Glenn/AFAR Scholarships for Research in the Biology of Aging
The Glenn/AFAR Scholarships for Research in the Biology of Aging have been established in order to continue to attract new generations of talented investigators to the field of aging research. The program is designed to give students enrolled in MD, DO, PhD, or combined-degree programs the opportunity to conduct a three-to-six month research project focused on biomedical research in aging.
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2013 Scholars
- David Adamowicz University of California San Diego
- Mentor: Subhojit Roy
Characterize induced pluripotent stem cell models of age-related neurodegeneration and optimize transfection methods for future live imaging - Alexander Birbrair Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Mentor: Osvaldo Delbono
The role of pericyte subtypes in skeletal muscle regeneration with aging - Zachary Harvanek University of Michigan
- Mentor: Scott Pletcher
Neurosensory mechanisms underlying modulation of aging through pheromone perception in Drosophila - Shauna Hill UTHSCSA
- Mentor: Holly Van Remmen
Role of Mitochondrial Lon Protease in Cellular Senescence - Cynthia Hsu University of California San Diego
- Mentor: Albert LaSpada
Role of Map4K3 in Autophagy Induction Pathway - Yash Joshi Temple University School of Medicine
- Mentor: Domenico Practico
Involvement of 5-lipoxygenase in the development of stress-mediated Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognitive decline - Melody Lun Boston University School of Medicine
- Mentor: Maria Lehtinen
Characterizing IGF2 availability in aging cerebrospinal fluid - Maria Purice Oregon Health & Science University
- Mentor: Mary Logan
Age related decline in glial immune activity - Seungjin Ryu Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Mentor: Yousin Suh
Functional genomics approach to elucidate the role of cognitive function genes in human longevity
2004 Scholars
- Ezana Azene Johns Hopkins University
- Gene Therapy for Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
- Melynda Barnes Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Immunohistochemical analysis of spinal cords from disulfiram-treated G86R superoxide dismutase-1 transgenic mice
- Ala Berdichevsky Massachusetts Institute of Techonology
- Identification of molecular targets of sir-2.1 gene, which promotes extension of lifespan of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
- Robi Goswami Duke University
- Regulation of the Platelet-Derived Growth Factgor Receptor-B by G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase-2
- Jennifer Greenhall University of California, San Diego
- The impact of fgf1 and fgf2 on the preservation of cortical neurons in the aging mouse
- Eric Hau-Yun Chang New York University
- Receptor dysfunction in double knock-in APP+PS1 mice
- Shilpa Iyer University of Georgia
- Klstn-M1 a novel yeast model system to study telomere capping defects and recombinational telomere elongation
- William Ja California Institute of Technology
- Characterization of methuselah, a drosophila G protein-coupled receptor associated with longevity
- Young Mok Jang University of Florida, Gainesville
- Long-term caloric restriction (CR) as a strategy to prevent sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) stress induced cardiomyocytes apoptosis in vivo
- Jennifer Kwong Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Modulation of mitochondrial homeostasis by Bcl-2 in cells with mitochondrial DNA mutations
- Janelle Lauer-Fields Florida Atlantic University
- Engineering and expression of ADMTS-4 and ADMTS-5, proteolytic enzymes involved in osteoarthritis progression
- Maria Lehtinen Harvard University
- Characterization of the role of MST1 in oxidative stress and aging in caenorhabditis elegans
- Jacqueline Maffucci University of Texas at Austin
- Hypothalamic Mechanisms for Reproductive Senescence in Aging Female Rats: Roles of NMDA Receptors and GnRH Neurons
- Patrick McLaughlin University of Washington
- Proteomic Analysis of Proteins related to Inflammation in Parkinson’s Disease
- Kathryn Moynihan Washington University
- Deacetylation of the forkhead transcription factor FOX01 by mammalian Sir2a negarively regulates insulin gene expression in pancreatic b cells
- Xuan Nguyen University of Kentucky
