2009 EMF/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellows

The American Federation for Aging Research has announced the recipients of the 2009 EMF/AFAR Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards. They are:

Maximiliano D'Angelo, PhD, Research Associate, Salk Institute for Biological Studies: Nuclear Pore Deterioration during Aging and Its Consequences for Cellular Function

Kristian Doyle, PhD, Post-Doctoral Scholar, Stanford University: Does Increased TGF-Beta Signaling in the Elderly Increase Astrogliosis and Impair Functional Recovery Following Stroke?

Jeremy Herskowitz, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University School of Medicine: The Role of LR11 in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis

Maria Lehtinen, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, HHMI/Children's Hospital Boston: Regulation of the Neural Stem Cell Niche by the Aging Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Proteome

Lingbo Li, PhD, Stanford University: Understanding the Role of RNA-editing Enzyme ADAR in Aging Neurons

Daijun Ling, PhD, Research Fellow, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope: Autophagic-Lysosomal Storage of Amyloid Beta and Its Connection to Development of Senile Plaques

Brian Onken, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Molecular Mechanisms by which Metformin Promotes Healthspan Extension in Middle-Aged C. Elegans

Theresa N. Operana, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc.: The Role of SKN-1 in Promoting Longevity and Oxidative Stress Resistance

Neha Parikh, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Baylor College of Medicine: Effects of Aging on Tumorigenesis Induced by P53 Deletion and Ras Activation in Mice

Jared F. Purton, PhD, Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute: Boosting Immunization in the Aged Using Cytokine/mAb Complexes

Celine Silva Lages, PhD, Research Fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Role of Peripheral Conversion in Regulatory T Cell Accumulation in Aging

James W. Smyth, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco: Age-Related Oxidative Stress on Cardiac Cell-Cell Coupling

Monique N. Stanfel, PhD, Senior Fellow, University of Washington: Ribosome Function and Aging

Monika Suchanek, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Francisco: Exploring the Role of Wnt Signaling in the Reproductive Longevity of C. Elegans

Christopher D. Wiley, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Buck Institute for Age Research: The Role of Chromatin in the Regulation of Cell Senescence Phenotypes