New Scholar Awardees in Aging for 2008

The Ellison Medical Foundation is pleased to announce the New Scholar Awardees in Aging for 2008. They are:

Eben Alsberg, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Novel Microenvironmental Technology to Rescue the Chondrogenic Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Aged Individuals for Autologous Cartilage Tissue Engineering

Claire C. Bastie, Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fyn kinase: a key factor coupling cellular energy status, nutritional balance and cognitive function through its interaction with AMPK.

Victoria Perepelitsa Belancio, Ph.D.
Tulane University
The effects of L1 elements on mammalian aging

Emily Bernstein, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Investigating the epigenetics of cellular senescence

Andrew J. Boyle, Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco
The Effects of Aging on Apoptosis Following Myocardial Infarction

Rachel Brem, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Signaling behaviors of the unfolded protein response in aging

Ornit Chiba-Falek, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical School
Identification and characterization of genetic variations underlying cognitive decline

Katrin Chua, M.D, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Function and regulation of SIRT6 in telomeric and genome-wide chromatin modulation.

Coleen M. Damcott, Ph.D.
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Genome-Wide Identification of Longevity Genes Using Expression Profiling in the Amish

Arjun Deb, M.D.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Role of WNTS in Cardiac Aging

Kevin Glenn, M.D.
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Do misfolded proteins accumulate with age or senescence?

Howard Hang, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
Chemical Reporters for the Analysis of Lipid Metabolism and Protein Lipidation in Aging

Malene Hansen, Ph.D.
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
Role of integrin-associated molecules in organismal aging

Matt Kaeberlein, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Mechanism of life span extension by conserved longevity modifiers in C. elegans

Dennis Kim, M.D. Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Genetic analysis of immunosenescence in Caenorhabditis elegans

Weiqing Li, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Endocrine Regulation of Lifespan in C. elegans

Alicia Meléndez, Ph.D.
Queens College, City University of NY
Autophagy and the Relationship between Lifespan and Fat Metabolism

James R. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Harvard School of Public Health
Elucidating mechanisms of protection against acute stress and organ dysfunction by dietary restriction in mammals.

Shane L. Rea, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)
Fingerprinting Long Life: Using 13C Isotopomer Mapping to Identify Metabolic Pathways Required for Life Extension in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Hyung Don Ryoo, Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
Genetic factors that determine age-related retinal degeneration in a Drosophila model for Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Samuel E. Schriner, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
The Role of Mitochondrial Superoxide in Aging

Michael Shapira, Ph.D.
The University of California, Berkeley
Studying molecular interfaces between infection and aging C. elegans

David A. Spiegel, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University
Effects of Advanced Glycation End-Products on Human Aging-A Chemical Approach

Tao Sun, Ph.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College
MicroRNA function in maintaining neural stem cells in the aging brain.

David Walker, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Mitochondria, diet and aging in Drosophila