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Senior and New Scholars Awards for Weill Medical College of Cornell University


Dr. Carl Nathan

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Genomic Approach to Improved Immunogenicity of M. tuberculosis

2003 senior Scholar Award in gid
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infects about one-third of the people in the world. About 8 million people a year develop tuberculosis as a result and about 2 million a year die from it. The future for this global infectious disease (pandemic) looks even more ominous, for several reasons. First, the Mtb pandemic and the HIV pandemic... more >>

Dr. Jochen Buck

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Bicarbonate-activated adenylyl cyclase and aging

2001 senior Scholar Award in aging

Caloric restriction extends life-span in a wide variety of eukaryotic organisms from yeast to mammals. Cellular responses to nutritional availability are mediated by the cAMP signaling pathway in bacteria, cyanobacteria, and unicellular eukaryotes, and Dr. Guarente and co-workers demonstrated the glucose-activated cAMP-dependent protein kinase... more >>

Dr. Tao Sun

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

MicroRNA function in maintaining neural stem cells in the aging brain

2008 new Scholar Award in aging
Aging is a progressive event that often associates with decreased physical strength and abnormal cognitive functions such as impaired memory. The incidence of neurodegenerative diseases, for example Parkinson's and sporadic Alzheimer's disease, increases most strongly with age. Genetic factors and the loss of specific neurons are major causes of... more >>

Dr. Anthony Andrew Sauve

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Biochemistry and Biology of Mitochondrial NAD Metabolism

2007 new Scholar Award in aging
Calorie restriction (CR) extends lifespan in model organisms including yeast, flies, worms and rodents. Changes in NAD+ metabolism and a family of conserved NAD+ -dependent protein-modifying enzymes called sirtuins are involved in mediating the longevity response to CR. The candidateís laboratory proposes to investigate how... more >>

Dr. Kirk W. Deitsch

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

DNA Replication and var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum

2002 new Scholar Award in gid
Malaria continues to be a disease of extreme importance in the developing world, infecting 300-500 million people yearly and resulting in 1-2 million deaths, primarily of young African children. The vast majority of malaria morbidity and mortality is caused by infection with the mosquito borne protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum.... more >>

Dr. Michael Gordon Kaplitt

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Effect of PTEN Anti-Oncogene on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disorders

2002 new Scholar Award in aging

Progressive loss of neurons in the brain is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. The only known risk factor for the majority of such patients is aging. Nonetheless, most people do not develop these disorders during aging, so other factors must contribute to or predispose towards... more >>

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.