*University of Pittsburgh Basic Biology of Aging Work Group Pilot Project Winners 2015-2016
Dr. Kevin C. Chan, Ian A. Sigal, PhD, Joel S. Schuman, MD
Proposal: Non-invasive Imaging of the Effects of Aging and Ocular Hypertension on the Microstructures and Macromolecules in the Eye.
http://ophthalmology.medicine.pitt.edu/personnelDetail.asp?pid=4958&id=127&ptype=2&pnavcat=2
Dr. Arjumand Ghazi, Peter Wipf, PhD
Proposal: Suppression of Age-Related Reproductive Senescence and Germline Tumorigenesis by Mitochondria-Targeted ROS Modulators.
http://www.mgdb.pitt.edu/node/427
Dr. Roderick J. O'Sullivan, Patricia L. Opresko, PhD
Proposal: Iinvestigating a non-canonical function of DNA Polymerase Eta (Polη) in the maintenance of telomere integrity.
http://www.pharmacology.us/Faculty/RoderickO'Sullivan
Dr. Ana L. Mora, Brett A. Kaufman, PhD
Proposal: The role of PINK1 in mtDNA integrity and tumorigenesis.
http://www.vmi.pitt.edu/faculty/mora.html
Dr. Eric Goetzman, Donna Beer Stolz, PhD, Edward Prochownik, MD, PhD
Proposal: 8, effects of lysine acylation and sirtuins on catalase localization and peroxisomal H2O2 levels/ c-myc effectsrole of sirtuins in regulating peroxisomal protein acylation and peroxisomal function in a mouse model of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
http://www.chp.edu/find-a-doctor/service-providers/eric-goetzman