Telomeres are specialized structures at the ends of chromosomes that are essential for stability. They are composed of several thousand base pairs of a repeating DNA sequence, (TTAGGG), and proteins that bind specifically to this sequence. In human cells, telomeric DNA is lost each time the cell divides due to the repression of a specialized...
Senior and New Scholars Awards for Fox Chase Cancer Center
Dr. Dominique Broccoli
Fox Chase Cancer Center
1999 new Scholar Award in aging
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Dr. Alexei Tulin
Fox Chase Cancer Center
2005 new Scholar Award in aging
The main focus of our laboratory is to understand the biological bases of association between poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and an organism development and longevity. Protein poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation (pADPr) levels are determined by the relative activity of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and tankyrase enzymes that utilize NAD to add such residues, and...
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Non-Scholar Awards for Fox Chase Cancer Center
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2008 Conferences and Workshops Scholar Award in Aging
The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to support speaker travel costs for the workshop "Cell Senescence: The Future of Ageing" held July 7-8, 2008 at Oriel College, Oxford, UK . For further information, see: http://www.cellsenescence2008.org/. |
Funded Institutions
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The Ellison Medical Foundation