- Age-Dependent Alterations in Dopamine and the Nigrostriatal System in Prodynophin Knockout Mice
- Mohammed Ozair Aga Khan University
- Analysis of Neural Stem Cell migration towards Brain Tumors by in vivo phage display Annalise Paaby, University of Pennsylvania: Selection and Gene regulation of senescence in natural populations of drosophila
- Carlos Pantoja University of California, San Francisco
- The involvement of DAF-16 and HSF-1 in the regulation of small heat shock protein genes
- Julie Plowden Emory University
- Effects of Aging on the Kinetics and Strength of T cell-Antigen Presenting Cell Interactions
- Adolfo Sanchez-Blanco University of Connecituct Health Center
- UCP5 deficiency mimics caloric restriction in drosophila melanogaster
- Kim Sciarretta University of Chicago
- Modeling and Intermediate of beta-amyloid fibril formation
- Kun-Chih Kelvin Tsai Harvard University
- Heterotypic interactions between stress-induced prematurely senescent stroma and neighboring epithelial cells in aging and cancer
- Lisa Whitson University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Monomerization and Amyloid Formation of FALS-Associated Cu-Zn Superoxide Dismutase Mutants
- Brice Williams Medical University of South Carolina
- Altered Neurotrophin Release in Age-Related Dementia
2003 Scholars
- Scott B. Berger University of Michigan
- The Use of Glycosidases as a Means of Correcting Age-Dependent Deficiencies of T-cell Function
- Jennifer Capla New York University
- Investigating the Role of Adult Vascular Stem Cells in the Pathogenesis of Age-Related Disease
- Marci L. Chew University of Pittsburgh
- Serum Anticholinergicity at Specific Muscarinic Receptor Subtypes
- Daniel J. Durand Johns Hopkins University
- Myocardial Regeneration by Bone-marrow Derived Stem Cells in Old Versus Young Wistar Rats
- Andrew A. Grimm Washington University
- The Functional Relationship Between an NAD Biosynthesis Enzyme and the NAD-Dependent Deacetylase, SIR2, in Mammals
- Mary A. Hancock University of Utah
- Comparison of the Levels of Oxidative Damage Among European Mitochondrial Haplogroups Using Phylogenetic Analysis
- Jaime M. Hatcher Emory University
- Effects of Chronic Dieldrin Exposure to Organotypic Slice Cultures of Rat Stratum and Nigra
- Kerry L. Hildreth Duke University
- Molecular Mechanisms for Regulation of the Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor Beta by Serine Phosphorylation
- Renee Ho University of Southern Alabama
- Enhancing Mitochondrial DNA Repair of Oxidative Damage as a Strategy to Delay the Effect of Aging in Neurons
- Steven Hobbs University of Colorado
- The Role of Estrogen in Cortisol Induced Beta-Amyloid Production and Toxicity
- Troy A. Hornberger University of Illinois, Chicago
- Regulation of Protein Synthesis Through Stretch Induced Signaling Events in Aging Skeletal Muscle
- Matthew R. Hosler University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- The Role of Oxidation in the TGF-beta Cataract Model
- James G. Jackson University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Role of the Novel Transcription Factor MRG15 in Cell Proliferation and Senescence Escape
- Hanyu Maggie Liang University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Characterization of Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Thioredoxin2 (Trx2)
- Janelle Mallet University of Connecticut
- Effect of Parathyroid Hormone on Osteoblast Proliferation and Apoptosis in Fgf2 Knockout Mice
- Julien Muffat Caltech
- Characterization of the Drosophila Aolipoprotein D Homolog as a Novel Gene Influencing Lifespan and Stress Resistance
- Tung Hoang Ngo, Ph.D. Western University College of Medicine
- Effect of Dietary Fat on Androgen-independent Prostate Tumor Growth in Scid Mice
- Anirban Paul Howard University
- Novel Regulators of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Gene Transcription in Drosophila
- Richard J. Perrin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Analysis of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid-induced Modification of Alpha-Synuclein, a Protein Involved in Neurodegenerative Disease
- Deepa Pikle University of Maryland
- Premature Aging: A defective helicase-Topoisomerase Interaction in DNA Metabolism
