, based on his work conducted at Stanford University with colleague Dr. Sebastiano on transient epigenetic reprogramming. He also sits on the advisory board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) – Calpoly program in regenerative medicine. He is in the advisory and research board at the Center for Healthcare Innovation (CHI) and a member of the Paul F Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging Studies at Stanford University. He is President of the non-profit Phaedon Institute, a scientific society with KOLs from academy and industry focused on the science and therapeutics behind Longevity Medicines.