Senior and New Scholars Awards for Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Dr. James E. Sligh

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
2000 new Scholar Award in aging
Mitochondria are the organelles within cells that are responsible for generating much of the required energy for cell survival. Mitochondria have their own DNA (mtDNA) which encodes some of the necessary proteins to carry out these biochemical reactions. Recently, there has been an increased interest in mitochondria as playing an important role in...

Funded Institutions

The Ellison Medical Foundation fosters research by means of grants-in-aid on behalf of investigators to universities and laboratories within the United States. Institutions receiving awards must be tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations or U.S. colleges or universities.