- Amy Pooler Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Investigating Age-related Memory Impairment: The Role of Cholesterol in Synaptic Protein Expression and Membrane Formation in the Hippocampus
- Davis C. Ryman Case Western Reserve University
- A Genome Scan for Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Beta-Amyloid Production and Deposition in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Megha Satyanarayana University of Southwest Medical Center
- A Rapid Fluorescence-based Screen for Long Lived C. elegans Mutants
- Ganesh Shankar Harvard Medical School
- Effects of apolipoprotein E and a1j-antichymotrypsin on in vivo production and stabilization of natural amyoid beta-protein oligomers
- Jason D. Shepherd Johns Hopkins University
- The Involvement of the Immediate Early Gene ARC in Endoytosis of Presenilin1 and APP Processing: Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease
- Tiffany E. Shubert University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Effects of Exercise on Angiogenesis in the Hippocampus of Mice
- Brian Silvia University of Connecticut
- Targeted Expression of Putative Drosophila Uncoupling Protein and its Effect on Longevity
- Wook Song Texas A&M University
- Effect of Exercise Training on Age-induced Upregulation of the iNOS Signaling Pathway in Skeletal Muscle
- Liou Sun Southern Illinois University
- The Effect of Dwarfism and Caloric Restriction on Synaptophysin Expression in the Mouse Hippocampus
- Susan E. Swanberg, J.D. University of California, Davis
- Avian Cells in vitro: A Model System for the Study of Telomere Length Regulation and Replicative Senescence
2002 Scholars
- Trinity Bivalacqua Tulane University School of Medicine
- Role of Superoxide in the Pathophysiology of Age-Related Erectile Dysfunction Influence of In Vivo Gene Transfer of Superoxide Dismutase
- Jinsook Chang UTHSCSA
- Profiling of Mitochondrial Proteins by 2D. Gel Electrophoresis in Wild Type and Heterozygous MnSOD Mice with Age
- Abbie Connoy Wake Forest University
- Aging and the Regulation of the Interleukin-1-Receptor-Associated Kinase in Murine Splenocytes
- Danielle Day University of Colorado Health Science Center
- Effects of Age-Related Decline in Sex Hormones on Resting Energy Expenditure
- Raina Gay Tufts University
- The Effect of Vitamin E on Secondary Bacterial Infection Following Influenza Infection in Old Mice
- William Go University of California, San Diego
- Elucidating the Function of NFAT5 Possible Cell Cycle Modulator in Response to Oxidative Stress, UV/Ionizing Radiation and Hypertonicity
- Mark Haussmann Iowa State University
- How Do Long-Lived Organisms Delay Senescence? Development of Appropriate Models and Techniques
- Jason Hinman Boston University School of Medicine
- The Characterization of Nodal Abnormalities in the Aging Brain
- Cheng Huang Washington University School of Medicine
- Identification of Genes Involved in Caenorhabditis elegans Aging
- Cheryl Jansen University of Minnesota
- Proteome Analysis of Retinal Proteins
- Kara Johnson Loyola University Medical Center
- Effect of Age on B-Lymphopoiesis and the Maintenance of the Mature B Cell Compartment
- Nathan LeBraseur Boston University
- Neuregulin/ErbB Signaling in Skeletal Muscle Aging & Atrophy
- Sandy Li University of Michigan
- Expression Analysis of Type II IP3 Receptor in Aging Retina
- Lina Li University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Age-Related Thymic Involution in IL-12B Knockout Mice
- Paul Lockman Texas Tech. University Health Science Center
- Targeted Brain Delivery of Novel Nanoparticles via the Blood-brain Barrier Choline Transporter
- Carrie Lyons Queen’s University
- The Impact of Mitochondrial Ultrastructure on Cellular Physiology
- Deanna Marchionini Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center
- Melatonin Treatment for Optimal Graft Survival in an Aged Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease
- C. David Mintz Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Investigating the Role of Presenilin-1 at the Synapse
- Jacqueline Payton University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
- Functional Analysis of the Neurodegenerative Disease-Related Protein, Alpha-Synuclein
- Mark Rapoport Northwestern University Medical School
- Dynamic State of Mind Does a More Plastic Cytoskeleton Prevent AB-Induced Neurogeneration in Hippocampal Neurons?
