HIGHLIGHTS
Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn receives the Paola S. Timiras Award
The Center for Research and Education in Aging (CREA) will hold its first Paola S. Timiras Memorial Award for Aging Research. The event was held on Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm. The event starts with an introduction by Dr. Greg Cole of UCLA, afterwards the awards ceremony commences with Dr. Blackburn accepting the first Paola S. Timiras Memorial Award for Aging Research. This is followed by Dr. Blackburn's lecture related to aging research. Dr. Blackburn won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine and was on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley she is now a Professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Paola S. Timiras Memorial Lecture Series presents Aubrey De Grey, Ph.D. & Sonia Arrison
The Center for Research and Education in Aging (CREA) will hold it's second Paola S. Timiras Memori Lecture. Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D and Sonia Arrison will discuss if science can slow down the aging process. The current state of aging research and how recent discoveries have shed light on the mechanisms that control the rate of aging will be discussed as well as the implications of this research on society. After the lecture the audience will be able to ask questions from the speakers.
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CREA Public Lecture presents Gregg Cole, Ph.D: "Why do we grow old?" - The current state of aging research
The Center for Research and Education in Aging (CREA) will hold the first Paola S. Timiras Memorial Lecture. Dr. Greg M. Cole, Professor of Medicine & Neurology, UCLA, will talk about the current state of aging research and how recent discoveries have shed light on the mechanisms that control the rate of aging. A number of these mechanisms have been tested in experiments and as a result have significantly extended the lives of various organisms. After the lecture the audience will be able to ask questions from the speaker.
STUDENT RESEARCH SHOWCASE
UC Berkeley MCB undergraduate Rita Barakat under the mentorship of George Brooks and Steve Garan wins the 2015 URAP Award. Competition for this award was intense, but the selection committee thought that Rita should have this great opportunity to deepen her research skills and contribute to ongoing research at CREA, and she will also receive a grant of $3,000.00.
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Hashroop Gurm wins the Franklin M. Henry award for her research on simulating the passage and absorption of glucose through the gastrointestinal tract and subsequent modulation of insulin and glucagon secretion in humans
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CAMPUS-WIDE NEWS
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