Grantee in the News: NY Times spotlights Anne Brunet’s New Animal Model for Aging Research
On February 27, 2015, The New York Times reported on the unique animal model for studying aging used by 2005 AFAR Research Grant Recipient Anne Brunet, Ph.D.
Dr. Brunet chose to use the turquoise killifish as a model for studying that aging process because of their status as the one of the shortest lived vertebrates. Turquoise killifish are an idea research model because they are conducive for short duration studies while still sharing more overlaps with the human aging process than other short lived animals such as worms.
Anne Brunet, Ph.D., is a Professor of Genetics at Stanford University.
Animal models are used to preform trials and studies that would be either too risky or too time-prohibitive to do in a human study. Learn more about how researchers studying the biology of aging employ animal models at our InfoAging site here.