- Catherine Rehder Virginia Commonwealth University
- The Role of Chromosome Specific Telomere Length in Age-Related Somatic Cell Aneuploidy
- Rose Reynolds University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
- The Contribution of Population Heterogeneity to Mortality Plateaus
- Ritu Saini NYU School of Medicine
- Gene Regulation by Interleukin-8 in Cultured Keratinocytes
- Scott Salsman Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
- Effect of Active Site Oxidation on the PTEN Tumor Suppressor
- Sara Speranza University of New England College of Medicine
- Development of Neurosteroids as Cognitive Enhancers
- Raymond Thompson University of South Carolina
- Effect of Aging on Inflammation During Skeletal Muscle Regeneration Following Functional Overload Induced Injury
- Maria Urso University of Massachusetts
- Muscle Function, Disuse, and Antioxidants in Older Adults
- Laura Volpicelli Emory University
- The Effects of Chronic Cholinergic Stimulation on Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Intracellular Trafficking and Expression
- Min Zhu University of Rochester
- Transcription Modulation by the C-Terminal Fragment of Amyloid Precursor Protein in Neurodegeneration
- Brian Zid Caltech
- Investigating the Role of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase in Aging Using Drosophila Melanogaster
2001 Scholars
- Yama Akbari University of California, Irvine
- Primary Mechanism Underlying Presenilin Mutations Calcium Dyshomesostasis or Beta-Amyloid Formation?
- David Badre Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Neurobiology of Cognitive Aging Human Prefrontal Cortex and Memory in Normal Aging
- Kevin Bitterman Harvard Medical School
- A Genetic Screen for Factors that Extend Lifespan Through Caloric Restriction Pathway
- Daniela-Annenelie Bota University of Southern California
- Regulation of Lon Protease Activity with Aging and Level of Oxidative Stress
- Todd Cannon University of Washington
- Involvement of WRN Protein in Atherosclerogenesis
- Lynn Chien Duke University
- Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Subtype-Specific Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
- Krishnan Dhandapani Medical College of Georgia
- Mechanisms of Neuroprotection by Estrogen and SERMs
- Ibtissam Echchgadda University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
- Aging and DHEA-sulfotransferase in Cholesterol and Bile Acid Homeostasis
- Mark Gavin Washington University
- Understanding the Mechanism of S Phase Arrest by the Retinoblastoma Tumor Suppressor Protein
- Kristen Homes Washington University
- Elucidation of Components of the B3 Integrin that are Essential for Bone Resorption A Search for Anti-osteoporosis Therapeutic Targets
- Andrew Hsieh Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- The Role of a Novel Forkhead Target Gene in Regulating Cellular Senescence
- Carianne Judge University of Maryland
- Investigating the Role RNase-L Plays in Senescence
- Eleanor Knopp Yale University
- The Effect of Aging on the Skeletal Response to Intermittent Treatment with PTH
- Amy Lee Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Age-associated Changes in the Inflammatory and Proliferative Response to Vascular Injury
- Patrick McHugh University of Louisville
- NEUTROPHIL (PMN) SENESCENCE Can PMNs Become Too Old to Kill?
- Timothy Meyer Washington University
- The Effect of 3-Month DHEA Supplementation in Older Adults on Vascular Reactivity
- Gail O’Kane Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Exploring the Relation Between Set Shifting and Memory Retrieval
- Thomas Scharshmidt Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine
- Analysis of Type IIA and IIB Splice Variants of Procollagen in Osteoarthritis Utilizing Laser Capture Microdissection
- Rodney Shackelford Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine
- Ataxia-telangiectasia, Gene Therapy, and the Cellular Aging Process
- Alex Shpilman Finch University of the Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School
- Impact of the SAPK-1 Pathway on the Age Related Impairment of Adipogenesis
- Faisal Siddiqui State University of New York, Syracuse
- Numerical Densities of Myonuclei and Satellite Cells in Muscle Fiber Types in the Aging Human Lateral Cricoarytenoid Muscle An Immunohistochemical and Stereological Study Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
- Bethany Slater Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Alpha MSH and Aging
- Christine Spencer University of Georgia
- The Role of Gene-Gene Interactions in Aging
- Michael Sugarman University of California, Irvine
- Can Inclusion Body Myositis be Treated with a Beta Amyloid Vaccine?
