Glenn Foundation focuses on accelerating discoveries in the biology of aging
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research has completed the funding of its 2007 program of Glenn Awards for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging. A total of $1,250,000 was distributed in awards of $50,000 each, to 25 scientists in basic biological research on the aging process.
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An additional $800,000 of Breakthroughs in Gerontology Awards of $200,000 each were given to scientists at the Mayo Clinic, The Burnham Institute, University of California, Berkeley and the University of Washington.
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In 2008, Glenn Awards will be increased to $60,000 each and be given throughout the year from nominations made by an anonymous committee of scientists, assembled in collaboration with the American Federation for Aging Research (www.afar.org).
Based in Santa Barbara, California, the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research supports research on the biology of aging as a means of extending the healthful years of life. For more information, please see www.glennfoundation.org.
2007 Glenn Award Recipients
Anne Brunet, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Andrew G Dillin, Ph.D.
Salk Institute
Monica A Driscoll, Ph.D.
Rutgers University
Heidi A Tissenbaum, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Robert Wessells, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Roger McCarter, Ph.D.
The Pennsylvania State University
Gerald McClearn, Ph.D.
The Pennsylvania State University
Trygve Tollefsbol, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Steven Austad, Ph.D.
University of Texas, San Antonio
Fernando Nottebom, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
Shin Imai, Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
Leonard Shultz
The Jackson Laboratory
Jack Griffith, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Simon Melov, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Age Research
Jim Nelson, Ph.D.
University of Texas, San Antonio
Julie Anderson, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Age Research
Yousin Suh, Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Rochelle Buffenstein, Ph.D.
University of Texas, San Antonio
Edward H. Koo, M.D.
University of California, San Diego
Donald Ingram, Ph.D.
Penniington Biomedical Research Center
Andrzej Bartke, Ph.D.
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Stephen Helfand, M.D.
Brown University
Marc Tatar, Ph.D.
Brown University
Lenny Guarente, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D.
Methuselah Foundation
2007 Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award Recipients
Rolf Bodmer, Ph.D.
The Burnham Institute
Eduardo Nunes Chini, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Kathleen Collins, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Matt Kaeberleiin, Ph.D.
University of Washington
SOURCE Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
