Valter Longo Receives Cristofalo Rising Star Award

Valter Longo, PhD, University of Southern California, received The 2013 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research. The award was presented by Holly Brown-Borg, PhD, Vice-President of AFAR, at the 42nd AGE Meeting. Dr. Longo delivered the lecture “Nutrient Signaling Pathways Regulate Aging and Diseases: From Yeast to Humans.” The Cristofalo Award is given to a scientist early in their career and who has made major discoveries in the fundamental biology of aging and whose work is deemed likely to be highly influential for decades to come.