Studies in the roundworm C. elegans have been very fruitful in uncovering the gene families that are able to influence aging in different organisms, including mammals. In addition to the genetic code itself, how the genetic materials are packaged in the cell, i.e. how the DNA is wound up by proteins, can substantially affect how the...
Senior and New Scholars Awards for Cornell University
Dr. Siu Sylvia Lee
Cornell University
2010 senior Scholar Award in aging
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Dr. Jay M. Edelberg
Cornell University
2000 new Scholar Award in aging
The incidence of ischemic heart disease increases with advancing age. Unfortunately, the physiologic response to cardiac myocardial ischemia, the angiogenic development of new blood vessels, is decreased in the elderly population as demonstrated by both clinical and experimental studies.
The focus of our laboratory is to understand the... |
Dr. Chris B. Schaffer
Cornell University
2006 new Scholar Award in aging
Alzheimer's disease is one of the most dreaded and common causes of dementia in elderly humans. Recent clinical evidence has identified disease and dysfunction in small blood vessels in the brain as being intimately linked to the development and severity of Alzheimer's disease. It remains unclear, however, whether the microvessel damage is an...
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Dr. Siu Sylvia Lee
Cornell University
2005 new Scholar Award in aging
We use the free-living soil worm C. elegans as a genetic model system to study the genes that affect longevity. For the many genes that act in the worm, their counterparts in human also have similar functions; we therefore hope that our research in C. elegans will allow us to find longevity genes that may be applicable to human... |
Dr. Shu-Bing Qian
Cornell University
2009 new Scholar Award in aging
Aging is a complex biological process characterized by progressive functional and structural deterioration of multiple organ systems that eventually cause death. Aging is also an important factor for most of the common diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and neurodegeneration. There has recently been significant...
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Dr. Dirk Schnappinger
Cornell University
2004 new Scholar Award in gid
AAmong communicable diseases, tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading cause of death worldwide. The most frequent form of TB is latent and does not cause clinical symptoms. Latent TB leads to active TB in ~10% of the immune-competent and 50-80% of immune-compromised individuals. Drug-sensitive TB can be effectively cured by treating... |
Non-Scholar Awards for Cornell University
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2005 Conferences and Workshops Scholar Award in Infectious Disease
The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the Conference on Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminth Parasites IV held September 6-11, 2005.
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