Sentences with phrase «in aging research»

The focus is to highlight cutting - edge advances in aging research, novel technologies and potential therapeutic interventions.

The study is expected to generate interest in the age research field among scientists studying rapamycin and its analogs as they look for ways to forestall late - life diseases.

Rogers studies the molecular mechanisms underlying aging in C. elegans, a tiny, soil - dwelling roundworm that is a favorite animal model in aging research because its short lifespan allows scientists to quickly assess the effect of anti-aging interventions and because it shares many of its genes with humans.

And last year, molecular biologist Cynthia Kenyon, a leader in ageing research at the University of California, San Francisco, joined the Google - backed biotech company Calico in San Francisco, California.

A remarkable collaboration between two competing research teams — one from the University of Wisconsin — Madison and one from the National Institute on Aging — is the first time the groups worked together to resolve one of the most controversial stories in aging research.

There is intense interest in mTOR signaling in the aging research community.

But Campisi also made clear the new findings about senescent cells may signal a regime shift in aging research because if proven true, huge gains could be made in living healthfully as our clocks run out.

- The International Aging Research Portfolio is a searchable database of research centers and projects, funding programs, training opportunities, and conferences in aging research

To uncover basic age - related sleep mechanisms, the Max Planck scientists studied the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, a classical model organism in ageing research.

Another illustrative finding was that the sirt1 nuclear gene, which is an important but controversial gene in aging research, Rand said, shows different effects on longevity given different mitochondrial genomes.

As a graduate student, he says, «I wrote to the 10 best guys in aging research, and I asked them where's the field going and what's going to be the science in 10 years.»

Water bears, microscopic creatures (also known as tardigrades) used in aging research, were on display.

Alzheimer's disease research is perhaps the largest single theme in the aging research community, with the majority of National Institute on Aging funding going towards Alzheimer's programs.

He received a prestigious Glenn Award which is a $ 60,000 unsolicited grant given to outstanding researchers in the aging research field.

Over the past decade substantial advances have been made in aging research, reaching a consensus in the fact that dietary restriction (DR), and in particular... >> MORE

Wyss - Coray led the 2014 anti-aging study that made great strides in aging research.

Dr. Longo received the 2010 Nathan Shock Lecture Award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA / NIH) and the 2013 Vincent Cristofalo «Rising Star» Award in Aging Research from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR).

«I think it's worth a go, not just from what it can teach us about humans, but for the sake of the animals themselves,» said University of Alabama Biology Department Chairman Steven Austad, an expert in aging research who is not involved in the project.

IFAR attracts high caliber researchers who serve as teachers and mentors to the next generation of leaders in aging research.

Klotho's effects on insulin could connect the protein to a hot story in aging research.

Using budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisae, a frequently used laboratory model in aging research, Stowers scientists experimentally used heat and other forms of stress to induce misfolded proteins to clump together.

In the aging research, there are mixed findings on whether aging is associated with increased or decreased amplitude of neural activity, and looking into variability of the signal gives us a new type of information on how the aging brain works.»

«This opens up a new field in aging research,» said Verdin.

The National Institute on Aging has selected the following students, whose research is in aging research, to receive special NIA MAC Travel Awards.

«This opens up a new field in aging research.