Getting Old Before Our Time: Psychiatric Illness and Accelerated Cell Aging
The Trans-NIH GeroScience Interest Group (GSIG) cordially invites you to its summer seminar, featuring Dr. Owen Wolkowitz. Dr. Wolkowitz is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and Director of the Psychopharmacology Assessment Clinic. His teaching, clinical work and research are in the areas of stress, depression, and anxiety disorders. His interests include the effects of stress and stress hormones on the brain and behavior, as well as the identification of mechanisms underlying depression, which may lead to the discovery of new treatments. Dr. Wolkowitz and colleagues have develope...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 25, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Caloric Restriction Studies in Humans: Future Research Directions
The Trans-NIH Geroscience Interest Group (GSIG) cordially invites you to its spring seminar, featuring John Speakman. Professor Speakman is a biologist at the University of Aberdeen Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences in the U.K., where he directs the University’s Energetics Research Group. The internationally renowned Dr. Speakman will discuss nutritional influences on aging, with a focus on caloric restriction, and improving knowledge in the area of the biology of aging.
The Geroscience Interest Group (GSIG) was formed to enhance opportunities for discussion of the intersection between the biology of ag...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 29, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Mammalian Aging
The Geroscience Interest Group (GSIG) cordially invites you to the seminar listed above. Dr. Finkel is Chief of the Center for Molecular Medicine in the Division of Intramural Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr. Finkel’s lab investigates the role of cellular metabolism and oxidative stress in aging and age-related diseases. His research has included studies on oxidative homeostasis in stem cell biology, cellular senescence as a model for aging, the role of autophagy in age-related diseases, and interrogating pathways in model organisms to understand their role in mammalian aging. Dr. Finkel is ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 19, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Mitochondria: Interaction of Two Genomes - Day 1
Presented by: Sponsored by the Mitochondria Interest Group
More information is available at the official web site.Category: MitochondriaAired date: 03/14/2000 (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 14, 2000 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Past Events Source Type: video
