Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology Awards

2009 Award Recipients

Rochelle Buffenstein, PhD, Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: Mechanisms of Aging in the Longest-lived Rodent: the Role of Nrf2 Mediated Detoxification Processes
Luigi Fontana, MD, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine: Calorie Restriction and Gene Expression in Humans

2007 Award Recipients

Rolf Bodmer, Ph.D., Professor
The Burnham Institute: “Genetic Control of Cardiac Aging”
Eduardo Nunes Chini, M.D., Ph.D., Consultant
Mayo Clinic, School of Medicine: “The role of the CD38/NAD glycohydrolase as a regulator of longevity”
Kathleen Collins, Ph.D., Professor
University of California, Berkeley: “Telomerase Regulation as a Cause of Human Hemtopoietic Stem Cell Aging”
Matt Kaeberlein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
University of Washington: “Sensory Mechanisms of Dietary Restriction in Caenorhabditis elegans”

2006 Award Recipients

Pankaj Kapahi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Buck Institute for Age Research
Gordon Lithgow, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Buck Institute for Age Research
Gerald S. Shadel, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Yale University
Frank Slack, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Yale University

2005 Award Recipients

Adam Antebi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine, Huffington Center on Aging
Scott D. Pletcher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine, Huffington Center on Aging
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