Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a cholesterol-carrier in the blood with genetic variants that influence the risk of Alzheimerís disease and vascular disease. During human evolution, the apoE gene has changed importantly from the gene shared by human-chimpanzee ancestors 5 million years ago. The "bad apoE4" gene is more ancient and...
Senior and New Scholars Awards for University of Southern California
Dr. Caleb E. Finch
University of Southern California
2004 senior Scholar Award in aging
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Dr. John Tower
University of Southern California
2001 senior Scholar Award in aging
Adult Drosophila tissues are post-mitotic except for the gonads, which contain both somatic stem cells and germ line stem cells. Oogenesis
declines dramatically during aging, however it is unknown whether this results from a limited replicative potential of the stem cells or from other
factors. Recent technological advances in our laboratory and...
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Dr. Norman Arnheim
University of Southern California
2005 senior Scholar Award in aging
It is well known that advanced maternal age increases the risk of giving birth to children with Down syndrome, and a significant effort has been made to understand the molecular basis of this increased risk. What is less well known is that advanced paternal age is also associated with an increased risk of having a child born with a new... |
Dr. Michael R. Lieber
University of Southern California
2008 senior Scholar Award in aging
DNA damage occurs at thousands of sites in every genome of each human cell every day. Most of this damage arises from oxidative free radicals caused by slight inefficiencies in how our bodies 'burn' food using oxygen. Others sources of DNA damage include ionizing radiation that arises naturally from the matter around us or from outside the earth...
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Non-Scholar Awards for University of Southern California
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2004 Conferences and Workshops Scholar Award in Aging
The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the University of Southern California project on the XIth Annual Meeting of the Oxygen Club of California on Oxidants and Antioxidants in Biology. The meeting was held March 10-13, 2004 in Santa Barbara, California. For further information see...
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2003 Conferences and Workshops Scholar Award in Aging
The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to help support the Symposium on Organisms with Slow Aging held at the University of Southern California on January 17-18, 2003.
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2000 Conferences and Workshops Scholar Award in Aging
The Ellison Medical Foundation contributed $2,500 toward the Symposium on Organisms with Slow Aging held at the University of Southern California September 22-23, 2000. The symposium provided a platform for new multidisciplinary approaches to slow aging and included scientists from the areas of biogerontology, demography, and evolutionary biology.
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Funded Institutions
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