- Junko Takeshita Washington University
- Oxidative Damage of DNA Mechanisms for Carcinogenesis
- Doris Tham University of California, Davis
- Actions of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor on Diabetic Vasculopathy
- Isaiah Turnbull Washington University
- Effect of Aging on the Heat Shock Response and Subsequent Sepsis Survival
- Christian Von Hehn Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet, Kiel
- The Role of Kv3.1 and its Regulation in Age-related Hearing Loss
- Jill Weimer University of Rochester
- A Transgenic Animal Model for the Disruption of Lysosome/Endosome Function A Commonality in Neurodegenerative Diseases
2000 Scholars
- Eric Agdeppa University of California, Los Angeles
- Biological Probes for amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer’s Disease In vitro analysis of amyloid-binding Characteristics of DDNP Analogs
- Rania Al-Shami University of Delaware
- Relative Levels of OPN-1 and OPN-2 Change During Aging
- Xinlian Chen University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- The Response of Mice that Overexpress Catalase and Cu/Zn-SOD to Oxidative Stress
- Jay Chyung Harvard University
- Characterizing the Effects of a Mucosal Vaccine for Alzheimer’s Disease
- Richard D’Alonzo St. Louis University
- Physical Interaction Between Osteoblastic Transcription Factors
- Rajesh Dash University of Cincinnati
- Phospholamban Phosphorylation as a Compensatory Mechanism of the Endangered Myocardium
- Allison Dobson University of South Alabama
- Enhancing mtDNA Repair in Down’s and Cockayne’s Syndromes
- Delia Garigan University of California, San Francisco
- Mapping and Characterizationof Novel Lifespan Mutations in C. Elegans
- David Gordon University of Chicago
- Investigation of the Structure of -Amyloid Fibrils
- Elise Grenier Northwestern University
- Regional Differences of Astrocytes in the Development or Acceleration of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Andreana Haley University of Virginia
- A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Examination of Hippocampal Volume and N-acetyl-aspartate Levels in Healthy Aging
- Jeffrey Henderson Washington University
- Halogenation of DNA by the Myeloperoxidase System of Activated Phagocytes Implications for Carcinogenesis at Sites of Inflammation
- Rahul Kurana Duke University
- The Role of Oxygen Free Radicals and Apoptosis in Glaucoma
- Vicki Kule University of Michigan
- Characteristics of Disulfide Intermediate in the Aging of Phosphoglycerate Kinase
- Justine Levin Rockefeller University
- Estrogen Effect in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Stephen Lin Washington University
- Snflp Kinase and Aging in S. Cerevisiae
- J. Andy Mengshol Dartmouth University Medical School
- IL-1 Regulation of Collagenase-3 in Osteoarthritis
- Renee Miller University of Rochester
- Gene Expression Profiling in Parkinson’s Disease
- Kevin Monahan University of Colorado
- Do Reductions in Carotid Arterial Compliance Modulate the Age-Related Decline in Arterial Baroreflex Function in Sedentary and Regularly Exercising Humans?
- Bhagavathi Ramamurthy Pennsylvania State University
- The Effect of Glycation of Myosin on the in vitro Motility of Actin with Respect to Aging
- Jody Short Western University of Health Sciences
- Effects of Human Apolipoprotein E Isoforms on Olfactory Nerve Plasticity in Mice
- Jennifer Stine University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Structural Study of FALS-Associated Cu-Zn Superoxide Dismutase Mutants
- David Sun Medical College of Virginia/VCU
- Molecular Basis for Stroke Induced Epilepsy
- Leslie Tao University of California, Los Angeles
- A Progesterone-Dependent Mechanism to Delay Reproductive Aging
- Robert Turner III Oklahoma University
- Substrate Specificity of -Secretase Towards Design of Inhibitor Drugs
- Baiping Wang University of Washington
- In Vivo Analysis of the Role of FE65 in Alzheimer’s Disease
- Fei-Shiuann Clarissa Yang McGill University
- Role of Telomere-Associated Senescence in Wound Healing