AFAR is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Glenn Foundation Discovery Award:
Ya-Chieh Hsu, PhD, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, and a Principal Faculty Member at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.
Xuebing Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine and in Systems Biology), Columbia University
The Glenn Foundation Discovery Award was created to support research projects with strong potential to develop pioneering discoveries to understand the underlying biological mechanisms that govern normal human aging and its related physiological decline. Two three-year awards of $525,000 are made annually ($175,000 per year for three years).
Dr. Hsu’s Discovery Award is titled "Rapid Functional Genetics to Identify Genes that can Rejuvenate Aged Stem Cells." The project will capitalize on powerful new technologies to not only understand the molecular mechanisms that drive stem cell aging but also identify functionally important genes that can rejuvenate old stem cells in vivo directly. Learn more about her ongoing research at Harvard here.
Dr. Wu’s Discovery Award is titled "Aging as a self-reinforcing feedback loop: investigate the role of noncoding translation" and aims to open new lines of research into the complex interplay between multiple hallmarks of aging. Learn more about his ongoing research at Columbia here.
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