Role of Nutrient Sensing TOR Pathway in Aging and Metabolism
Event details
| Date | 09.05.2011 |
| Hour | 13:30 |
| Speaker | Dr. Sean M. OLDHAM -Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla (CA), USA |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
In my lab, we have been using a molecular genetic approach to study the nutrient sensing Insulin and Target of Rapamycin (TOR) pathways in lifespan, metabolism (obesity and diabetes), and development. It is becoming increasingly clear that these pathways have exceptional relevance to the biology of aging and metabolic disorders. Indeed, both the Insulin and TOR signaling pathways play critical mechanistic roles in nutrition and lifespan in many different organisms and provide an entry point into studying how energy metabolism affects these processes. These phenotypes will be important to understand given the increasing obesity and diabetes epidemic, both critical diseases of aging. We are now performing nutrient pathway screens and “omics” profiling to have the capabilities to tailor personalized nutrition to prevent diseases of aging and optimize healthspan.
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- General public
- Free
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- (dans le cadre du Lausanne Integrative Metabolism & Nutrition Alliance - LIMNA)