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SUMMARY:“Mechanisms of longevity: from naked mole rats to whales”
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DESCRIPTION:Vera Gorbunova\nA Lola and John Grace Distinguished Lecture in
  Cancer Research\n\nVera Gorbunova - Professor of Biology and Medicine at 
 the University of Rochester and co-director of the Rochester Aging Researc
 h Center.\n\nVera Gorbunova is an endowed Professor of Biology and medicin
 e at the University of Rochester and a co-director of the Rochester Aging 
 Research Center. Her research is focused on understanding the mechanisms o
 f longevity and genome stability and on the studies of exceptionally long-
 lived mammals. Dr. Gorbunova earned her B.Sc. degrees at Saint Petersburg 
 State University\, Russia and her Ph.D. at the Weizmann Institute of Scien
 ce\, Israel. Dr. Gorbunova pioneered comparative biology approach to study
  aging and mechanisms of cancer resistance. She investigates the longest-l
 ived mammalian species such as the naked mole rats\, the blind mole rat an
 d the bowhead whale. The work of her group elucidated the mechanisms that 
 control evolution of tumor suppressor mechanisms depending on species body
  mass and lifespan. Dr. Gorbunova also studies the role of Sirtuin 6 prote
 in in longevity. Recently she demonstrated that LINE1 elements trigger inn
 ate immune response that drives age-related sterile inflammation.  She ha
 s more than 100 publications including publications in high profile journa
 ls such as Nature\, Science and Cell. Her work received awards of from the
  Ellison Medical Foundation\, the Glenn Foundation\, American Federation f
 or Aging Research\, and from the National Institutes of Health. Her work w
 as awarded the Cozzarelli Prize from PNAS\, prize for research on aging fr
 om ADPS/Alianz\, France\, Prince Hitachi Prize in Comparative Oncology\, J
 apan\, and Davey prize from Wilmot Cancer Center.\n 
LOCATION:AGORA Paternot Auditorium https://epfl.zoom.us/s/97039045251
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