Sentences with phrase «cell biology of aging»

«There's dogma in the literature — which is more oriented toward the cell biology of aging — that wild animals don't actually senesce,» says Daniel Nussey, an evolutionary ecologist at the University of Edinburgh who studies aging in Soay sheep on a remote Scottish island.

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Now 24, he is a first - year graduate student in the department of cellular and structural biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio (UTHSCSA), where he is studying the role of oxidative damage — the wear and tear inflicted upon the cell by toxic molecules called free radicals — in the aging process.

«By learning how tau spreads, we may be able to stop it from jumping from neuron to neuron,» said Karen Duff, PhD, professor in the department of pathology and cell biology (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain) and professor of psychiatry (at New York State Psychiatric Institute.)

«In a previous study focused on identification of the first cells in the nervous system to fail during aging of this reflex we found that sensory neuron aging drives aging of the circuit, said Lynne Fieber, associate professor of marine biology and ecology at the UM Rosenstiel School.

Rather than despairing that combinatorial interactions of diets, nuclear genes, and mitochondrial genes make the underlying biology of aging intractably complex, Rand and lead author Chen - Tseh Zhu said studies that explicitly embrace such multifactorial interactions can lead researchers to understand the inherent biological complexity of the aging process: Many genes, many cells, and many environments all contribute to the aging process.

He is «an unusual character» who's distinctive for «bringing epidemiological thinking and methodology into dialogue with molecular and cell biology» to answer important questions about aging, says gerontologist Thomas Kirkwood of the University of Newcastle in Newcastle - upon - Tyne, U.K.

Focused both on discovery and on mentoring future generations of researchers, Salk scientists make groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of cancer, aging, Alzheimer's, diabetes and infectious diseases by studying neuroscience, genetics, cell and plant biology and related disciplines.

It provides an introduction to cell biology for beginning students of all ages or be a springboard to more specialized topics for advanced students.

«In a young, healthy individual, hypoxia — low oxygen levels — triggers the body to make factors that help coordinate the growth of new blood vessels but this process doesn't work as well as we age,» says Gregg Semenza, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and genetic medicine and director of the vascular biology program at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering.

AGEs impair this axonal transport and alpha adrenergic blockers (acting on cell «stress receptors») can exert a protection of this phenomenon.Thus, will look on the molecular mechanisms of this process (crosslinking of motor proteins in axonal transport, energy depletion etc.) by analyzing the colocalization of fluorescence staining of (motor --RRB- proteins and tagged AGE - molecules and by methods of molecular biology.

During this Cell Symposium, we will delve into the fascinating mechanistic and physiological complexities of exercise biology at the cellular, tissue, and systemic levels and explore how exercise improves human health, including in disease settings and during aging.

10/10/2008 Nobel Laureate, «Father of Modern Cell Biology» George Palade Dies at Age 95 Nobel Laureate George Palade (pronounced «pa - LAH - dee»), M.D., considered the father of modern cell biology, died at home on Tuesday, October 7 at age 95 after a long illnCell Biology» George Palade Dies at Age 95 Nobel Laureate George Palade (pronounced «pa - LAH - dee»), M.D., considered the father of modern cell biology, died at home on Tuesday, October 7 at age 95 after a long illneAge 95 Nobel Laureate George Palade (pronounced «pa - LAH - dee»), M.D., considered the father of modern cell biology, died at home on Tuesday, October 7 at age 95 after a long illncell biology, died at home on Tuesday, October 7 at age 95 after a long illneage 95 after a long illness.

Studies of satellite cell activation via nitric oxide have opened an exciting area of research on muscle regeneration, growth and the muscle - fiber cytoskeleton that integrates mechanical and biochemical signal transduction with cell and molecular biology of muscle tissue in growth, development, disease, aging and evolution.

Along with research on the cell biology of neurons during development and ageing,...

Repair; The biology of aging convincingly shows nutrient sensors including insulin for glucose and mTOR for protein, control a genetic pathway that is almost universally conserved among all animal life from single celled yeast onward to humans.

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Biogerontologist Job Description A relatively new and emerging field of medicine, Biogerontology focuses on physiology, biology and genetics to investigate into the process of aging of cells, organs and the entire body.